Question: Joseph Heron served as what type of senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world?
Context: A sex offender registry is a system in various countries designed to allow government authorities to keep track of and activities of sex offenders including those who have completed their criminal sentences.  In some jurisdictions, where sex offender registration gan, registration is accompanied by residential address notification requirements.  In many jurisdictions, registered sex offenders are subject to additional restrictions, including on housing.  Those on parole or probation may be subject to restrictions that do not apply to other parolees or probationers.  Sometimes, these include (or have been proposed to include) restrictions on being in the presence of underage persons (under the age of majority), living in proximity to a school or day care center, owning toys or items targeted towards children, or using the Internet.  Sex offender registries exist in many English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland.  Sex offender registration does not exist outside of the English-speaking world, however.  The United States is the only country with a registry that is publicly accessible; all other countries in the English-speaking world have sex offender registries only accessible by law enforcement. The North Carolina Councils of Government (or the Regional Councils of Government) are voluntary associations of county and municipal governments, established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1972 that serve as an avenue for local governments across North Carolina to discuss issues that are particular to their region.  In banding together at the regional level, the voice of one community becomes the voice of many, thus providing a better opportunity for those issues to be addressed.  Today the majority of citizens and local governments in North Carolina are represented by regional councils, making them an increasingly important facet of local government operations.  The following entry provides a glimpse into these organizations, showing how they have evolved with respect to the services they provide and how they are funded.  Lastly, a summary of the enabling statutes that allow these councils to function in North Carolina has been provided. In Canada, municipal government is a type of local council authority that provides local services, facilities, safety and infrastructure for communities.  Canada has three levels of government; federal, provincial and municipal.  According to Section 92(8) of the Constitution Act, 1867, ""In each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to... Municipal Institutions in the Province.""  There are about 3,700 municipal governments in Canada.  Technically the municipal government is not sanctioned in the Constitution but may be established pursuant to provincial/territorial authority. A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.  In some communities, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post.  In almost all cases, the actual title of the clerk reflects the type of municipality he or she works for, thus, instead of simply being known as the "clerk", the position is generally referred to as the town clerk, township clerk, city clerk, village clerk, borough clerk, board secretary, or county clerk.  Other titles also exist.  The office has existed for centuries, though in some places it is now being merged with other positions. A municipal forest or municipal woodland is a forest or wood that is owned by a town or city.  Such woods often have a higher density of leisure facilities like play parks, restaurants and cafes, bridleways, cycle paths and footpaths. Unlike an urban forest, which is located largely or entirely within an urban area and may be privately owned, a municipal forest is publicly owned and may well be outside the city or town to which it belongs.  Most urban forests will be municipal forests, but many municipal forests are non-urban. Sir Joseph Heron (3 January 1809 - 23 December 1889) was a British lawyer, politician and administrator.  He served as Town Clerk of Manchester for over forty years playing a dominant role in the city's growth throughout the 19th century. The Colfax Municipal Building is a historic building in Colfax, Wisconsin.  The building was constructed from 1915 to 1916 by Carl Volkman, incorporating elements of the Beaux-Arts and Late Gothic Revival styles.  It was built using local "Colfax sandstone", the sandstone industry having been important to the region at the time.  The building served many purposes during its existence; at various points, it housed a police station, a fire station, the village council, an auditorium, and a banquet hall, and the village library still uses the building.  Multipurpose buildings of this nature were common in Wisconsin, and the building serves as an example of the role municipal governments played in communities.  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2004. Hospitals were initially places which cared for the poor; others were cared for at home.  In Quebec (formerly known as New France and then as Lower Canada), a series of charitable institutions, many set up by Catholic religious orders, provided such care.  As the country grew, hospitals grew with them.  They tended to be not-for-profit, and were run by municipal governments, charitable organizations, and religious denominations (both Catholic and Protestant).  These organizations tended to be at arm's length from government; they received subsidies from provincial governments to admit and treat all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.  Dr. David Parker of the Maritimes was the first to operate using anesthetic.  One of the first "modern" operations, the removal of a tumour, was performed by William Fraser Tolmie in British Columbia. A rector ("ruler", from the "regerre " and "rector " meaning "ruler") is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.  Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a university, whilst in the United States the most senior official is often referred to as President and in the United Kingdom the most senior official is the Chancellor, whose office is primarily ceremonial and titular.  The term and office of a rector can be referred to as a rectorate. The business and occupation tax (often abbreviated as the B & O tax) is a type of tax levied by the U.S. states of Washington, West Virginia, and, as of 2010, Ohio, and by municipal governments in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Answer: Clerk