Chapter 41

Section 111K. In any city or town which accepts this section, any vacation to which a member of its regular or permanent fire force is entitled shall be granted at such times during the period between the first Sunday in June and the Sunday next following Labor Day as, in the opi…

Section 111L. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven D apply and which accepts this section all members of its regular police or fire force may after twenty years of service be granted a vacation of five weeks without loss of pay.

Section 111M. In any city or town which accepts this section, an employee of a city or town or fire or water district who is responsible for delivering emergency medical services under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eleven C, and who is incapacitated for duty because o…

Section 111N. Any city operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter which accepts this section by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of its city council, and any other city which accepts this section by a majority vote of its city council with the approval of the…

Section 112. In towns and regional school districts in which the provisions of chapter thirty-one and the rules governing the civil service have not been applied to the labor service, the city councils, the selectmen and the regional district school committees shall take any nece…

Section 112A. A veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, who holds in the service of a city which accepts this section by vote of its city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, or of a town which accepts the same by vote of its inhabitants at a town …

Section 113. A district situated in one or more towns where official ballots are used may, at the annual meeting or at a meeting called for the purpose, vote that official ballots shall thereafter be used therein. Sections one hundred and fourteen to one hundred and nineteen, inc…

Section 114. Where official ballots are used nominations for district officers elected by ballot shall be made, ballots and other apparatus therefor provided, and the elections of such officers conducted in accordance with chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, so far as applica…

Section 115. Every nomination paper of a candidate for office in said districts shall, before being filed, be submitted, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of voters of the town where the distr…

Section 116. In carrying out the provisions of sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and nineteen, inclusive, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, of the district shall perform all the duties required to be performed by the selectmen in town e…

Section 117. The town where a district is situated shall provide for said district an official ballot box and other necessary election paraphernalia when they are required for use in elections in that district, but all expense incurred in any election in the district shall be bor…

Section 118. Upon request of the clerk of a town wherein any such district uses the official ballot, the state secretary shall supply for use of such district or districts such blank forms, tally sheets and total vote sheets as are supplied to towns for use in town elections.

Section 119. Said districts may hold the meeting for the election of officers and the business meeting on the same day, or they may hold the election and the business meeting on different days. The election and business meeting may be held in the evening; provided, that the polls…

Section 12. In cities which accepted chapter three hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and one, the term of office of the city clerk shall be three years from the date of his election or appointment, except that in cities required to elect a city clerk in Decem…

Section 120. The fiscal year of all districts shall begin with July first and end with the following June thirtieth, notwithstanding the provisions of special laws or district by-laws to the contrary; provided that the district treasurer shall until July tenth enter on his books …

Section 121. The provisions of section thirty-five of chapter forty-one and of section fifty-five A of chapter forty-four, so far as apt, shall apply to the treasurer of districts.

Section 122. Unless otherwise provided by law, if the office of treasurer of a district is vacant, or if the treasurer is absent, or unable to perform his duties because of disability, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, may appoint a temporary treasure…

Section 123. Unless otherwise provided by law, if the office of clerk of a district is vacant, or if the clerk is absent, or unable to perform his duties because of disability, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, may appoint a temporary clerk to hold su…

Section 123A. In a district, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, may in writing appoint an assistant treasurer who may be an employee of the district, and an assistant clerk of the district. Such assistants shall be sworn to the faithful performance of …

Section 124. Fire and water districts, whether established by general law or special law, may appropriate money for the payment to the commonwealth of the district's share of the cost of conducting water favorability studies under the direction of the water resources commission, …

Section 125. The city manager in cities having a plan D or E charter, the mayor in all other cities, and the board of selectmen in towns shall co-ordinate a plan in conjunction with the housing authority, if any, to assist persons who have been deprived of living quarters because…

Section 126. The following words, as used in sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-two, inclusive, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: ''Application statement'', a writing signed by an incumbent…

Section 127. Any person who has held an appointive office in a city, town or district for at least five consecutive years shall be eligible to apply for tenure in such office pursuant to the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-two, inclusiv…

Section 128. Any person applying for tenure in an appointive city office shall file an application statement with the city clerk and shall deliver copies thereof in hand or send same by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to every city officer, or every member…

Section 129. Any person applying for tenure in an appointive town office shall file an application statement with the town clerk and shall deliver copies thereof in hand or send same by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested to each selectman. Following receipt of…

Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within ten days after his election and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold said office, give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties, in a form approved by the commissioner of …

Section 130. The provisions of section one hundred and twenty-seven and sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and thirty-two, inclusive, as they apply to towns, town offices and town officers shall be applicable to districts and for this purpose the word ''selectmen…

Section 131. Any department head of a city or town applying for tenure for members of his department who have served for five consecutive years or more shall file an application statement with the city or town clerk. In a city, the department head shall deliver copies of said app…

Section 132. The tenure provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, shall be limited as follows: (a) Said provisions shall not apply to persons whose tenure in office is terminated by a law enacted subsequent to his commencement of …

Section 133. Pursuant to this chapter, and notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the appointment and reappointment of full-time police officers not subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one shall be subject to the following provisions…

Section 13A. Each city clerk, except in Boston, shall, within ten days after his qualification, give bond to his city with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less t…

Section 13B. In a city in which the board of aldermen or city council is the licensing authority such board or council may delegate from time to time to the city clerk of such city, subject to such conditions and limitations as it may impose, the powers vested in such board or co…

Section 14. If the office of city clerk is vacant, or if a city clerk is unable to perform the duties required by chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, the mayor shall appoint a temporary clerk to perform such duties. If at a town meeting the office of town clerk is vacant, or …

Section 15. The town clerk shall record all votes passed at town meetings held during his term of office. He shall administer the oaths of office to all town officers who apply to him to be sworn, and shall make a record thereof and of the oaths of office taken before justices of…

Section 15A. City and town clerks and clerks of districts shall, as soon as an order or vote appropriating money becomes effective, certify, in a city to the treasurer, assessors and auditor or similar officer, and in a town to the assessors and the town accountant, if any, other…

Section 16. A justice of the peace administering the oath of office to any town officer shall, within seven days thereafter, return to the town clerk a certificate thereof.

Section 17. Every officer of a city who makes or executes a contract on behalf of the city shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof to the city clerk and the city auditor within one week after its execution; and the city clerk shall keep such contract or copy on file, open t…

Section 18. A city may by ordinance establish the office of assistant city clerk, and prescribe the manner of his appointment and his powers and duties. His certificate or attestation shall have the same effect as that of the city clerk.

Section 18A. The records of the city clerk of a city may be attested by the volume and it shall be deemed to be a sufficient attestation of each and all of the records contained therein when a volume of said records bears the attest with the written signature of the city clerk or…

Section 18B. A facsimile of the signature of a city clerk or of a duly appointed assistant city clerk, imprinted by either of them upon any original instrument in attestation of the fact that the said instrument has been recorded in the city clerk's office, shall have the same va…

Section 19. The town clerk may in writing appoint an assistant clerk, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties; and a record shall be made of the appointment and oath. The assistant town clerk shall, in the absence of the clerk, perform his duties and have the…

Section 19A. Upon the appointment or election of a clerk or an assistant or temporary clerk of a city, town or district, or upon the appointment of a secretary or temporary secretary of a regional school district, the officer making the appointment, otherwise the president of the…

Section 19B. Every city or town clerk under age seventy duly elected or appointed, except a temporary clerk, who has served therein continuously not less than five years, shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special laws, hold office during good behavior un…

Section 19C. In cities, and in any town using official ballots, acceptance of the provisions of section nineteen B shall be by vote in answer to a question placed on the official ballot at a regular city or town election as hereinafter provided; and in towns not using official ba…

Section 19D. After the acceptance of the provisions of section nineteen B in any city or town, the incumbent city or town clerk shall not be removed from office, lowered in rank, or suspended, except for just cause, and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the city co…