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General By-Laws Town of Mashpee CHAPTER 40 -- TOWN MEETINGS HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Mashpee• Art I, 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. GENERAL REFERENCES " Selectmen- See Ch.37. ARTICLE I -- Miscellaneous Provisions History: Adopted as Ch. 1, Article 1.1 of the 1980 Code r X40-1. 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. 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 Attornev General on 2-19-2003. R i B. These meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. at a place that shall be determined by the Selectmen. The Selectmen may insert in the warrant for the Annual Town Meetings all articles and/or petitions signed by ten (10) or more legal voters which shall have been delivered to the Selectmen or the Town Clerk, or both. 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. D. The Selectmen may insert in said warrant, any article or articles received by them as of said Monday in February and said Monday in July. All articles will include an explanation prepared by the party submitting the article. Before calling a special town meeting, the Selectmen will insert in a local newspaper a notice specifying the last day upon which articles to be inserted in the warrant for such meeting will be presented to the Selectmen of the Town Clerk. ' History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, Article 33, approved by Attorney General on 12-9-1996. E. All articles submitted for inclusion in the warrant of any Town Meeting shall be printed or N typewritten, in duplicate, and shall bear the same name of the sponsors. a 1 F. The annual Town election of Town officers will be held the first Saturday in May immediately following the May Annual Town Meeting, at such place as determined by the Selectmen.