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CHAPTER 2 -- TOWN MEETINGS HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Mashpee: Art. 1, as Ch. 1, Art. 1.1, of the 1980 Code: Art. II, as Ch. 1, Art. 1.2, of the 1980 Code: Art. III, as Ch. 2, Art. 2.13, Sec. 2.13.1, of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable. ARTICLE I --Miscellaneous Provisions History: Adopted as Ch. 1, Article 1.1 of the 1980 Code. §2-1. Annual Town Meeting and Election. History: Amended 11-13-1989 STM, Article 30, approved by Attorney General on 2-16-1990. A. The Town will hold two (2) regularly scheduled Annual Town Meetings. The Spring Annual Town Meeting will be held the first Monday in May and will address the Annual Town operating budget. The Fall Annual Town Meeting will be held the third Monday in October and will address any and all other business to come before the Town Meeting. These meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. at a place that shall be determined by the Selectmen. History: Amended 10-7-2002 ATM, Article 9, approved by Attorney General on 11-27-2002 History: Amended 12-9-2002 STM, Article 9, approve by Attorney General on 2-19-2003. B. The Board of Selectmen shall receive all petitions addressed to it which request the submission of particular subiect matter to the Town Meeting and which conform to the requirements of Section ten of Chapter thirty-nine of the General Laws. All requests for the inclusion ofsubiect matter shall be in writing, but shall not otherwise be required to conform to any particular stvle or form, except that each request for a particular subject shall be submitted as a separate petition. (See Mashpee Home Rule Charter(hereinafter, the "Charter"), Section 2-7(a)l C. Articles for the Spring Annual Town Meeting must be submitted by the second Monday in February each year. Articles for the Fall Town Meeting must be submitted by the second Monday in July each year. History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, Article 33, approved by Attorney General on 12-9-1996. 2