[Adopted as Art. IIA of the 1983 Code]
A Moderator shall be elected by ballot at each
Annual Town Meeting for the election of officers and shall hold office
for the term of one-year.
If at the time of any Town Meeting or Special
Town Meeting a vacancy exists in the office of Moderator, the Town
Meeting shall, prior to considering the business of that Meeting,
elect by written ballot a Moderator to preside at that Meeting and
to hold office after that Meeting until replaced by a duly elected
and qualified replacement. If no candidate accepts nomination at said
Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting, then the Town Clerk shall serve
as Moderator for that Meeting as provided for in MGL c. 39, § 14.
The Moderator shall hold no other elective or
appointive Town office.
