OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Appointment by selectmen; tenure of office
Section 25. In towns which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen shall appoint suitable citizens of the town assessors for a term of not more than three years, and may remove them at any time for cause after a hearing. Upon the qualification of persons so appointed the term of existing assessors of such town shall terminate.