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History: Amended 12-9-2002 ST Ma following receipt of any proposed warrant Article 9,approve by Attorney General article the board of selectmen shall cause on 2-19-2003. a copy of the proposal to be mailed to the residence of the chairperson of the finance B. These meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. committee, a copy to be posted on the at a place that shall be determined by the town bulletin board and shall cause such Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall other distribution to be made of each such receive all petitions addressed to it which proposal as may be required by law or by request the submission of particular sub- by-law. ject matter to the Town Meeting and History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, which conform to the requirements of sec- Article 33, approved by Attorney tion ten of chapter thirty-nine of the General on 12-9-1996. General Laws. All requests for the inclu- sion of subject matter shall be in writing, E. All articles submitted for inclusion in the but shall not otherwise be required to con- warrant of any Town Meeting shall be form to any particular style or form, printed or typewritten, in duplicate, and except that each request for a particular shall bear the same name of the sponsors. subject shall be submitted as a separate petition. F. The annual Town election of Town offi- cers will be held the first Saturday in May C. Articles for the Spring Annual Town immediately following the May Annual Meeting must be submitted by the second Town Meeting, at such place as deter- Monday in February each year. Articles mined by the Selectmen. for the Fall Town Meeting must be sub- mitted by the second Monday in July each §2-2. Special Town Meetings. Special town meet- year. Ings may be held at the call of the board of History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, selectmen at such times as they deem neces- Article 33, approved by Attorney sary, or desirable, in order to transact the leg- General on 12-9-1996. islative business of the town in an orderly manner. Special town meetings may also be D. The Selectmen shall insert in said warrant, held on the petition of two hundred or more any article or articles received by them as voters,in the manner provided by general law. of said Monday in February and said Monday in July. All articles will include §2-3. Quorum. One hundred (100) registered vot- a brief statement explaining the proposal ers shall constitute a quorum of a Special prepared by the party submitting the arti- Town Meeting. Quorum for an Annual cle. Forthwith following the filing of a Meeting shall be zero (0). proposed warrant article and in no event History:Amended 8-25-1986 STM,approved later than the publication of the warrant by Attorney General on 10-17-1986. for the town meeting including such war- rant article, or such other deadline as may §24. Majority Voting Requirement. No article be established by the board of selectmen, within any Armual or Special Town Meeting the proponents shall file with the board of Warrant shall be moved for consideration after selectmen all available plans, specifica- 10:00 p.m. without a two-thirds vote of the j tions, cost estimates and other supporting Town Meeting. data necessary for fair consideration of the History: Amended 5-4-1987 ATM, Article proposal by the town meeting. Before 70, approved by Attorney General on 9-21- calling a special town meeting, the 1987. Selectmen will insert in a local newspaper a notice specifying the last day upon §2-5. Warrant. which articles to be inserted in the warrant History: Amended 5-7-1984 ATM, for such meeting will be presented to the approved by Attorney General on 9-17- Selectmen or the Town Clerk. Forthwith 1984. 63