CHAPTER 39. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT  


SECTION 1. Allocation of powers
SECTION 2. Presiding officer of board of aldermen; voting rights
SECTION 3. Elections of city officers by municipal bodies; manner of voting
SECTION 4. Mayor to sign every ordinance; veto power; effect
SECTION 5. Performance of mayoralty duties during vacancy
SECTION 6. Election warrants; issuance; acceptance of provisions of section
SECTION 6A. Municipal salaries; increases and decreases; procedure
SECTION 7. Holding other offices
SECTION 8. Compatibility of offices
SECTION 8A. Removal of officers; procedure; exception
SECTION 9. Annual meeting; other meetings; election of officers; times; adjournment; holidays
SECTION 9A. Election of officers and other matters determined by ballot; meetings; time and place; warrants
SECTION 10. Warrant; issuance; contents
SECTION 10A. Recession and continuation of town meeting due to inclement weather or public safety emergency; notice
SECTION 11. Persons authorized to call meetings upon resignation of selectmen
SECTION 12. Persons authorized to call meetings upon refusal of selectmen
SECTION 13. Quorum; application of section
SECTION 14. Moderators; election; tenure; vacancies; assistant moderators
SECTION 15. Moderators; powers and duties
SECTION 16. Appropriation, advisory or finance committees; appointment; tenure; powers and duties
SECTION 17. Powers of moderator; preservation of order
SECTION 18. Duties of moderators; reception of votes
SECTION 19. Repealed, 1934, 39, Sec. 1
SECTION 20. Precinct voting
SECTION 21. Canvass of returns
SECTION 22, 23. Repealed, 1974, 8, Sec. 4
SECTION 23A to 23C. Repealed, 2009, 28, Sec. 20
SECTION 23D. Adjudicatory hearings; attendance by municipal board, committee and commission members; voting disqualification
SECTION 24. Application of chapter