[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Dalton. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Select Board shall cause to be printed and distributed, at least
five days before the Annual Town Meeting, the reports of the officers of the
various departments of the Town together with an estimate of the sums necessary
to be raised for the ensuing year, and the articles in the warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting. The various Town officers shall prepare the reports and
furnish the same to the Select Board in season for publication.
All accounts of the Town shall be audited at least biannually under
the supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations
and Taxation, in accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 44, § 35.
The Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized
to sell at public auction all or any of its property acquired by virtue of
sale of nonpayment of taxes, which sales have been confirmed by the Land Court
or the Tax Commissioner, and to give deeds therefor.
In accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 41, § 38A, the
Collector of Taxes shall collect, under the title of Town Collector, all the
accounts due the Town, and such Collector shall in the collection of such
accounts have all the remedies provided by MGL c. 60, §§ 35,
36 and 93, together with all other remedies for such collection which are
or may hereafter be provided for by law or statute.
Pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 21E, the Town hereby
establishes due dates for the payment of municipal charges and bills, which
due dates will be in accordance with each official board's or commission's
regulations; the rate of interest if charges remain unpaid is fixed at 14%.
Violators of this bylaw shall be subject to a fine of not more than $300 for each offense or be subject to noncriminal disposition of the offense under Chapter 1.
