Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 39 - Municipal Government

Section 1 - Allocation of Powers - Section 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, city councils...

Section 2 - Presiding Officer of Board of Aldermen; Voting Rights - Section 2. If the mayor acts as presiding officer of...

Section 3 - Elections of City Officers by Municipal Bodies; Manner of Voting - Section 3. No election of a city officer by a...

Section 4 - Mayor to Sign Every Ordinance; Veto Power; Effect - Section 4. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote requiring the...

Section 5 - Performance of Mayoralty Duties During Vacancy - Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by city charters, upon...

Section 6 - Election Warrants; Issuance; Acceptance of Provisions of Section - Section 6. If, at or after the time for the...

Section 6a - Municipal Salaries; Increases and Decreases; Procedure - Section 6A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter to...

Section 7 - Holding Other Offices - Section 7. The mayor or an alderman or a member...

Section 8 - Compatibility of Offices - Section 8. No member of the city council shall, during...

Section 8a - Removal of Officers; Procedure; Exception - Section 8A. Unless otherwise provided in any general law or...

Section 9 - Annual Meeting; Other Meetings; Election of Officers; Times; Adjournment; Holidays - [ Section impacted by 2020, 45, Secs. 1 and 1A,...

Section 9a - Election of Officers and Other Matters Determined by Ballot; Meetings; Time and Place; Warrants - Section 9A. Except as otherwise provided by special law or...

Section 10 - Warrant; Issuance; Contents - Section 10. Every town meeting or town election, except as...

Section 10a - Recession and Continuation of Town Meeting Due to Inclement Weather or Public Safety Emergency; Notice - Section 10A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law, charter...

Section 11 - Persons Authorized to Call Meetings Upon Resignation of Selectmen - Section 11. If a majority of the selectmen or any...

Section 12 - Persons Authorized to Call Meetings Upon Refusal of Selectmen - Section 12. If the selectmen unreasonably refuse to call a...

Section 13 - Quorum; Application of Section - [Section impacted by 2020, 92, Sec. 7, 16 and 17,...

Section 14 - Moderators; Election; Tenure; Vacancies; Assistant Moderators - Section 14. At every town meeting when moderators are not...

Section 15 - Moderators; Powers and Duties - Section 15. The moderator shall preside and regulate the proceedings,...

Section 16 - Appropriation, Advisory or Finance Committees; Appointment; Tenure; Powers and Duties - Section 16. Every town whose valuation for the purpose of...

Section 17 - Powers of Moderator; Preservation of Order - Section 17. No person shall address a town meeting without...

Section 18 - Duties of Moderators; Reception of Votes - Section 18. The moderator shall receive the vote of any...

Section 20 - Precinct Voting - Section 20. Towns divided into voting precincts may, for their...

Section 21 - Canvass of Returns - Section 21. The town clerk and the board of registrars,...

Section 23d - Adjudicatory Hearings; Attendance by Municipal Board, Committee and Commission Members; Voting Disqualification - Section 23D. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...

Section 24 - Application of Chapter - Section 24. The provisions of this chapter shall be in...