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ARTICLE I —Miscellaneous Provisions Monday in July. All articles will include History: Adopted as Ch 1 Article 1.1 of the 1980 a brief statement explaining the proposal Code. prepared by the party submitting the arti- i cle. Forthwith following the filing of a §2-1. Annual Town Meeting and Election. proposed Warrant article and in no event History Amended 11-13-1989 STM, later than the publication of the Warrant Article 30, approved by Attorney General for the Town Meeting including such 1 on 2-16-1990. Warrant article, or such other deadline as may be established by the Board of A. The Town will hold two (2) regularly Selectmen, the proponents shall file with scheduled Annual Town Meetings. The the Board of Selectmen all available j Spring Annual Town Meeting will be held plans, specifications, cost estimates and the first Monday in May and will address other supporting data necessary for fair the Annual Town operating budget. The consideration of the proposal by the Town Fall Annual Town Meeting will be held Meeting. Forthwith following receipt of I the third Monday in October and will any proposed Warrant article the Board of address any and all other business to come Selectmen shall cause a copy of the pro- before the Town Meeting.These meetings posal to be mailed to the residence of the will be held at 7:30 p.m. at a place that Chairperson of the Finance Committee,a shall be determined by the Selectmen. copy to be posted on the Town bulletin j History: Amended 10-7-2002 ATMs board and shall cause such other distribu- Article 9, approved by Attorney tion to be made of each such proposal as General on 11-27-2002 may be required by law or by by-law. i History: Amended 12-9-2002 STM, History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, Article 9 approve by Attorney General Article 33, approved by Attorney j on 2-19-2003. General on 12-9-1996. I i B. The Board of Selectmen shall receive all E. All articles submitted for inclusion in the petitions addressed to it which request the Warrant of any Town Meeting shall be submission of particular subject matter to printed or typewritten, in duplicate, and the Town Meeting and which conform to shall bear the same name of the sponsors. the requirements of Section ten of Chapter thirty-nine of the General Laws. All F. The Annual Town Election of Town offi- requests for the inclusion of subject mat- cers will be held the first Saturday in May ter shall be in writing, but shall not other- immediately following the May Annual wise be required to conform to any partic- Town Meeting, at such place as deter- ular style or form,except that each request mined by the Selectmen. ' for a particular subject shall be submitted j as a separate petition. §2-2. Special Town Meetings. Special Town j Meetings may be held at the call of the Board C. Articles for the Spring Annual Town of Selectmen at such times as they deem nec- Meeting must be submitted by the second essary, or desirable, in order to transact the Monday in February each year. Articles legislative business of the Town in an orderly for the Fall Town Meeting must be sub- manner. Special Town Meetings may also be mitted by the second Monday in July each held on the petition of two hundred or more year. voters, in the manner provided by General History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM, Law. Before calling a Special Town Meeting, Article 33,approved by Attorney the Selectmen will insert in a local newspaper General on 12-9-1996. a notice specifying the last day upon which articles to be inserted in the Warrant for such D. The Selectmen may insert in said Warrant, Meeting will be presented to the Selectmen or II any article or articles received by them as the Town Clerk._ of said Monday in February and said 96