County clerk

The term "county clerk" has been commonly applied, in several English-speaking countries, to an influential employee of a county administration.

In the days when New Zealand had counties (1876-1995), the chief administrative officer was legally designated "County Clerk" until in the 1970s the city and county administrative procedures were largely merged and the Local Government Act 1974 declared that every such person (along with his or her urban counterpart the town clerk) should henceforth be styled the "Chief Administrative Officer".

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