The following is a list of votes taken at Town Meeting and Town
Election relating to acceptance of General Laws. Consult municipal
records for a more detailed description of the action.
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MGL
C., Sec.
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Chapter/
Acts of
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Adoption Date/
Art. No.
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Subject
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4, 53F 1/2
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5-16-2006 ATM/23
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Enterprise Fund for solid waste and recycling collection and
disposal program
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11, 353
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5-22-1906 STM/2
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Voting by precincts
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11, 364
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5-22-1906 STM/2
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Use of official ballots
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31, 48
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3-4-1929 ATM/6
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Police Department put under civil service
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31, 49
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3-4-1929 ATM/7
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Police Chief put under civil service
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31, 58A
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6-4-2001 ATM/18
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Additional time for a veteran to apply for fire fighter or police
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32, 1 to 28
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11-5-1946 STE
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Retirement system
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32B
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1956 ATE/1
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Group insurance
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32B, 7A
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3-23-1970 ATE/3
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Group insurance benefits
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32B, 9A
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3-25-1968 ATE/1
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Retirement benefits
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32B, 9D 1/2
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11-9-1998 STM/5
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Allowing Town to pay 75% of cost of providing health insurance
for surviving spouses and retired Town employees
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32B, 11A
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3-23-1970 ATE/1
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Group insurance benefits
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32B, 11B
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3-25-1968 ATE/2
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Retirement benefits
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32B, 11D
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3-23-1970 ATE/2
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Group insurance benefits
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32B, 18
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5-18-2009 ATM/36
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Requiring retirees to enroll in Medicare health benefits supplement
plan
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32B, 18
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5-16-2011 ATM/31
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Requiring retirees to enroll in Medicare health benefits supplement
plan
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32B, 20
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5-20-2013 ATM/10
5-21-2018 ATM/14
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Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund
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33, 59
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11-5-2007, STM/9
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Salaries for public employees called to active duty on behalf
of the commonwealth when called by the Governor for emergency situations,
when performing annual tour of duty and when participating in active
duty training
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39, 23D
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5-21-2007, ATM/18
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Adjudicatory hearings conducted by all Town boards, committees
and commissions
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40, 6B
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3-17-1958 ATM/22
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Police Department uniforms
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40, 6C
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1964 ATE
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Removal of snow and ice from private ways
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40, 6F
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3-7-1955 ATM/14
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Repair of private ways
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40, 8A
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297/1954
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3-5-1956 ATM/32
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Development and Industrial Commission
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102/1955
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40, 8C
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3-23-1962 ATM/27
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Conservation Commission
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40, 8D
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3-18-1969 ATM/45
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Historical Commission
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40, 8G
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5-21-1975 ATM/12
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Mutual aid programs, police
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40, 8J
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5-21-2007, ATM/19; 5-20-2019 ATM/20
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Establishment of a Commission on Disabilities consisting of
7 members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen
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40, 13
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4-2-1973 ATM/47
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Municipal building insurance fund
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40, 13E
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5-15-2017 ATM/16
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Special Education Reserve Fund
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40, 22D
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9-29-1980 STM/4
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Traffic regulations
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40, 22F
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6-4-2001 ATM/17
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Authorization to fix certain fees
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40, 39K
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4-10-1989 ATM/3
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Enterprise Fund
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40, 42A to 42I
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3-17-1958 ATM/14
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Water rates
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40, 57
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9-15-1986 STM/7
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License of delinquent taxpayers
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40A
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808/1975
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5-30-1978 ATM/38
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Zoning Act
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41, 19B
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3-22-1971 ATE/1
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Tenure for Esther Anderson
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41, 19K
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6-4-2001 ATM/16
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Additional compensation for Town Clerk who is a Certified Massachusetts
Municipal Clerk
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41, 21
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3-22-1971 ATE/3
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Cemetery Commissioners
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41, 41B
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5-8-1990 ATM/36
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Direct deposit
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41, 69B
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4-8-1985 ATM/22
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Water Enterprise Fund
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41, 81A to 81Y
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3-6-1950 ATM/20
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Planning Board
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41, 81U
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236/1987
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11-14-1988 STM/12
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Subdivision construction deposits
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41, 81U
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245/1988
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5-8-1990 ATM/34
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Subdivision construction deposits
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41, 97
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3-5-1923 ATM/8
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Police Department
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41, 108L
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3-22-1972 ATM/50
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Career incentive pay program
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41, 111A
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3-6-1939 ATM/15
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Police Department vacations
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41, 111F
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11-8-2021 STM/4
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Establishment of Special Injury Leave Indemnity Fund
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42, 108P
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6-4-2001 ATM/16
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Additional compensation for Collector or Treasurer who is a
Certified Massachusetts Municipal Collector or District Treasurer
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43D
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5-19-2008 ATM/24
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Filing of application for designation of 560 Foundry Street
as priority development site
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44, 53C
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11-11-1974 STM/3
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Off-duty detail account for police
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44, 53D
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665/1977
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5-15-1978 STM/8
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Revolving fund for recreation
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44, 53E
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5-8-1990 ATM/41
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Offset receipt accounts
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44, 53F 1/2
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4-5-2010 STM/2
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Sewer Enterprise Fund
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44, 53F 1/2
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5-16-2016 ATM/21
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PEG Access and Cable-Related Fees Enterprise Fund
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44, 55C
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5-19-2008 ATM/23
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Affordable Housing Trust Fund
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48, 42 to 44
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10-19-1931 STM/4
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Fire Department
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48, 57A
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4-2-1973 ATM/44
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Firefighter holidays
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53, 9A
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3-19-1970 ATM/54
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Nomination papers
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54, 103A
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3-6-1939 ATM/13
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Absentee voting
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59, 2A(a)
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653, 40/1989
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1-12-2004 STM/12
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Changing the effective date of assessors' new growth calculations
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59, 5, cl. 5B
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5-9-1988 ATM/8
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Tax exemption for veterans organizations
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59, 5, cl. 17C
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653/1982
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4-12-1983 ATM/41
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Real estate tax exemptions
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59, 5, cl. 17D
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73, 1/1986
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11-14-1988 STM/1
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5, cl. 22G
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218/2018
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6-22-2020 ATM/9
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Veterans' Benefits, Rights, Appreciation, Validation, and Enforcement
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59, 5, cl. 22H
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218/2018
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6-22-2020 ATM/9
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Veterans' Benefits, Rights, Appreciation, Validation, and Enforcement
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59, 5, cl. 37A
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653/1982
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4-12-1983 ATM/43
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Tax exemption for blind persons
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59, 5, c. 41A
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218/2018
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5-15-2006 ATM/45
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5, cl. 41B
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653/1982
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4-12-1983 ATM/44
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5, cl. 41C[1]
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73, 3/1986
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11-14-1988 STM/2
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5, cl. 41C
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184, 51/2002
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6-16-2003 ATM/20
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5, cl. 41D
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5-15-2006 ATM/49
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Tax exemption for elderly
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59, 5N
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11-19-2012 STM/9
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Veterans to provide services to the Town in exchange for a reduction
in their real property tax obligation
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59, 38
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6-4-1979 ATM/28
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Assessments
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59, 57B
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11-14-1988 STM/14
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Single bill for full amount of property tax
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59, 57C
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653, 41/1989
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5-8-1990 ATM/35
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Quarterly tax payments
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60, 2
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281/1990
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12-6-2004 ATM/7
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Authorization to abate certain unpaid property tax
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60, 3D
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11-12-2019 STM/8
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Senior & Disabled Taxation Relief Fund
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60, 3F
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6-22-2020 ATM/9
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Voluntary donation to Municipal Veterans' Assistance Fund (Pre-existing
Veterans Discretionary Fund)
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60, 15B
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5-16-2016 ATM/11
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Treasurer/Collector Tax Title Collection Revolving Fund
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60, 23B
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1-12-2004 STM/4
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Increase fee for municipal lien certificates
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60, 106
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9-17-1984 STM/27
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Single payment of taxes
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60A, 1, Paragraphs 6 and 8
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5-19-2014 ATM/27
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Exempting from motor vehicle excise tax qualifying active and
full-time military members or veterans with qualifying disabilities
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64G, 3A
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5-21-2018ATM/15
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Allows the Town to enact a local excise tax on the rental of
rooms in hotels, motels, lodging houses and bed-and-breakfast establishments
at the rate of 6%
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64L, 2(a)
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10-5-2009 STM/1
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Local sales tax of .75% on sales of restaurant meals
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71, 16 to 16I
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3-19-1964 ATM/33
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Regional School District
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71, 71E
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639/1977
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6-4-1979 ATM/35
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Revolving fund for adult education programs
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78, 18
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1909 ATM/7
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Cemeteries (see MGL C. 114)
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80, 13B
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5-18-2015 ATM/24
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Deferral and recovery agreements with property owners assessed
a betterment for public infrastructure construction
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83, 15C
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5-16-2016 ATM/29
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To allow the Town to assess and collect interest on the unpaid
balance of sewer betterment assessments
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83, 15D
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5-16-2016 ATM/30
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To allow the Town to apportion future sewer betterment assessments
for up to 30 years
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90, 18A
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5-20-1974 ATM/41
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Pedestrian traffic control
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90, 20A1/2
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9-14-1981 STM/1
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Parking Clerk
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90, 20C
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9-29-1980 STM/5
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Parking regulations
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94, 120 and 120A
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3-3-1941 ATM/25
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License fees for slaughterhouses
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111, 26F
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4-13-1982 ATM/34
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List of hazardous chemicals
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127
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59/1999
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6-12-2000 ATM/17
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Senior citizen volunteer tax relief program
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131
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11-4-1930 STE/3
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Steel traps
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136, 7
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3-3-1924 ATM/13
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Business on Sunday
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136, 21 to 25
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406/1928
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6-25-1929 STM/14
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Outdoor sports and games on Sunday
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138, 12
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4-10-1995 ATM/41
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Sale of wines and malt beverages by holders of common victualler
licenses
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138, 33B
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5-16-2011 ATM/36
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To allow Selectmen to license restaurants for sale of alcoholic
beverages between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sundays
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139, 1 to 3
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3-20-1963 ATM/35
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Burnt or dangerous buildings
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140, 147A
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308/1985
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5-4-1987 ATM/22
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Dog licensing
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147, 17A
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4-2-1973 ATM/43
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Police holidays
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148, 26C
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5-21-1980 ATM/33
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Automatic smoke or heat detector, apartment houses
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148, 26E
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4-12-1982 STM/2
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Smoke detectors
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148, 26G
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4-12-1983 ATM/47
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Automatic sprinklers
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148, 26I
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642/1989
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5-8-1990 ATM/42
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Automatic sprinklers
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152, 69 to 75
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3-5-1951 ATM/8
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Workmen's compensation, except police/fire
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164, 134
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5-16-2016 ATM/20
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Participation in electric load aggregation program to purchase
electricity supply in bulk
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172
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5-7-1990 ATM/15
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Retirement benefits for Police and Fire Departments
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184, 8A
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3-19-1970 ATM/46
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Assessors
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200A, 9A
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5-16-2022/12
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Authorization to utilize alternative procedure for disposing
of abandoned funds held in the custody of the Town as provided for
in MGL c. 200A, § 9A(b)
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258, 13
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5-17-1980 ATE/1
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Indemnification of municipal officers
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272, 73A
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4-11-1994 ATM/30
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Gravestone repair
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1908
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3-7-1910 ATE
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Protect forest lands
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209/1908
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3-1-1909 ATE
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Protect forest lands
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514/1909
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3-2-1914 ATE
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8-hour day for town employees
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503/1912
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11-5-1912 STE
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Pensions for town laborers
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566/1912
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11-5-1912 STE
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Bristol County Agricultural School
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1913
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11-4-1913 STE
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Pensions for laborers (fire/water)
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807/1913
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11-4-1913 STE
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Injury compensation (see MGL c. 152)
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807/1913
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3-2-1914 ATE
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Injury compensation for town employees
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217/1914
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11-3-1914 STE
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Vacations for laborers
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688/1914
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11-3-1914 STE
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Saturday half-holiday
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790/1914
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11-3-1914 STE
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Primaries for political parties
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129/1915
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11-2-1915 STE
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Land taking to provide homes
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140/1915
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11-2-1915 STE
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Taxes
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284/1915
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3-13-1916 ATM/12
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Town Meeting
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1919
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11-4-1919 STE
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School for employed minors
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116/1919
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11-4-1919 STE
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Interest on bank accounts
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459/1922
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1922 STE
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District Attorney member of bar
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172/1949
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1962 ATE
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Vacations for police and fire personnel
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639, 11b/1950
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3-21-1963 ATM/39
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Civil defense officials considered town employees insofar as
MGL c. 41, § 100A and MGL c. 40, § 5, cl. 1 are
concerned
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487/1952
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1957
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Water District consolidation
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487/1952
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3-2-1953 ATM/12
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Fire and Water Districts
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401/1956
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3-4-1957 ATM/21
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Indemnification of employees
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1966
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11-8-1966 STE/6
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Local aid fund
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1966
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11-8-1966 STE/8
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County recreational advt.
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524, 1/1970
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10-26-1970 STM/15
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Reimbursement for legal fees
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486/1971
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3-27-1972 ATE/2
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Beano license
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1972
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11-7-1972 STE/8
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Age requirement (18) for purchase of alcohol
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597/1982
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4-9-1984 ATM/9
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Tax exemption for former prisoners of war
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653, 8/1982
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4-12-1983 ATM/42
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Real estate tax exemptions
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291/1990
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5-6-1991 ATM/59
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Enhanced 911 system
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411/2000
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6-4-2001 STM/24
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Election of retirement options for certain retirees
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137/2003
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5-17-2004 ATM/7
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Approval of military pay adjustment
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136, § 1/2005
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5-15-2006 ATM/44
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Reduce interest rate for eligible elderly tax deferrals
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77/2005
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11-5-2007, STM/8
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Further regulating salaries of public employees serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States
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[1]
Editor's Note: This section was amended 5-15-2006 ATM by Art.
46 to reduce the age at which applicants are eligible for the property
tax exemption to age 65; amended 5-15-2006 ATM by Art. 47 to increase
the income limits; amended 5-15-2006 ATM by Art. 48 to increase the
estate limits; and amended 5-15-2006 ATM by Art. 50 to increase the
amount of the elderly tax exemption.
