SECTION 1. Town officers to be elected; tenure

SECTION 1A. District defined

SECTION 1B. Appointed town offices and boards; acceptance by voters

SECTION 2. Establishment of new board or office; effect; increase or decrease in board membership or number of officers

SECTION 3. City officers; powers and duties

SECTION 4. Penalty for failure to choose selectmen or assessors

SECTION 4A. Members of town and district boards eligible to hold other offices; salary

SECTION 5. Voting list; use

SECTION 6. Use of official ballots; towns authorized to provide for

SECTION 7. Use of official ballot; determination of extent

SECTION 8. Handling of ballots

SECTION 9. Handling of ballots after tabulation; sealing

SECTION 10. Failure to elect; procedure to fill vacancy; notice

SECTION 11. Appointment to fill vacancy in town office

SECTION 12. City clerks; tenure

SECTION 13. Bond of town clerk

SECTION 13A. Bond of city clerk

SECTION 13B. Renewal of licenses and permits; delegation of authority

SECTION 14. Temporary clerk

SECTION 15. Town clerks; powers and duties

SECTION 15A. Certification of appropriations

SECTION 16. Oaths of town officers; return of certificate

SECTION 17. Filing of city contracts; penalty for noncompliance

SECTION 18. Assistant city clerk

SECTION 18A. Records of city clerk; attestation

SECTION 18B. Facsimile signatures of city clerk or assistant city clerk

SECTION 19. Assistant town clerks; powers and duties; compensation

SECTION 19A. Certificate of appointment or election of clerk; filing requirements

SECTION 19B. City and town clerks; tenure of office

SECTION 19C. Acceptance of Sec. 19B; procedure; petition

SECTION 19D. Removal or suspension of clerk having permanent tenure

SECTION 19E. Procedure for filling vacancy following death or removal of clerk having permanent tenure

SECTION 19F. Additional compensation for serving as clerk of city council

SECTION 19G. Additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters

SECTION 19H. Maximum amount of additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters

SECTION 19I. Additional compensation for serving in other city or town positions

SECTION 19J. Additional compensation for serving as member of board of registrars of voters

SECTION 19K. Additional compensation for town clerk

SECTION 20. Selectmen; duties and oath; penalty

SECTION 21. Authorization for selectmen to act as or appoint other town officers

SECTION 21A. Removal of persons appointed to positions of chief of police or head of municipal police department

SECTION 22. Officers appointed by selectmen; tenure; compensation; vacancies

SECTION 23. Rescission of vote by selectmen; election of other officers; tenure

SECTION 23A. Executive secretary or town administrator; appointment; tenure

SECTION 23B. Town departments; investigations and reports

SECTION 23C. Persons acting on behalf of selectmen; appointment and removal

SECTION 23D. Municipal data processing centers

SECTION 24. Assessors; number; method of selection; tenure

SECTION 24A. Repealed, 1937, 129, Sec. 1

SECTION 25. Appointment by selectmen; tenure of office

SECTION 25A. Assistant assessors; appointment by assessors; duties; compensation; tenure

SECTION 26. Appointment by selectmen where town so votes

SECTION 26A. Employment of counsel in certain proceedings

SECTION 27. Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 53

SECTION 28. Powers and duties of assistant assessors

SECTION 29. Oath of office; penalty for failure to take oath

SECTION 30. Penalty for false valuation

SECTION 30A. Vacancies; effect on powers of remaining assessors

SECTION 30B. Agreements for joint and cooperative assessment, classification and valuation of property

SECTION 31 to 34. Repealed, 1967, 658, Sec. 5

SECTION 34A. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 156

SECTION 34B. Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications

SECTION 35. Bond of treasurer; duties

SECTION 36. Powers of treasurer; prosecution of actions

SECTION 37. Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 55

SECTION 38. Powers of tax collector

SECTION 38A. Collection of accounts due city or town; powers and duties of tax collector

SECTION 39. Collection of taxes by constable

SECTION 39A. Assistant treasurer

SECTION 39B. Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 56

SECTION 39C. Assistant collector

SECTION 40. Temporary town officers

SECTION 41. Payment of compensation; oath

SECTION 41A. Delivery of payroll checks to department heads

SECTION 41B. Payment of public employees by direct bank credits

SECTION 41C. Deposits in credit union; pension or retirement allowances

SECTION 42. Contents of pay roll

SECTION 43. Penalty for violations of compensation payment provisions

SECTION 43A. Defense of actions against treasurers and collectors; indemnification

SECTION 44. Sinking fund commissioners; election; tenure; appointment of secretary and treasurer

SECTION 45. Board of commissioners of trust funds; membership; powers and duties

SECTION 45A. Commissioners in towns under five thousand population

SECTION 46. Town treasurer; duties; bond

SECTION 47. Powers and duties

SECTION 48. Tenure of city auditor

SECTION 49. Vacancy in office of auditor

SECTION 49A. Assistant auditors; powers and duties; compensation

SECTION 50. Powers and duties of auditors

SECTION 51. Accounts payable; notice to creditors; part payments

SECTION 52. Approval of bills

SECTION 53. Auditing of public trusts

SECTION 54. Notice to auditor of payment of public funds to treasurer

SECTION 54A. Notification to assessors of receipts

SECTION 55. Town accountant; tenure; powers and duties

SECTION 56. Warrants for payment of bills

SECTION 57. Books of account and financial records

SECTION 58. Duties; notice of condition of appropriations; record of appropriations

SECTION 59. Annual estimates; furnishing to town accountant

SECTION 60. Table of estimated appropriations

SECTION 61. Annual report

SECTION 61A. Appointment of temporary officers upon vacancy of certain offices; tenure; bond; removal; powers and duties

SECTION 62. Highway surveyor; duties

SECTION 63. Road and sewer commissioners

SECTION 64. Road commissioners; powers and duties

SECTION 65. Sewer commissioners; powers and duties

SECTION 66. Superintendent of streets; appointment; tenure

SECTION 67. One superintendent of streets for two or more towns

SECTION 68. Superintendent of streets; powers and duties

SECTION 69. Superintendent of water or sewer department

SECTION 69A. Water commissioners; election; tenure; quorum; vacancies

SECTION 69B. Water commissioners; powers and duties

SECTION 69C. Submission of adoption of board of public works to electorate; ballot

SECTION 69D. Board of public works; membership; election; tenure; powers and duties

SECTION 69E. Superintendent of public works; appointment; powers and duties

SECTION 69F. Submission to voters of revocation of acceptance; conditions; effect

SECTION 69G. Office of lands and natural resources; establishment; powers and duties; director and assistants

SECTION 70. Planning board; duties

SECTION 71. Annual report

SECTION 72. Ordinances and by-laws

SECTION 73. Board of survey; membership; length of existence; suspension of powers and duties

SECTION 74. Approval of plans filed by citizens

SECTION 75. Preparation of plans by board

SECTION 76. Substitution of new plans

SECTION 77. Construction or alteration of public ways; restrictions

SECTION 78. Recordation of plan; necessity of approval by board

SECTION 79. Entry upon lands by board of survey for examinations and surveys

SECTION 80. Establishment and discontinuance of exterior way lines

SECTION 81. Damages

SECTION 81A. Planning board; establishment; membership; tenure; vacancies

SECTION 81B. Planning board; powers and duties

SECTION 81C. Studies and reports of board; acting as park commissioners

SECTION 81D. Master plan; economic development supplement

SECTION 81E. Official map; purpose; recordation

SECTION 81F. Alteration of official map; damages for injuries

SECTION 81G. Applicability of municipal planning laws to municipal powers over public ways and parks

SECTION 81H. Part of official map; laying out, altering or relocating public ways

SECTION 81I. Duties of municipalities having no official map in respect to construction of ways; reference to planning board

SECTION 81J. Establishment and discontinuance of exterior lines of ways in municipalities with planning boards; damages for injuries

SECTION 81K. Designation of subdivision control law

SECTION 81L. Definitions for subdivision control law under Secs. 81K to 81GG

SECTION 81M. Purpose of subdivision control law

SECTION 81N. Territorial extent of law; acceptance by municipalities

SECTION 81O. Regulation of new subdivisions

SECTION 81P. Approval of plans not subject to control law; procedure

SECTION 81Q. Planning board; adoption of rules and regulations

SECTION 81R. Waiver of strict compliance with rules and regulations

SECTION 81S. Submission of preliminary plan; approval or disapproval; recording

SECTION 81T. Notice of submission of plan; hearing

SECTION 81U. Approval, modification or disapproval of plan by board; prerequisites for decision

SECTION 81V. Final approval of plan; endorsements; certificate

SECTION 81W. Modification, amendment or rescission of approval of plan; conditions

SECTION 81X. Requirements for registration of plan

SECTION 81Y. Restrictions on construction of public ways, improvements and buildings; liability of grantors, etc.; court jurisdiction

SECTION 81Z. Board of appeals; membership; tenure; removal; vacancies; jurisdiction

SECTION 81AA. Board of appeals; rules; meetings; powers and duties; hearings

SECTION 81BB. Appeal to superior court; counsel; costs; surety or bond; speedy trial

SECTION 81CC. Powers of planning boards; entry on lands

SECTION 81DD. Application of subdivision control law; damages

SECTION 81EE. Recordation; evidence that subdivision control law is in effect; suspension

SECTION 81FF. Application of subdivision control law on registered and unregistered land; jurisdiction of land court

SECTION 81GG. Powers of planning boards established under prior law; severability provision

SECTION 82. Authority to establish art commissions

SECTION 83. Appointment; membership; compensation; tenure; removal

SECTION 84. Powers and duties; penalty

SECTION 85. Weighers, measurers and surveyors of goods or commodities; appointment; qualifications; tenure; removal

SECTION 86. Powers and duties; penalty for misrepresentation

SECTION 87. Applicability of Secs. 85 and 86 to weighers, etc., of particular commodities

SECTION 87A. Weighers and measurers of motor vehicles and trailers; appointment

SECTION 87B. Repealed, 1974, 851, Sec. 2

SECTION 88. Weighers of fish

SECTION 89. Deputy weighers of fish

SECTION 90. Weighers of fish; penalty for violation of oath of office

SECTION 90A. Interfering with fish weigher or deputies; penalty

SECTION 91. Constables; appointment and removal in cities

SECTION 91A. Constables; appointment in towns

SECTION 91B. Appointments; qualifications; application; investigation

SECTION 92. Service of civil process

SECTION 93. Remedies on bond

SECTION 94. Powers and duties

SECTION 95. Territorial jurisdiction

SECTION 95A. Service of civil process fees

SECTION 95B. Records of service of civil process fees

SECTION 96. Police officers; appointment; tenure; discharge

SECTION 96A. Felons disqualified

SECTION 96B. Police training schools; supervisory training; attendance by persons exercising police powers; wages and expenses; exceptions; removal for failure to attend

SECTION 97. Police departments; establishment

SECTION 97A. Police departments; chief of police; powers and duties

SECTION 97B. Rape reporting and prosecution units within police departments; training and funding; personnel; retention and preservation of forensic evidence

SECTION 97B1/2. Notification to local law enforcement by medical facilities when evidence of sexual assault obtained; submission of evidence kit to crime laboratory; entering of evidence into DNA database and statewide sexual assault evidence kit tracking system

SECTION 97C. Special telephone exchange for reporting of rape

SECTION 97D. Confidentiality of reports of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence; access by victim and certain individuals in performance of their duties; violations; penalties

SECTION 97E. Chief of police; attendance at conventions

SECTION 97F. Firefighter duties; performance by police

SECTION 98. Powers and duties

SECTION 98A. Arrest on fresh and continued pursuit

SECTION 98B. Foot patrol

SECTION 98C. Badges; identification by name or number

SECTION 98D. Identification cards

SECTION 98E. Public solicitations using words ''police'' or ''firefighters''

SECTION 98F. Daily logs; public records; confidentiality of certain entries

SECTION 98G. Domestic abuse; police reports

SECTION 99. Requisition of police officers by other towns

SECTION 99A. Members of regular police or fire department and fire alarm division; residence outside city or town

SECTION 99B. Regional police district law; purpose of Secs. 99B to 99K

SECTION 99C. Establishment

SECTION 99D. Town elections for acceptance; ballots

SECTION 99E. Powers and duties

SECTION 99F. Regional police district commission; membership; officers

SECTION 99G. Budget; apportionment; appropriations

SECTION 99H. Annual audits

SECTION 99I. Costs and expenses; annual estimates; apportionment; assessment of towns

SECTION 99J. Regional district police department; pending prosecutions; personnel transfers.

SECTION 99K. Revocation of acceptance of regional police district law; town elections; ballot; continuity of district

SECTION 100. Indemnification of police officers, firemen and persons aiding them; actions for intentional or negligent injuries inflicted upon same

SECTION 100A. Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 10

SECTION 100B. Indemnification of retired police officers and fire fighters

SECTION 100C to 100F. Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 10

SECTION 100G. Payment of funeral and burial expenses of fire fighters and police officers killed in performance of duties; acceptance of section

SECTION 100G1/4. Payment of funeral and burial expenses of firefighters and police officers killed in performance of duties; acceptance of section

SECTION 100G1/2. Attendance by police officers at police association executive board meetings; acceptance of section

SECTION 100H. Indemnification of law enforcement officers for dogs used in connection with official duties

SECTION 100I, 100J. Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 10

SECTION 101. Commissioner of public safety; powers and duties

SECTION 101A. Police officers or firefighters; tobacco smoking

SECTION 102. Inspector of health

SECTION 102A. Appointment in towns under three thousand population

SECTION 102B. Appointment in towns of 5,000 or more inhabitants

SECTION 103. Purchasing department; purchasing agent; duties and salaries

SECTION 104. Establishment of purchasing department; submission to electorate

SECTION 105. Board of trustees for soldiers' memorials; powers and duties; membership; tenure; vacancies; rules and regulations

SECTION 106. Tree warden; appointment; term

SECTION 106A. Town physician; appointment in certain towns

SECTION 106B. Capital planning committee; establishment; duties

SECTION 107. Oath of office; beginning of term

SECTION 108. Compensation

SECTION 108A. Classification of positions; compensation plans; rules and regulations

SECTION 108B. Assessors and tax collectors in districts; compensation and expenses

SECTION 108C. By-laws pertaining to administration of personnel; consolidation

SECTION 108D. Fire fighters; minimum annual compensation

SECTION 108E. Policemen; schedule of minimum annual compensation

SECTION 108F. Fire fighters; schedule of minimum annual compensation

SECTION 108G. Policemen; alternate schedule of minimum annual compensation

SECTION 108H. Fire fighters assigned to photographic work; additional compensation

SECTION 108I. Policemen assigned to photographic or fingerprint identification work; additional compensation

SECTION 108J. Equal pay of male and female employees

SECTION 108K. Female police officers; equality of compensation

SECTION 108L. Police career incentive pay program; salary increases; reimbursement of cities or towns

SECTION 108M. Police officers attending law enforcement courses at accredited college or university for degree; payment of salary; duty hours; agreement

SECTION 108N. Town manager, administrator, executive secretary, or administrative assistant; employment contract

SECTION 108N1/2. Employment contracts for appointed municipal treasurers, assessors or collectors

SECTION 108O. Employment contracts for police chiefs and fire chiefs

SECTION 108P. Additional compensation for collectors or treasurers

SECTION 109. Resignation; notice; residence requirements

SECTION 109A. Fidelity bonds; payment of premiums

SECTION 110. Authorization for holidays

SECTION 110A. Office hours on Saturday

SECTION 111. Vacations of certain employees

SECTION 111A. Vacations for police and firemen

SECTION 111B. Sick leaves; accumulation

SECTION 111C. Attendance by employee veterans at funerals or memorial services for veterans

SECTION 111D. Vacations for police and firemen

SECTION 111E. Vacation pay for terminated employees; conditions

SECTION 111F. Leave with pay for incapacitated employees

SECTION 111G. Additional vacation time for longevity

SECTION 111G1/2. Vacations; duration

SECTION 111H. Overtime pay for police officers; conditions

SECTION 111I. Compensation due deceased employees; disposition

SECTION 111J. Attendance at veterans' conventions

SECTION 111K. Firemen; summer vacations

SECTION 111L. Policemen and firemen; vacations; 20 years' service

SECTION 111M. Emergency medical technicians; leave without loss of pay while incapacitated

SECTION 111N. Indemnification of emergency medical technicians for certain expenses

SECTION 112. Preference in public employment

SECTION 112A. Veterans in unclassified positions; procedure for involuntary separation

SECTION 113. Use of official ballots

SECTION 114. Application of election laws

SECTION 115. Nomination papers; filing; certificates of nomination

SECTION 116. Duties of prudential committee and clerk in certain districts

SECTION 117. District elections; provision for election equipment; liability for expenses

SECTION 118. District elections; provision for forms, tally and vote sheets

SECTION 119. District meetings; qualifications

SECTION 120. Fiscal year of districts

SECTION 121. District treasurers; qualifications

SECTION 122. Temporary treasurer; appointment; bond

SECTION 123. Temporary clerk; appointment; bond

SECTION 123A. Assistant treasurers and assistant clerks; appointment; bond

SECTION 124. Fire and water districts; appropriation for cost of water favorability studies

SECTION 125. Temporary housing assistance plans

SECTION 126. Definitions applicable to Secs. 126 to 132

SECTION 127. Eligibility to apply for tenure; offices excepted; restrictions; duration of tenure; removal for cause

SECTION 128. City offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit

SECTION 129. Town offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit

SECTION 130. Applicability of town tenure provisions to districts

SECTION 131. City or town offices; application statement by head of department for tenure of its members; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit

SECTION 132. Tenure limitations

SECTION 133. Appointment and reappointment of police officers