The following is an alphabetical listing
of the Town of Southwick officers, boards, committees and commissions
not established by bylaw nor provided for under statute. Consult municipal
records for a more detailed description of the action. Names of committees
or boards which are not capitalized indicate that the article under
which it was adopted did not specifically name the committee or board;
the editor supplied the name for organizational purposes.
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Name
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Adoption Date/Art. No.
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Description
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Acceptance of ways committee
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STM 7-13-1934/3
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Committee of 5 to investigate accepting unimproved
private ways
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Acceptance of ways committee
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STM 11-21-1947/4
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Committee of 5 to investigate possibility of
accepting certain roads
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Acceptance of ways committee
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ATM 3-21-1950/24
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Committee of 5 to investigate accepting certain
roads
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Agricultural Commission
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STM 1-9-2006/11
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Commission of 7 to encourage pursuit of agriculture,
promote agriculture-based economic activities, address agricultural
issues, work for preservation of prime agricultural lands and pursue
initiatives for creating a sustainable agricultural community
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Assessors, Board of
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STM 12-13-1971/19
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Increase membership to 5
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Assessors, Board of
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ATM 4-19-1988/17
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Decrease from 5 to 3 members (MGL C. 41, §§ 1
and 2)
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Audit committee
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ATM 3-6-1933/42
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Committee of 3 to investigate making change
in way books and accounts are audited
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Auditor, Town
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ATM 3-16-1954/37
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Position abolished; Selectmen authorized to
appoint Town Accountant
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Board of Health
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ATM 4-20-1976/9
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Board of 3 members for 3-year terms
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Board of Health Study Committee
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STM 4-22-1975/8
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Committee of 7 to investigate creation separate
Board of Health apart from Board of Selectmen
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Building Committee
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STM 4-21-1928/2
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Committee of 5 for centralized building project
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Building Committee
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STM 7-29-1952/2
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7 members to obtain preliminary drawings and
estimates for erection of new school building
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Building Committee
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STM 10-11-1955/3
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Committee to have authority to enter into contracts
for purpose of obtaining estimates for building new elementary school
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Building Site Committee
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ATM 3-31-1924/20
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Consists of Selectmen, School Committee and
3 others to find suitable site for centralized school (dismissed STM
7-20-1927/Art. 5)
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Building Site Committee
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STM 7-20-1927/5
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Committee of 5 to report on sites for new school
building
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Building Study Committee
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ATM 3-22-1955/50
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Committee of 7
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Bylaw Committee Bylaw Committee
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ATM 3-27-1916/31 STM 5-6-1924/3
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Committee of 5 to formulate a set of bylaws
Selectmen Committee and 3 others authorized to formulate bylaws for
presentation to Town Meeting
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Bylaw Committee
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ATM 3-7-1932/56
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Investigate making amendments to bylaws
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Bylaw Committee
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STM 12-18-1936/3
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Committee of 5 to recommend revisions to bylaws
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Bylaw Committee
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STM 5-28-1937/3
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Committee authorized to construct and print
new bylaws
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Bylaw Committee
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STM 4-5-1946/5
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Committee to study and update bylaws
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Building Committee
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STM 7-29-1952/2
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Committee of 7 to enter into contracts for purpose
of obtaining preliminary drawings, etc., for new school
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Cemetery Commission
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ATM 3-17-1959/39
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Discontinue electing Commissioners and elect
a Commission of 3
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Cemetery committee
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4-2-1900/25
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Committee of 3 to act with Selectmen regarding
buying land for cemetery
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Cemetery Trustees
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STM 8-28-1945/1
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Trustees changed to Cemetery
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Commissioners Clerk, Town
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ATM 3-21-1938/51
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Term of office changed from 3 years to 1 year
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Clerk, Town
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STM 4-5-1946/1
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Term of office changed from 1 year to 3 years
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Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector
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STM 6-20-1930/3
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Term of office to be 3 years
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Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector
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STM 12-14-1970/6
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Petition Legislature to allow appointment
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Committee of ten
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STM 12-30-1911/III
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Committee of 10 appointed to attend the legislative hearing
of the trolley bill in Boston
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Computer Selection Committee
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ATM 4-16-1985/14
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Committee of 5
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Computer study Committee
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ATM 6-11-1981/23
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Committee of 7 to study purchase or rental of
a computerized system
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Council on Aging
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STM 12-10-1968/1
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Council of 7 appointed
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Data Processing Study Committee
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ATM 4-17-1984/17 `
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Committee of 7 to study data and word processing
needs of town and School Department
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Dickinson Grammar School committee
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STM 6-28-1929/4
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Committee of 7 to investigate retaining grammar
school building
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Dickinson School Fund Trustees, Board of
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ATM 3-17-1959/43
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Discontinue electing Trustees and elect Board
of 3 persons
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Dump study committee
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STM 8-5-1932/4
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Investigate advisability of procuring town dump
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Electric Light Commission
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ATM 3-29-1920/25
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3 members
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Equipment storage committee
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STM 3-28-1930/1,2
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Investigate finding quarters for town equipment
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Executive Secretary
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STM 8-13-1963/6
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Selectmen authorized to employ
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Executive Secretary investigative committee
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ATM 3-19-1962/9
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Committee of 5 to study office of Executive
Secretary to Board of Selectmen
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Fence Viewers
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ATM 3-16-1948/52
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Selectmen given authority to appoint
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Finance Committee
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ATM 3-17-1959/42
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Committee of 5 appointed by Moderator
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Franklin Regional Transit Authority
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STM 6-19-1986/10
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Voted to join
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Government administration study committee
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ATM 4-17-1984/16
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Committee of 5 voters to study ways to improve
the administration of town government
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Health, Board of
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ATM 4-27-1976/9
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3 members (MGL C. 41, §§ 1 and
2)
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High School Building Committee
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STM 7-22-1958/5
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Committee of 7 for purpose of obtaining estimates
for addition to junior high school
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High School Survey Committee
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ATM 3-19-1957/22
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Committee enlarged to include School Committee
and 7 additional members
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Historical Commission committee
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ATM 4-19-1977/25
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Committee to study possibility of establishing
Historical Commission
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Inspector of Wires
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STM 8-24-1950/5
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Appointed in accordance with MGL C. 166, § 32
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Library expansion study committee
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ATM 3-19-1973/16
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Committee for expansion or rebuilding of library
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Library Study Committee
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ATM 4-19-1988/24
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Selectmen to create committee to address library
facility needs
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Library Trustees
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STM 10-13-1994/7
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Increase number of Trustees to 6, said new Trustees
to be elected in accordance with MGL C. 78, § 10 at the
next annual town election
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Light Board, Municipal
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STM 8-2-1919/3
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Selectmen to act as Light Board for purpose
of constructing light plant
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Lower Pioneer Valley Planning District
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ATM 3-19-1962/11
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Voted to join
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Mosquito Control District (Hampden County)
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STM 9-30-1974/10
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Voted to exclude town from district
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Municipal officers
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ATE 4-14-1981/Q1
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Indemnity insurance
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Overseers of Poor committee
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ATM 4-2-1900/26
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Committee of 3 to act with Overseers of Poor
to investigate establishing a town farm with Granville
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Park Commission
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STM 6-19-1986/12
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Authorized to develop and maintain programs
for recreational purposes
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Park Commissioners, Board of
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ATM 3-21-1960/19
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5 members (MGL C. 45)
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Park Commissioners, Board of
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STM 12-11-1961/7
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Authorized to exercise powers conferred by MGL
C. 45, § 14, regarding use of land for public recreation
(vote reaffirmed 6-19-1986/11)
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Planning Board
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STM 1-20-1938/4
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5 members (MGL C. 41, §§ 81A
to 81J, inclusive)
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Playground and Recreation Board
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STM 12-11-1961/8
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Control of lakefront lot on Berkshire Avenue
owned by the town transferred to Board of Park Commissioners
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Public Works, Department of
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ATM 4-21-1992/27
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1991 Act of General Court
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Regional School District Planning Committee
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ATM 3-15-1971/20
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3 members (MGL C. 71, § 14)
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Regional School District Planning Committee
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STM 3-26-1981/10
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Appointed by Moderator in accordance with MGL
C. 71, § 14
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Regional School Committee
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STM 12-7-1987/9
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Committee of 3 appointed District Planning Moderator
in accordance with MGL C. 71, § 14
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Retirement study committee
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ATM 3-19-1946/55
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Committee to study voluntary contributory retirement
system
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School Building Committee
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ATM 3-20-1967/23
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Appointed to prepare plans for new school
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School Committee
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ATM 3-19-1957/23
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Committee increased from 3 to 5 members
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School Department teachers and employees
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STM 12-4-1980/4
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Filing of act with Legislature relative to funding
salaries in July and August
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School enlargement
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ATM 3-16-1948/55
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Committee of 4 to committee work with School
Committee to study enlarging Consolidated School Building
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School enrollment study committee
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ATM 4-16-1985/13
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Committee of 5 to study school enrollment needs
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School Facilities Study Committee
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STM 6-19-1986/6
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Committee of 9 to study alternatives for additional
space for educational needs
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School regionalization committee
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ATM 4-21-1987/15
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Committee of 5 to investigate regionalization
of Southwick schools
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Select Board
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STM 8-5-1932/3
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Term of office established at 3 years
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Select Board
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ATM 3-15-1937/46
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Authorize Select Board to administer Signs and
Billboards Bylaw
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Select Board
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ATM 3-21-1938/49
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Election for 1 year
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Select Board
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STM 4-5-1946/2
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Term of office changed from 1 year to 3 years
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Select Board
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STM 9-28-1989/12
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Select Board members authorized to send designee
to vote on their behalf at meetings such as county and state functions
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Select Board
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ATM 5-17-2016/11
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Change name of Board of Selectmen to "Select Board"; authorize
amendments to references in Code accordingly
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Sewer committee
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STM 5-21-1942/2
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Committee of 3 to investigate sewer situation
on Depot Street
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Special garage study
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ATM 3-4-1935/45
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Committee of 5 to committee investigate advisability
of establishing a municipal garage
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Tax Collector
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STM 4-24-1941/2
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To be Town Collector
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Tax Collector
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ATM 3-15-1943/44
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To be Collector of Accounts
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Tax Collector
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STM 10-30-1945/3
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Term to be 3 years
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Tax Study Committee
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STM 7-22-1958/9
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Committee of 5 to study means of solving tax
problem caused by high school construction
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Tax Study Committee
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STM 9-13-1973/4
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Study feasibility of hiring consulting firm
to assess property
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Telephone System Study Committee
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ATM 4-17-1984/18
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Committee of 5 to study telephone needs of town
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Town Hall study committee
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STM 9-20-1935/3
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Committee of 5 to investigate remodeling Town
Hall building
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Town office study
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STM 8-28-1945/5
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Committee to formulate committee for Town Office
Building and Municipal Garage
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Town Office Survey Committee
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ATM 3-19-1957/48
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Authorized to act as Building Committee to investigate
costs of addition to Town Building for office space
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Treasurer
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STM 10-30-1945/4
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Term to be 3 years
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Treasurer and Collector
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ATM 3-2-1936/48
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Offices to appear separately on ballot
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Treasurer and Collector
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ATM 3-21-1938/50
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Term of office changed from 3 years to 1 year
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Tree Warden
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ATM 3-17-1959/44
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Selectmen to appoint annually
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Water Commissioners, Board of
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STM 7-18-1929/3
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Chapter 360, Acts of 1929, Section 6
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Water Department Manager
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ATM 3-3-1930/45
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Water Commissioners to appoint and fix salary
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Water Development, Construction and Water Supply
Committee
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ATM 3-18-1968/27
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Committee of 5 to 7 to investigate development
of water supply system
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