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CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> ARTICLE I-- Adoption of Code <br /> History: Adopted 11-13-1989 STM, Article 28, approved by Attorney General on 2-16- <br /> 1990. <br /> §1-1. Adoption of Code: The Town shall accept the renumbering of the various bylaws of <br /> the Town from their original numbering to the numbering or codification, <br /> arrangement, sequence and captions as set forth in the Code of the Town of Mashpee, <br /> dated 2005, on file at the office of the Town Clerk, to be effective <br /> said codification having been done under the direction of <br /> the Board of Selectmen, Town Counsel and Town Clerk, and said Code being a <br /> compilation of the present bylaws of the Town and having no substantive changes or <br /> deletions in the text thereof, and the Town shall renumber any additions to the bylaw <br /> prior to <br /> ARTICLE II-- Amendments to Bylaws <br /> History: Adopted as Ch. 1, Art. 1.3, of the 1980 Code. <br /> §1-2. General Requirement. These Bylaws may be amended at any Annual Town <br /> Meeting or Special Town Meeting, provided that an article or articles for that purpose <br /> be included in the Town Warrant. <br /> ARTICLE III -- General Penalties <br /> History: Adopted 5-2-1983 ATM, Article 48, approved by Attorney General on 10-12- <br /> 1983. <br /> §1-3. Noncriminal Disposition: The provisions of MGL C. 40, §21 D, providing for the <br /> noncriminal disposition of bylaw violation, shall be applicable to all violations of <br /> Town Bylaws wherein a specific penalty is provided for said violation. <br /> §1-4. Violations and Penalties: Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Code, <br /> unless otherwise provided for therein, shall be punished by a fine of not less than <br /> twenty dollars ($20.) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.). Each day a violation occurs <br /> shall be considered a separate offense. <br /> ARTICLE IV -- Gender <br /> History: Adopted by the Town of Mashpee: Art. I, as Ch. 1, Art. 1.3 , the 1980 Code; Art. <br /> I1, 5-2-1983 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 48, approved 10-12-1983; Art. 111 11-13-1989 <br /> Special Town Meeting, Art. 28, approved 2-16-1990; Art. IV, 5-4-1992 Special Town <br /> Meeting, Art. 18, approved 8-26-1992. Amendments noted where applicable. <br /> §1-5. Use of Gender: All references in the Code to gender shall be construed to include <br /> both male and female gender where the context and application so require. <br /> 1 <br />