To One and All:

This is Municipal Clerks Week, I encourage all City Managers, Town
Managers, Mayors and Selectboards to recognize their Municipal Clerk.

I have attached this proclamation so that you may open it (re-word where
necessary) and present it to your municipal clerk.


                                Dencie L. Mitchell



Proclamation
Municipal Clerks Week
May 2 through May 8, 1999

Whereas, The Office of the Municipal Clerk, a time honored and vital
part of local government exists throughout the world, and

Whereas, The Office of the Municipal Clerk provides the professional
link between the citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of
government at other levels, and

Whereas, Municipal Clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their
neutrality and impartiality, rendering equal service to all.

Whereas, The Municipal Clerk serves as the information center on
functions of local government and community.

Whereas, Municipal Clerks continually strive to improve the
administration of the affairs of the Office of the Municipal Clerk
through participation in education programs, seminars, workshops and the
annual meetings of their state, province, county and international
professional organizations.

Whereas, It is most appropriate that we recognize the accomplishments of
the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

Now, Therefore, I, Town Clerk of The Town of Grand Isle, Vermont, do
recognize the week of May 3 through May 9, 1998, as Municipal Clerks
Week, and further extend appreciation to all Municipal Clerks for the
vital services they perform and their exemplary dedication to the
communities they represent.

Dated this 2nd day of May 1999

                                                Dencie L. Mitchell
                                                Grand Isle Town Clerk





ATTEST: Dencie L. Mitchell