§ 45-52-6. Election of district officers.
(a) The voters in the district shall at the annual meeting choose and elect a moderator,
a district clerk, a district treasurer, an assessor of taxes, and a collector of taxes;
and at the first annual meeting after the effective date of this act shall elect a
finance committee of three (3) members, one member to serve for three (3) years, one
to serve for two (2) years, and one to serve for one year, and a public works committee
of three (3) members, one member to serve for three (3) years, one member to serve
for two (2) years, and one member to serve for one year; and shall elect annually
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§ 45-52-6. Election of district officers.
(a) The voters in the district shall at the annual meeting choose and elect a moderator,
a district clerk, a district treasurer, an assessor of taxes, and a collector of taxes;
and at the first annual meeting after the effective date of this act shall elect a
finance committee of three (3) members, one member to serve for three (3) years, one
to serve for two (2) years, and one to serve for one year, and a public works committee
of three (3) members, one member to serve for three (3) years, one member to serve
for two (2) years, and one member to serve for one year; and shall elect annually
thereafter one member of the finance committee to serve for three (3) years and one
member of the public works committee to serve for three (3) years. All of the previously
elected officers shall hold their offices until the expiration of their terms, and
until their successors have been elected and qualified. The voters may authorize the
employment of assistants to any of the district officers, committees, commissions,
and boards, as may be necessary in the conduct of the affairs of the district.
(b) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any collector of taxes, the collector
elected or appointed to complete the collection, has the same power to collect taxes
as the collector first elected or appointed.
(c) Whenever a vacancy occurs in any office by death, removal out of the district, resignation,
or by neglect or refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, a meeting of the council
of the district may be called by any member then in office, and at the meeting a qualified
voter shall be appointed to fill the vacancy and exercise all the powers of the office
until the next annual district meeting.