Selectman
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The style or title of a town officer. In many of the United States, the afiairs of a town are decided by popular vote in town meeting; but the executive conduct of them, and the determination of many details, are intrusted to a board of officers elected by the towns-people, and known as the selectmen.