Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-eight of chapter fifty-four, for terms of four years beginning the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified, three county commissioners, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and shall annually, at their first meeting after the first Wednesday of January, choose by ballot a chairman. In Nantucket county the selectmen of Nantucket, and in Suffolk county the mayor and city council of Boston, the municipal council of Chelsea and the city council of Revere, in their respective cities, and the selectmen of Winthrop in said town, shall, except as otherwise provided, have the powers and perform the duties of county commissioners.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners
Section 1 - Boundaries in Tide Water; Powers
Section 2 - Alteration of Maps
Section 5a - Salaries; Acceptance of Provision of This Section
Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses
Section 8 - Statement of Expenses; Certification; Payment; Audit
Section 9 - Meetings; Frequency; Location; Special Meetings
Section 9d - Record of Payments; Form and Contents
Section 9e - Extended Record; Form and Contents
Section 10 - Record of Proceedings; Copy to Director of Accounts
Section 11 - Clerical Employees; Temporary Clerk; Duties
Section 12 - Absence or Disqualification of Commissioners; Appointment of Substitute; Tenure
Section 13 - Powers; Administration of Oaths; Punishment for Contempt
Section 14 - Additional Powers
Section 14a - Associate Commissioner for Affairs Concerning the Elderly
Section 14b - Associate Commissioner for Affairs Concerning Handicapped Persons
Section 15 - Qualification of Officers; Return to State Secretary
Section 16 - Office Hours; Holidays; Certain Acts Performable on Next Business Day
Section 18 - Recognizances and Damages
Section 19 - Proceedings at Other Times Than Regular Meetings and Returns Thereof
Section 22 - Breach or Neglect of Duty; Penalty
Section 23 - Gifts; Use and Disposition
Section 24 - Federal Grants; Acceptance, Custody and Disposition