1983-1988-BY-LAWS (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

�r 4} BY-LAWS TOWN OF MASHPEE `• aiA= 1. TbwN GOVERMENT STRUCTURE Article 1.1 Town Meetings Section 1.1.1 Annual Town Meeting and Election. The Annual Town, Meeting for the appropriation of money and all other matters which shall properly come before it shall be held on the first Monday in May at 7:30 p.m. each year; and to' further provide that the election of Town Officers shall be held on the immediate following Saturday, at such place as the Selectmen may determine. The Selectmen may insert in the warrant for the Annual Meetings all articles and/or petitions signed by ten or more legal voters, which shall have been delivered to the Selectmen, or either of them, or the Town Clerk on, or before, the first Monday in February each year; but the Selectmen may insert in said warrant any article, or articles, received by them after said first Mxnday in February if, in their judgement, it is advisable to do so and whenever it is possible shall, before calling a Special Town Meeting, insert in a local newspaper a notice specifying the last day upon which articles to be inserted in the warrant for such meetings shall be presented to the Selectmen or Town Clerk. The warrant for the Annual Town Meeting shall also designate the Town Officers who are to be chosen by ballot and their respective terms of office. All articles submitted for inclusion in the warrant of any Town Meeting shall be printed or typewritten, in duplicate, and shall bear the name of the sponsors. (Amended at Special Town Meeting, October 27, 1982 and approved by the Attorney General January 11, 1983. ) Section 1.1.2 Quorum. Ten percent of the number of registered voters in the Town, as certified by the Town Clerk, shall constitute a quorum at any Annual Meeting. Five percent of the number of registered voters "11 constitute a quorum at any Special Town Meeting. Section 1.1.3 Warrant. Every Town Meeting, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be called in pursuance to a warrant. The warrant shall be directed to the Constable who shall forwith give notice at least fourteen days before such meeting by posting a copy of said warrant, one at the Town Hall and one at each of the Town bulletin boards; and by causing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town of Mashpee a copy of said warrant. (Amended at Annual Town Meeting May 7, 1984 and approved by Attorney General September 17, 10,84. ) y -1- 1: