§ 1 Allocation of powers
§ 2 Presiding officer of board of aldermen; voting rights
§ 3 Elections of city officers by municipal bodies; manner of voting
§ 4 Mayor to sign every ordinance; veto power; effect
§ 5 Performance of mayoralty duties during vacancy
§ 6 Election warrants; issuance; acceptance of provisions of section
§ 6A Municipal salaries; increases and decreases; procedure
§ 7 Holding other offices
§ 8 Compatibility of offices
§ 8A Removal of officers; procedure; exception
§ 9 Annual meeting; other meetings; election of officers; times; adjournment; holidays
§ 9A Election of officers and other matters determined by ballot; meetings; time and place; warrants
§ 10 Warrant; issuance; contents
§ 10A Recession and continuation of town meeting due to inclement weather or public safety emergency; notice
§ 11 Persons authorized to call meetings upon resignation of selectmen
§ 12 Persons authorized to call meetings upon refusal of selectmen
§ 13 Quorum; application of section
§ 14 Moderators; election; tenure; vacancies; assistant moderators
§ 15 Moderators; powers and duties
§ 16 Appropriation, advisory or finance committees; appointment; tenure; powers and duties
§ 17 Powers of moderator; preservation of order
§ 18 Duties of moderators; reception of votes
§ 20 Precinct voting
§ 21 Canvass of returns
§ 23D Adjudicatory hearings; attendance by municipal board, committee and commission members; voting disqualification
§ 24 Application of chapter
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 39 - Municipal Government

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.