State Law
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Subject Matter
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Chapter 494, Acts of 1911
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Providing for an eight-hour day.
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Chapter 206, Acts of 1920
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Sale at public auction, by a Commissioner to be appointed by
the Probate Court for Essex County, of the rights of unknown owners
of land in Jeffries Neck Pasture, upon the application of any owner
of such a right or rights.
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Chapter 346, Acts of 1921
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Exempting Joseph J. Horton, as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Ipswich, from the requirement of MGL c. 32, § 10, that members of the Teachers' Retirement Association must retire at the age of 70 and provided that he might continue as a member of the Association.
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Chapter 345, Acts of 1922
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Calling for referenda on certain Town Meeting actions.
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Chapter 476, Acts of 1922
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Authorizing the Trustees of the Burley Education Fund in Ipswich
to expend part of the fund, not to exceed half, for the purpose of
enlarging the Burley School.
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Chapter 345, Acts of 1922
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Establishing a procedure for the submission of certain Town Meeting votes to a ballot referendum by the voters at large. Pursuant to the terms of Section 6 of the statute, it was submitted to the voters of Ipswich for acceptance or rejection at the 1923 Annual Town Meeting, the question being made a part of the official ballot for the election of Town officers in that year. The majority of the votes cast on the question being in the affirmative (398-154), the legislation was accepted.
Repeal of the legislation was authorized by Chapter 70, Acts
of 1957. The question of repeal was submitted to the voters of the
Town at the Annual Election held on March 10, 1958; a majority of
the voters voted for repeal (1,238-886).
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Chapter 530, Acts of 1922
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Authorizing the Town of Ipswich to incur debt in excess of statutory
limitations, in an amount not to exceed $30,000, for the purpose of
making changes in, and extensions of, its water systems.
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Chapters 216 and 340, Acts of 1924
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Authorizing the Town of Ipswich to refund portions of its water
and electric light loans: (a) by cancellation of water loan notes
then held in a sinking fund and maturing after 1923 in an amount not
exceeding $18,800 and by issuance of a like amount of bonds or notes
to mature in 10 years from their date of issue; and (b) by cancellation
of electric light notes then held in a sinking fund and maturing after
1923 in an amount not exceeding $21,900 and by issuance of a like
amount of bonds or notes to mature in 10 years from their date of
issue. The amount of indebtedness authorized was to be in excess of
statutory limitations.
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Chapter 6, Resolves of 1933
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Authorizing the Department of Education to pay to the Town of
Ipswich the sum of $11,605, "being the amount in addition to sums
already paid, which the Town would have received in 1931 and 1932,
except for errors in claims for reimbursement filed with said Department."
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Chapter 240, Acts of 1934
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Authorizing the Town to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring
land for a new high school, and for constructing and originally equipping
such a school, the loans not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate and
such borrowing to be accomplished within a period of five years from
the date of approval of the legislation.
The statute included a provision that no loan pursuant thereto
might be authorized unless the Town should vote, with respect to any
such loan in the year in which it was authorized, to raise in the
tax levy in the same year a sum equal to not less than 10% of the
amount of such loan.
The statute further provided that it would not become effective
unless it should be accepted by a majority of the registered voters
of the Town voting on the question by official ballot at an Annual
Town Meeting, or at a Special Town Meeting called for the purpose,
held within one year from the enactment of the legislation. The statute
was approved on May 23, 1934.
At the Annual Town Election held on March 11, 1935, the Town
accepted the legislation by vote of 924 in the affirmative to 585
in the negative.
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Chapter 39, Acts of 1935
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The statute made it unlawful for any person to display "torches
or other lights" for the purpose of taking herring or other fish in
any waters of the Town of Ipswich. The Selectmen were, however, authorized
to grant permits for the display of torches or lights for such purpose,
subject to such restrictions as in their judgment would prevent such
activity from becoming a nuisance.
The law carried penalties for its violation as follows: a fine
of from $50 to $200; or imprisonment for a term of six to 12 months;
or both fine and imprisonment; and for second and subsequent offenses,
both fine and imprisonment.
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Chapter 52, Acts of 1936
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Authorizing the Town to elect by ballot at Annual Town Elections,
commencing in 1937, persons to constitute a Board of Trustees to be
vested with responsibility for management of Town-owned land at Great
Neck. The legislation provided for submission of the act for acceptance
by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting of 1936.
Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1936 Annual Town Meeting presented
to the voters the question of acceptance. A motion for acceptance
was duly made and seconded. Before the vote was taken, the presence
of a quorum was questioned. A count of the house having been taken,
the Moderator determined that a quorum was not in attendance. The
meeting was then adjourned sine die.
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Chapter 98, Acts of 1937
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Enacting particular provisions for the investment and disbursement
of funds in the hands of the Trustees of the Burley Education Fund
of Ipswich. Before the statute could become effective, the Town was
required to accept its terms by majority vote at an Annual or Special
Town Meeting. By unanimous vote at a Special Town Meeting on September
2, 1937, the Town accepted the legislation.
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Chapter 51, Acts of 1938
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Authorizing the Town to pay a pension to Valorus H. Grant, who
had served as a police officer for more than 30 years. The legislation
further provided that it could become effective upon acceptance by
a majority of the voters at an Annual Town Meeting held within two
years after its enactment. Acceptance was voted at the Annual Meeting
held on March 7, 1938, and an annual pension of $1,456 was authorized.
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Chapter 58, Resolves of 1946
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Authorizing an investigation relative to the greenhead fly nuisance
in tidal areas of Ipswich and other towns.
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Chapter 30, Acts of 1946
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Authorizing the Town to construct, maintain and operate a municipal
sewerage system and, "for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses
and liabilities" incurred with respect thereto, to borrow not in excess
of $600,000.
The effectiveness of the statute was made conditional upon its
acceptance by the voters of the Town at any Town Meeting held within
five years after enactment. The question of acceptance or rejection
was to be placed on the official ballot to be used at said meeting,
with the majority of the votes cast on the question to determine the
issue.
The Town accepted the legislation on March 11, 1946.
On April 6, 1981, the Town Meeting voted to rescind that portion of Section 7 of Chapter 30, Acts of 1946, which prescribed a flat 6% interest rate of unpaid sewer betterments, said action being taken under the provisions of MGL c. 4, § 4B.
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Chapter 633, Acts of 1947
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The legislation authorized the Town to retire and grant a pension
to Edward S. Cogswell, who had served for many years as Town Clerk,
said pension to be in the amount of $1,200 payable in equal monthly
installments.
Effectiveness of the enactment was made conditional upon its
acceptance by a majority of registered voters at an Annual or Special
Town Meeting. At a Special Town Meeting held on November 3, 1947,
the Town voted unanimously to accept the legislation.
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Chapter 356, Acts of 1948
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The act authorized the Massachusetts Department of Public Works
to protect Little Neck Shore against erosion by the sea and to expend
therefor, subject to appropriation, the sum of $2,500 in conjunction
with a like sum of $2,500 to be provided by the Feoffees of the Grammar
School. The authorization for the work was made conditional upon the
deposit by the Feoffees with the State Treasurer of said sum of $2,500.
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Chapter 247, Acts of 1949
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The statute, which created a Town Manager Charter for the Town, was submitted to the voters of the Town and accepted at the Annual Election of March 13, 1950, by vote of 1,418 in the affirmative against 1,035 in the negative. Chapter 84 of the Acts of 1954 amended the Charter by adding a new section relating to the powers, rights and duties of the Board of Selectmen. The entire Town Manager Charter was revoked by vote of the Town at the Annual Election of March 8, 1954.
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Chapter 486, Acts of 1952
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Authorizing the Town, subject to a vote of acceptance by the
Board of Selectmen, to retire and pension of Charles A. Mallard.
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Chapter 49, Acts of 1953
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Repeal of Chapter 486 of the Acts of 1952.
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Chapter 620, Acts of 1954
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Authorizing the establishment for the Town of a Selectmen-Executive
Secretary form of government. The legislation was enacted by the General
Court presumably in response to action taken at a Special Town Meeting
held May 20, 1954, "to instruct our representative in the General
Court to file a bill entitled 'An Act to Establish a Selectmen-Administrator
form of government for the Town of Ipswich.'" Chapter 620 was
submitted to the voters of the Town at the biennial state election
held in November 1954. The vote in favor of acceptance was 2,136 and
in opposition 856.
The Selectmen-Executive Secretary Charter was revoked at the
Annual Town Election of March 12, 1962. The vote in favor of revocation
was 1,587 and against revocation 1,558. By the terms of Chapter 620,
the revocation did not take effect until the following March.
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Chapter 70, Acts of 1957
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Authorizing the repeal of Chapter 345 of the Acts of 1922. As
has been noted in the comments above relating to said Chapter 345,
the Town acted pursuant to the authorization to effect the repeal.
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Chapter 335, Acts of 1958
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Validating certain Town Meeting proceedings as follows: (a)
the proceedings at the Special Town Meeting of June 3, 1957, and at
an adjournment thereof on June 11, 1957, with respect to the authorization
of a $600,000 sewer construction loan; and (b) the action of the Town
in voting acceptance of Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1957 at the Annual
Election of March 10, 1958. The statute further provided that the
words "revenue-producing department" included in the Town Bylaw relating
to voting procedures for authorization of bond issues shall be taken
to mean the Water and Electric Light Departments and no other.
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Chapter 71, Act of 1959
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Authorizing the Town to use the unexpended balance of the proceeds
of a certain bond issue originally designated for construction of
a standpipe toward the cost of construction of a 12-inch water pipeline.
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Chapter 81, Acts of 1960
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Subject to approval of the voters of the Town in a vote to be
taken at the 1960 Annual Town Election, the statute would have provided
life tenure for the then present incumbent in the office of Town Engineer.
The result of the referendum being 1,278 voters opposed and 1,265
in favor, the Town rejected the legislation.
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Chapter 460, Acts of 1960
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Referring to a vote passed by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting
held on March 7, 1960, the statute provided that the action taken
at the meeting should be deemed to have increased, pursuant to MGL
c. 32, §§ 96 and 97, the annual retirement allowance
payable to Samuel H. Williams et al. to the amount of $1,200, in each
case effective from March 7, 1960, as though the names of said persons
and a proposal to increase their respective retirement allowances
to $1,200 in each instance had been included in the warrant article
pursuant to which the vote was taken at the time of posting of the
warrant.
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Chapter 24, Acts of 1961
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Subject to approval of the voters of the Town in a vote to be
taken at the 1961 Annual Town Election, the statute would have provided
life tenure for the then present incumbent in the office of Town Engineer.
The result of the referendum being 1,448 voters opposed and 1,263
in favor, the Town rejected the legislation.
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Chapter 495, Acts of 1962
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The statute validated and confirmed the action of the Town,
taken pursuant to Article 23 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting
of March 5, 1962, in transferring $27,500 from the Sewer Receipts
Reserve Account and in authorizing the borrowing of $59,400, both
sums to be expended to construct extensions of the sewerage system.
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Chapter 508, Acts of 1962
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The statute, which amended Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1946, provided
that the Town, subject to appropriation, should use the receipts from
sewer rentals or use charges and from sewer assessments and payments
made in lieu thereof to defer charges and expenses incidental to the
maintenance and operation of the sewer system, or to the extension
thereof, and to service interest and principal payments on account
of bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes.
Effectiveness of the legislation was made conditional upon its
acceptance by the Town at the Annual Election of 1963. The vote in
favor of acceptance was 1,996 and in opposition 574.
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Chapter 30, Acts of 1963
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Authorizing life tenure for Russell L. Scahill as the incumbent
in the position of Chief of the Fire Department. The statute required
the affirmative acceptance of the voters of the Town to become effective.
At the Annual Town Election held on March 11, 1963, acceptance was
approved by a vote of 2,022 in favor and 961 opposed.
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Chapter 251, Acts of 1963
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The statute provided for the appointment by the Board of Selectmen
of a suitably qualified person to the office of Town Treasurer and
Tax Collector and for abolition of the elective office of Collector-Treasurer.
The term of the appointment was to be for three years.
The statute provided that it would take effect on April 1,1965,
if accepted at the Annual Town Meeting in 1964. The question of acceptance
was submitted to the voters under Article 25 of the warrant, and the
vote in favor was unanimous.
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Chapter 262, Acts of 1963
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The statute validated and confirmed the action of the Town,
passed by vote of December 27, 1962, in appropriating funds for sewer
purposes and authorizing the issuance of bonds therefor.
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Chapter 533, Acts of 1965
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Authorizing the Board of Selectmen to act as a Water and Sewer
Board, and renamed the former Board of Water and Municipal Light Commissioners
as the Municipal Light Board, vesting said board with all powers,
and making it subject to all responsibilities as are conferred or
imposed by the General Laws upon Municipal Light Boards.
The legislation was to become effective upon its acceptance
by the Town; such acceptance was accomplished at the Annual Meeting
of March 7, 1966, when the voters approved a motion for acceptance
made pursuant to Article 53 of the warrant.
The statute was modified in its effect and operation when the
Town accepted Chapter 620 of the Acts of 1955 (the present Town Charter)
and subsequently when the Town amended the Charter itself to provide
that the Selectmen should act in the capacity of Water and Sewer Commissioners
and Electric Light Commissioners.
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Chapter 620, Acts of 1966
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Subject to the approval of the voters of the Town, the statute
established a Selectmen-Town Manager form of government for the Town
of Ipswich. As required by the terms of the legislation, the question
of acceptance was placed before the voters at the Annual Town Election
held March 13, 1967. The result of the poll was 1,509 votes in the
affirmative, and 677 votes in the negative; and Chapter 620 was accepted
and became effective immediately.
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Chapter 156, Acts of 1967
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Authorizing the formation of a Vocational Regional School District
by the cities of Haverhill and Newburyport and by the Towns of Amesbury,
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Rowley,
Salisbury, Topsfield, and West Newbury.
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Chapter 582, Acts of 1968
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Authorizing the Town to sell and convey certain of its parkland
to the First and South Congregational Church in Ipswich.
At a Special Town Meeting held September 10, 1968, the Town
voted to accept the terms and conditions of Chapter 582.
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Chapter 406, Acts of 1975
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The statute created an Historic and Scenic District Planning
Commission, on which the Town of Ipswich was entitled to membership,
for a duration from July 5, 1975, until June 30, 1978, when the special
commission expired.
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Chapter 632, Acts of 1977
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Authorizing the renewal of certain federal aid anticipation
notes.
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Chapter 321, Acts of 1979
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Exempted the position of Electric Light Manager from the Civil
Service Law.
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Chapter 361, Acts of 1981
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Exempted the position of Superintendent of Cemeteries, Water/Sewer
Superintendent, Manager of the Water Department, and Superintendent
of Streets from the Civil Service Law.
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Chapter 558, Acts of 1982
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Authorizing the Commonwealth Department of Environmental Management to convey certain land off Linebrook Road to Essex County for Chapter 90 road reconstruction purposes.
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Chapter 63, Acts of 1985
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Exempted the Town from the provisions of MGL c. 140, § 137
("The County Dog Fund").
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Chapter 499, Acts of 1985
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Validated the proceedings of the April 1, 1985, Annual Town
Meeting.
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Chapter 368, Acts of 1993
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Authorizing the Ipswich Board of Selectmen to issue two additional
all-alcoholic licenses to Bay Side Grill, Inc., d/b/a Steep Hill Grill,
and to George A. and Michael A. DePaolo, d/b/a Paolo's
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Chapter 284, Acts of 1993
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Authorizing the Town to appropriate funds for an annuity for
the benefit of John Thomas; Article 18 of the April 4, 1994, Annual
Town Meeting appropriated the sum of $34,300 to set up an individualized,
noncontributory annuity.
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Chapter 324, Acts of 1995
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Validated the proceedings of the April 4, 1994, Annual Town
Meeting.
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Chapter 83, Acts of 1999
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Operation of the Town sewer system.
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Chapter 178, Acts of 1999
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Authorizing the Board of Selectmen to issue three additional
all-alcoholic licenses to Turner Hill, Konstantine Sakkas, dba Ithaki
Restaurant, and The Trustees of Reservations, dba Castle Hill Foundation.
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Chapter 366, Acts of 2000
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Authorizing the Town to establish and maintain a special Open
Space, Recreation, and Water Supply-Watershed Protection Fund through
a room occupancy tax, effective July 1, 2001.
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Chapter 410, Acts of 2000
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Providing for the acquisition of conservation land in the Town
of Ipswich for expansion of Willowdale State Forest.
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Chapters 88 and 89, Acts of 2000
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Appointment of certain named persons as fire fighters under
civil service, the maximum age limits notwithstanding.
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Chapter 89, Acts of 2002
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Authorizing certain persons to take a civil service examination
for fire fighter notwithstanding the maximum age requirements.
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Chapter 452, Acts of 2002
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Providing for the appointment of Special Police Officers at
the Crane Reservation.
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Chapter 157, Acts of 2003
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Authorizing the Ipswich Board of Selectmen to sell the former
Middle School Annex Building and a portion of the land upon which
it is located, together with (a) utilities easement(s), and to exempt
any improvements from MGL c. 7, and MGL c. 149, § 38K.
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Chapter 145, Acts of 2004
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Establishing the Ipswich Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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Chapter 248, Acts of 2006
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Authorizing Town to change the use, care, custody and control
of a portion of Town-owned land from the Conservation Commission to
the Board of Selectmen.
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Chapter 357, Acts of 2006
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Granting a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be
drunk on the premises of the Hellenic Center.
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Chapter 452, Acts of 2006
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Authorizing Town to make an appeal to the Appellate Tax Board.
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Chapter 98, Acts of 2007
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The licensing authority of the Town of Ipswich petition to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises under MGL c. 138, § 12, to Ipswich RE Holdings LLC for the establishment located at 30 South Main Street in the Town of Ipswich. The license shall be subject to all of said MGL c. 138, except § 17. The Town of Ipswich shall not approve the transfer of the license to any other location. The license may be reissued by the licensing authority at the same location if an applicant for the license files with the licensing authority a letter in writing from the Department of Revenue indicating the license is in good standing with the Department and that all applicable taxes have been paid. The licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant and at the same location and under the same conditions.
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Chapter 1, Acts of 2008
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The terms of the trustees serving on the board of trustees established under Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2004 are hereby terminated and the offices of that board are hereby abolished. The trustees of the Ipswich Affordable Housing Trust Fund shall be lawful successor of the board of trustees established under Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2004. All funds, real and personal property and other assets in the care, custody and control of the board of trustees established under Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2004 are hereby transferred to the care of the board of trustees of the Ipswich Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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Chapter 66, Acts of 2008
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Notwithstanding any provision of the first sentence to the contrary, if the owners of not less than 66 2/3% of the land abutting a proposed sewer project, calculated on a basis consistent with a determined method of betterment of those lots to be served by the project in accordance with MGL c. 83, § 15, petition the Sewer Commissioners for construction of extension of the sewer system to betterment, the Sewer Commissioners may assess betterments up to 100% of the cost of such extension to the sewer system.
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Chapter 110, Acts of 2008
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No appropriation to be raised by bonds except for an appropriation
less than 1/10 of 1% of the total current equalized valuation of the
Town shall be adopted unless the article has received a 2/3rds majority
vote by Town Meeting.
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Chapter 514, Acts of 2008
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Establishing a post-employment health insurance liability fund.
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Chapter 74, Acts of 2011
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Authorizing transfer to certain parcels of land.
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Chapter 102, Acts of 2013
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Charter amendment (recall of elected officials)
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Chapter 182, Acts of 2013
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Ratification of acts taken at May 21, 2013 Town election
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Chapter 87, Acts of 2014
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Real estate tax abatements for Estate of Roberta C. Foster
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Chapter 353, Acts of 2014
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Additional liquor licenses
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Chapter 367, Acts of 2014
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Charter amendment (estimate of expenditures and annual budget)
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Chapter 83, Acts of 2015
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Additional liquor licenses
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