12/31/2005 BY-LAW REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE I--Adoption of Code History: Adopted 11-13-1989 STM Article 28 avoroved by Attorney,General on 2-16- 1990. §1-1. Adoption of Code: The Town shall accept the renumbering of the various bylaws of the Town from their original numbering to the numbering or codification, arrangement, sequence and captions as set forth in the Code of the Town of Mashpee, dated 2005, on file at the office of the Town Clerk, to be effective , said codification having been done under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, Town Counsel and Town Clerk, and said Code being a compilation of the present bylaws of the Town and having no substantive changes or deletions in the text thereof, and the Town shall renumber any additions to the bylaw prior to ARTICLE 11 -- Amendments to Bylaws History: Adopted as Ch. 1 Art. 1.3 of the 1980 Code. §1-2. General Requirement. These Bylaws may be amended at any Annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting, provided that an article or articles for that purpose be included in the Town Warrant. ARTICLE HI-- General Penalties History: Adopted 5-2-1983 ATM Article 48 approved by Attorney General on 10-12- 1983. §1-3. Noncriminal Disposition: The provisions of MGL C. 40, §211), providing for the noncriminal disposition of bylaw violation, shall be applicable to all violations of Town Bylaws wherein a specific penalty is provided for said violation. §1-4. Violations and Penalties: Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Code, unless otherwise provided for therein, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.). Each day a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense. ARTICLE IV -- Gender History:...Adopted by the Town of Mash ee: Art. I as Ch. 1 Art. 1.3 the 1980 Code; Art. II 5-2-1983 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 48 approved 10-12-1983• Art. 111 11-13-1989 S ecial Town Meeting, Art. 28 approved 2-16-1990• Art. IV 5-4-1992 Special Town Meetine, Art. 18 approved 8-26-1992. Amendments noted where applicable. §1-5. Use of Gender: All references in the Code to gender shall be construed to include both male and female gender where the context and application so require. 1