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BY-LAWS TOWN OF MASHPEE <br /> CHAPTER 1 . TOWN GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE <br /> Article 1 . 1 Town Meeting= <br /> Section 1 . 1 . 1 Annual Town Meeting and Election The <br /> Annual Town Meeting for the appropriation <br /> of money and all other matters which shall <br /> properly come before it shall be field on <br /> the first Monday in May at 7:00 p .m. each <br /> year ; and to further provide that the j <br /> election of Town Officers shall be held on <br /> the immediate following Saturday, at such <br /> place as the Selectmen may determine . The ' <br /> Selectmen may insert in the warrant for the <br /> Annual Meetings all articles and/or <br /> petitions signed by ten or more legal <br /> voters, i.,jh i ch shall have been delivered <br /> to the Selectmen , or either of them, or the <br /> Town Clerk on , or before , the first Monday <br /> in February each year ; but the Selectmen w <br /> may insert i n said warrant any article , or <br /> articles, received by them after said <br /> Monday in February if , in their judgment , <br /> it is advisable to do .•o and whenever it is <br /> possible shall , before calling a _special <br /> Tot-vn Meeting, insert in a local nevi•_.pa.per <br /> j <br /> a notice specifying the last day upon <br /> which articles to be inserted in the j <br /> warrant for such meetings shall be <br /> presented to the Selectmen or Town Clerk: . <br /> The viarrant fc r the Annual To!,:in Meeting <br /> shall also designate the To!,,in Officers vjho <br /> are to be chosen by ballot and their <br /> respective teems of office . All articles <br /> submitted for inclusion in the warrant of � <br /> any Tovin Meeting e printed shall 1 t F r• i n c e�� o r <br /> typev)r• i t ten , in dup l i cote , and sha.l 1 bear 4 <br /> the same name of the sponsors . ! <br /> Section 1 . 1 .2 Quorum. One hundred registered voters _.hal l <br /> constitute a quorum of a special town meeting. <br /> Quorum for an annual meeting shall be zero. " <br /> (Amended at Special Tovin Meeting August 25, 15,86; <br /> Approved by Attorney General October 17, 1 =86) <br /> s <br /> Section 1 . 1 .2. 1 No article 1x1ithin any annual or special town <br /> meeting warrant shall be moved for consideration 1 i <br /> i ! <br /> after 10 :00 p .m. vii thout a 2/3 rds vote of <br /> Town Meeting. (Amended at Annual To!,.in Meeting i <br /> Mary 4, 1987; approved by Attorney General F <br /> September 21 , 1987) . Article 70 <br /> i <br />.gp <br /> i <br /> j <br /> i <br /> -1- <br />