ARTICLE I
Town Meeting
Section 1. The annual meeting of the Town for the election of Town officers shall be held on the first Monday of March each year.
(STM 12/26/41)
Section 1A. The annual meeting of the Town for all business, except the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as are required by law to be elected or determined by ballot, shall be held on the first Monday of May of each year.
(STM 11/18/74)
Section 2. All warrants for Town meetings shall be served by posting an attested copy thereof at each of the post offices, at the Town Hall and at the main Fire Station at least seven days before the annual meeting and at least fourteen days before any special meeting. Notice of town meetings shall be published in one local newspaper at least seven days prior to the holding of said meeting.
(STM 06/02/97)
Section 3. All articles in the warrant shall be taken in the order of their arrangement unless otherwise decided by a two-thirds vote.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 4. When a report of a committee is placed in the hands of the moderator, it shall be deemed to be properly before the meeting for its action thereon, and a vote to accept the same shall discharge the committee, unless otherwise stipulated in the vote, but shall not be equivalent to a vote to carry out its recommendations without a special vote to adopt it.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 5. No final reports of committees shall be in order unless made under an article in the warrant which indicates the subject to be reported upon, but a committee may make an informal report whenever called upon.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 6. If an article of the warrant has once been acted upon and disposed of, it shall not be again considered at that meeting except by a two-thirds vote.
(STM 08/24/20)
Section 7. The conduct of all Town meetings not prescribed by law or by these by-laws shall be determined by the rules of practice contained in Cushing’s Manual, so far as they are adapted to Town meetings.
(STM 08/24/20)
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