[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of
the Town of Walpole as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Article I, Secs. 1 through 3,
of the 1973 General Bylaws, as updated through 2002]
[Amended 10-21-2019 FATM, Art. 20; 10-17-2022 FATM by Art. 15]
The Select Board members shall give notice of
Town Meeting, except adjourned Town Meetings, by publication in a
locally distributed newspaper and by posting attested copies of the
Warrant calling the same at the Town Clerk's office and the Town Library
not less than seven days before the day appointed for an Annual Town
Meeting and not less than 14 days before any Special Town Meeting.
The Warrant for an Annual or a Special Town Meeting shall also be
posted forthwith after execution on the Town's website, and may be
posted in any additional locations at the request of the Select Board;
provided, however, that the postings described in this sentence shall
be deemed to be "unofficial" and shall not affect the validity of
the notice for calling Town Meeting under the preceding sentence.
Notice of every adjourned Town Meeting, adjourned
for more than seven days, shall, if time permits, be advertised in
a locally distributed newspaper as soon as practical after adjournment.
On matters requiring a two-thirds vote by statute,
a count need not be taken unless the vote so declared is immediately
questioned by seven or more voters as provided in MGL c. 39, § 15.
[Adopted as Article V of the 1973 General
Bylaws, as updated through 2002]
It shall be the duty of all authorized Town
Meeting Committees to report upon matters referred to them at the
next Annual Town Meeting unless otherwise directed.
[Ameneded 10-21-2019 FATM, Art. 20]
It shall be the duty of the Town Moderator to
designate a Chair Pro Tem, for committees authorized by Town Meeting,
to promptly call all members of the designated Committee together
for organizational purposes.
