Town of Blackstone, MA
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2022-05-24
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Division 1: Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article I Incorporation; Powers
- Special Note
- Ch SN Special Note
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Incorporation; Powers
- § C1-1 Incorporation.
- § C1-2 Form of government; powers.
- § C1-3 Construal of provisions.
- § C1-4 Intergovernmental relations.
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- 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
The inhabitants of the Town of Blackstone, within the territorial
limits as now or hereafter may be established in the manner provided
by law, shall continue to be a body corporate and politic with perpetual
succession under the name "Town of Blackstone."
The form of government provided by this Charter shall be known
as the "Selectmen - Town Administrator - Open Town Meeting Plan."
Pursuant to the provisions of this Charter and subject only to such
limitations as may be imposed by the Constitution and General Laws,
the Town of Blackstone shall have all powers possible for a Town to
have as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated
in this Charter.
The powers of the Town under this Charter shall be construed
liberally in favor of the Town, and the specific mention of particular
powers in the Charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way
the general power stated in this article.
Subject to the applicable requirements of any provision of the
Constitution or General Laws of the commonwealth, the Town of Blackstone
may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and
may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation,
by contract or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions
or agencies thereof or the United States or any agency thereof.
