Question

Which of the following is a benefit of having selectmen in a town or village?

Answer 1

The correct answer is "D: Selectmen carryout the day-to-day operations of a town, which serves as an organized way of dealing with local issues between town meetings."

A board of selectmen is known as the executive arm of government within the towns of the states who conform to New England. Traditionally, the adult voting population of these towns would gather once a year in order to approve budgets and laws. However, as the population in the towns grew, it became increasingly difficult to perform this task. As a response to this, boards of selectmen were established in order for them to run the day to day operations of managing the towns.