Excerpt from New England Town Law: A Digest of Statutes and Decisions Concerning Towns and Town Officers; 1906 In the general introduction, a sketch is given of the more im portant features of town administration and a brief summary of the duties of the leading officers. This is preceded by a glance at the history and development of local government. In New England, an attractive field of inquiry which deserves a more thorough and comprehensive investigation than it has yet received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.