12 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, § 1 Adoption authorized; conditions
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Section 1. Any town in which there has been constituted and established a form of representative town meeting government under a special statute, enacted in conformity with the provisions of the constitution of the commonwealth, may in substitution therefor adopt the standard for…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, § 10 Enactments at town meetings; restrictions
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Section 10. A vote passed at any representative town meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand dollars or more as a special appropriation, or establishing a new board or office or abolishing an old board or office or merging two or more boards or offices, or fixing t…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, § 11 Authority of town after acceptance of chapter; effect of actions taken
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Section 11. The town, after the acceptance of this chapter, shall continue to have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its town meeting members, who shall, when convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute representative town meetings; and the representati…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, § 12 General meetings authorized; limitations of chapter
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Section 12. This chapter shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of the town to hold general meetings, as secured to them by the constitution of this commonwealth; nor shall this chapter confer upon any representative town meeting in any town the power finally to commit th…