The following is a list of the Special Acts applicable to the Town
of Stoughton not included in the Code. The complete text of these Acts is
available in the office of the Town Clerk.
|
Year
|
Chapter
|
Description
|
|---|---|---|
|
1726
|
Dividing Town of Dorchester and erecting a new town by the name of Stoughton
| |
|
1911
|
86
|
Authorizing Stoughton to construct sewage system
|
|
1921
|
Establishing Town Manager form of government
| |
|
1924
|
303
|
Boundary line between Stoughton and Sharon established
|
|
1928
|
384
|
Admitting Towns of Canton, Norwood, Stoughton and Walpole to South Metropolitan
Sewerage District
|
|
1935
|
283
|
Subjecting the office of Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the
Town of Stoughton to the civil service laws
|
|
1938
|
283
|
Sewer assessments
|
|
1941
|
705
|
Authorizing the Town of Stoughton to supply water to the Town of Avon
|
|
1949
|
46
|
Validating the later registration of voters in the Town of Stoughton
for the Annual Town Meeting to be held in the current year
|
|
213
|
Establishing representative town government by limited Town Meetings
| |
|
1950
|
406
|
Authorizing the Town of Stoughton to borrow money for school purposes
20 years
|
|
436
|
Providing that the positions of call firemen in the Town of Stoughton
shall not be subject to the civil service laws and rules with respect to appointments
made hereafter
| |
|
581
|
Authorizing the Town of Stoughton to pay an annuity to the Widow of
Charles L. Wade, a former member of the fire department of said Town
| |
|
1951
|
289
|
Increasing the amount of money which the Town of Stoughton may borrow
for school purposes
|
|
291
|
Authorizing the Town of Stoughton to borrow money for the purpose of
making extraordinary repairs and alterations and for remodeling public buildings
| |
|
682
|
Validating certain proceedings of the Town of Stoughton
| |
|
425
|
Validating the election of Town meeting members of the Annual Town Meeting
and election of the Town of Stoughton in the year 1951
| |
|
1952
|
6
|
Annual sewer rental or charges
|
|
1954
|
165
|
Authorizing the Town of Stoughton to accept in deferred or installment
payments with interest the cost of certain sewer connections made in said
Town
|
|
1957
|
279
|
Establishing the boundary line between the Town of Sharon and Stoughton
|
|
1960
|
194
|
Authorizing the division of the Town of Stoughton for the purpose of
facilitating voting therein at biennial state primaries and elections
|
|
354
|
Placing the offices and positions in the department of public works
of the Town of Stoughton under the civil service laws
| |
|
511
|
Designating the bridge on the Fall River Expressway over Page Street
in the Town of Stoughton as the Seaman Second Class William H. Bissett, Jr.
Bridge
| |
|
579
|
Designating the bridge over the Fall River Expressway on Lindelof Avenue
in the Town of Stoughton as the Sergeant Karl W. Buschenfeldt, Jr. Bridge
| |
|
1980
|
417
|
Interest rates, certain sewer connections
|
|
1981
|
583
|
Interest rates, sewer assessments
|
|
1987
|
261
|
Authorizing dissolution of Firefighters Relief Association
|
|
1989
|
317
|
Continuing employment of Chief of Police William Gross
|
|
1990
|
62
|
Charter amendment (date of annual Town election)
|
|
1990
|
91
|
Charter amendment (date of Annual Town Meeting)
|
|
1991
|
117
|
Authorizing Town to pay for architectural and consulting services
|
|
1991
|
120
|
Authorizing Town to pay for School Committee Construction materials
|
|
1993
|
199
|
Designating portion of Route 138 as the Charles H. Lane Amvets Post
1977 Highway
|
|
1993
|
250
|
Charter amendment (appointment of Chief of Police)
|
|
1996
|
352
|
Authorizing Town to convey a certain parcel of recreation land
|
|
1997
|
30
|
Exemption Chief of Fire Department from provisions of the civil service
law
|
|
1997
|
190
|
Authorization to pay certain unpaid bills
|
|
1998
|
213
|
Validating acts of Annual and Special Town Meetings held May 5, 1997
|
|
1998
|
445
|
Charter amendment (date of Town elections)
|
|
1999
|
18
|
Designating Route 138 as Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway
|
|
2000
|
2
|
Apportionment of sewer costs
|
|
2001
|
165
|
Requiring Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide water
to Town
|
|
2004
|
333
|
Authorizing Secretary of State to place questions of recall on state
election ballot in Town
|
