Town of Blackstone, MA
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2022-05-24
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Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Administration of Government
- Special Note
- Ch SN Special Note
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Art I Town Meetings
- § 5-1 Date of Annual Town Meeting for election of officers.
- § 5-2 Date of Annual Town Meeting.
- § 5-3 Polling hours.
- § 5-4 Notice of Town Meetings.
- § 5-5 Town reports to be made available.
- § 5-6 Quorum.
- § 5-7 Warrant and Finance Committee report to be made available.
- § 5-8 Regulation of participation.
- § 5-9 Duties of Moderator.
- § 5-10 Determination of procedure.
- § 5-11 Order of action upon articles.
- § 5-12 Presentation of motions.
- § 5-13 Division of questions.
- § 5-14 Priority of motions.
- § 5-15 Manner of voting.
- § 5-16 Limit on debate.
- § 5-17 Motions for reconsideration.
- § 5-18 Completion of business.
- § 5-19 Vote required for funding at Special Town Meetings.
- Ch 5 Art II Town Officers
- § 5-20 Powers of Selectmen.
- § 5-21 Issuance of licenses and permits by Selectmen.
- § 5-22 Sale of Town property.
- § 5-23 Resignations.
- Ch 5 Art III Finance Committee
- § 5-24 Establishment; composition.
- § 5-25 Appointments; terms of office.
- § 5-26 Vacancies.
- § 5-27 Consideration of warrants.
- § 5-28 Recommendations as to appropriations.
- § 5-28.A Capital Outlay Committee.
- § 5-29 Access to records and accounts.
- Ch 5 Art IV Auditing and Municipal Accounts
- § 5-30 Periodic audit of accounts.
- § 5-31 Transmission of unpaid bills at end of fiscal year.
- § 5-32 Submission of receipts.
- § 5-33 Custody of documents.
- § 5-33.1 Department revolving funds.
- Ch 5 Art V Contracts by Town Officers
- § 5-34 Participation in contracts by officers prohibited.
- § 5-35 Additional compensation for officers prohibited.
- § 5-36 Contracts to be written and signed.
- § 5-37 Review of contracts; required security.
- § 5-38 Duration.
- § 5-39 Competitive procurement.
- Ch 5 Art VI Legal Affairs
- § 5-40 Selectmen's duties.
- § 5-41 Selectmen's powers to settle.
- § 5-42 Annual report of Selectmen.
- § 5-43 Appointment of Town Counsel.
- § 5-44 Duties of Town Counsel.
- Ch 5 Art VII Records and Reports
- § 5-45 Records to be kept in suitable books.
- § 5-45.1 Submission of minutes by boards, commissions and other multimember bodies.
- § 5-46 Annual report by accountant.
- § 5-47 Publication of certain items.
- § 5-48 Assessor's valuation list.
- § 5-49 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 5 Art VIII Planning Board Agenda
- § 5-50 Agendas to be posted.
- § 5-51 Requests to appear before Board.
- Ch 19 Housing Authority
- Ch 29 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 39 School District, Regional
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Advertising, Political
- Ch 53 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 57 Building Construction
- Ch 58 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 60 Cats
- Ch 63 Dogs
- Ch 69 Fees
- Ch 73 Fences
- Ch 77 Fire Prevention
- Ch 89 Loitering
- Ch 92 Licensing Procedures
- Ch 93 Fingerprint-Based Criminal Record Background Checks
- Ch 95 Littering and Refuse Disposal
- Ch 97 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption or Use of
- Ch 98 Noise Control
- Ch 101 Sales, Casual
- Ch 105 Sewers
- Ch 109 Soil Removal
- Ch 110 Stormwater Management and Land Disturbance
- Ch 111 Discharge of Water to Public Ways
- Ch 112 Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
- Ch 114 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 115 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 117 Waste Disposal
- Ch 118 Water Supply Protection
- Ch 119 Wetlands
- Ch 123 Zoning
- Division 3: Selectmen's Regulations
- Ch 131 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 145 Personnel Policies
- Ch 149 Recycled Product Procurement Policy
- Ch 151 Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 157 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 162 Aging, Council on
- Ch 164 Animals
- Ch 171 Fire Department
- Ch 177 Health, Board of
- Ch 181 Housing Authority
- Ch 183 Landfill
- Ch 185 Massage Therapy
- Ch 188 Sewage Disposal Systems, Sanitary
- Ch 188A Tobacco
- Ch 188B Trash Haulers
- Ch 189 Utilities
- Ch 190 Scenic Roads
- Ch 191 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 192 Swine
- Appendix
- Ch A200 General Laws Accepted or Rejected
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Blackstone 3-28-1953 by Art. 35, as Sections
II through VIII of the Revised Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Town Meeting — See Charter,
Art. II.
Board of Selectmen — See Charter,
Art. III.
Other elected offices — See
Charter, Art. IV.
Town Administrator — See Charter,
Art. V.
Fiscal Committees — See Charter,
Art. VI.
Housing Authority — See Ch. 19.
Parks and Recreation Commission — See Ch. 29.
Police Department — See Ch. 33.
Regional School District — See Ch. 39.
Board of Selectmen — See Ch. 151.
Council on Aging — See Ch. 162.
Fire Department — See Ch. 171.
Board of Health — See Ch. 177.
General Laws accepted or rejected — See Ch. A200.
