Committee flags outdated town-clerk bond language, to review 317-page General Code analysis

Aug 28, 2025

Members called the town-clerk bond provision "old and outdated" and agreed to distribute a March 2022 General Code editorial and legal analysis (317 pages) for review before the next meeting.

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North Smithfield — During its Aug. 27 session, the Charter Review Committee flagged charter language that requires the town clerk and deputy town clerk to post bonds "within 15 days of time being sworn into office," calling the provision outdated and in need of solicitor review.

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