[The following Special Acts and Resolves have been adopted
by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the
Town of Norton.]
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Acts of
(year)
|
Chapter
|
Section
|
Subject
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|---|---|---|---|
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1711-1712
|
4
|
Established Town of Norton as separate from Taunton (enacted
by Province of Massachusetts Bay)
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|
1725-1726
|
13
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Established Town of Easton by dividing Taunton North Purchase;
i.e., Norton (enacted by Province of Massachusetts Bay)
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|
1769-1770
|
21
|
Established the Town of Mansfield by further dividing Norton
(enacted by Province of Massachusetts Bay)
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|
1788
|
161
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1789
|
90
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1790
|
176
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1791
|
152
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1792
|
197
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1792
|
8
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1793
|
135
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1794
|
132
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1795
|
129
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1796
|
74
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1797
|
135
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1798
|
177
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1799
|
155
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1800
|
176
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1802
|
158
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1802
|
58
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1804
|
58
|
Payment to the poor
| |
|
1852
|
7
|
Town of Norton
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|
1860
|
21
|
Town of Norton
| |
|
1883
|
246
|
1, 2
|
Hicks Trust Fund
|
|
1884
|
139
|
Hicks Trust Fund
| |
|
1890
|
349
|
1, 2
|
Hicks Trust Fund
|
|
1895
|
82
|
1-10
|
Municipal water supply
|
|
1901
|
406
|
1-20
|
Norton Fire District
|
|
1906
|
122
|
1-12
|
Municipal water supply
|
|
1907
|
560
|
Ballots
| |
|
1910
|
466
|
1-18
|
Municipal water supply
|
|
1911
|
426
|
1-6
|
Norton Fire District
|
|
1911
|
494
|
Eight-hour day
| |
|
1912
|
503
|
Pensioning of laborers
| |
|
1913
|
807
|
Workman's compensation
| |
|
1913
|
671
|
Pensioning of laborers
| |
|
1914
|
688
|
Saturday half-holiday
| |
|
1914
|
217
|
Laborers vacations
| |
|
1914
|
790
|
Party enrollment
| |
|
1914
|
352
|
Pensioning of laborers
| |
|
1915
|
230
|
1-3
|
Construction of Rte. 140
|
|
1916
|
204
|
1-2
|
Construction of Rte. 140
|
|
1919
|
311
|
Continuation schools
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|
1922
|
47
|
1-4
|
Norton, Taunton, Attleboro Street Railway Co.
|
|
1925
|
282
|
11
|
Water supply from Wading River
|
|
1939
|
134
|
1, 2
|
Location of power lines validated
|
|
1945
|
549
|
1, 2
|
Payments for property taken by eminent domain
|
|
1946
|
166
|
Contributory retirement
| |
|
1947
|
127
|
1, 2
|
Appointment of Finance Committee
|
|
1948
|
178
|
1, 2
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School construction funding
|
|
1949
|
145
|
1, 2
|
Borrowing, school purposes
|
|
1950
|
639
|
Civil defense
| |
|
1951
|
64
|
1, 4
|
Norton Fire District
|
|
1954
|
487
|
Water liens (Accepted 3-1955, Art. 36)
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|
1955
|
482
|
1, 2
|
Management of Lake Winnecunnet by State Division of Fisheries
and Game
|
|
1955
|
355
|
1, 2
|
Retirement benefits for Lester Holmes
|
|
1956
|
346
|
1, 2
|
Norton-Plainville School Union
|
|
1956
|
42 (Resolve)
|
Drainage study of Chartley area
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|
1959
|
147
|
1, 3
|
Exemption of intermittent patrolmen from Civil Service
|
|
1960
|
605
|
1, 2
|
Life tenure for Donald Robinson, Water Department Superintendent
|
|
1963
|
489
|
1, 17
|
Regional School District
|
|
1972
|
802
|
Building Code Board of Appeals (Board established 5-14-1974,
Art. 37)
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|
1973
|
**
|
Land acquisition for Rte. 495
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|
1974
|
*
|
Land acquisition for Rte. 495
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|
1975
|
41
|
1, 3
|
Civil Service, Police Department (Act not accepted by voters
— ATE 5-12-1975)
|
|
1975
|
Amends Ch. 40
|
49
|
Town reports, to fiscal year (Article 45); bylaw adopted 5-20-1975
|
|
1977
|
755
|
1, 2
|
Tenure of Richard Charette, Veteran's Agent
|
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1983
|
413
|
Sale of alcoholic beverages by Produce Barn (approved 10-6-1983)
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|
1983
|
690
|
Authorizing sale of land under control of Deptartment of Mental
Health in Town of Norton for industrial purposes (approved 12-12-1983)
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|
1984
|
28
|
1, 2
|
Kenneth Frank Knowlton-Memorial Bridge over I-495 on Route 123
(approved 5-8-1984)
|
|
1985
|
431
|
15, 16
|
Change Board of Water Commissioners to Board of Water/Sewer
Commissioners, Amend Ch. 466, Acts of 1910, Secs. 15 and 16 (approved
10-15-1985)
|
|
1989
|
30
|
Validating certain action taken by the Town of Norton relative
to certain Zoning Bylaws (approved 4-24-1989)
| |
|
1989
|
325
|
Bridge on Plain Street over I-495 designated as Norton Veterans'
Memorial Bridge (approved 8-2-1989)
| |
|
1990
|
291
|
Enhanced 911 (accepted 5-13-1991, Art. 19)
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|
1993
|
71 (Sec. 83)
|
Education Reform/Early Retirement Incentive Program for Teachers (STM 3-21-1994, Art. 2)
| |
|
1993
|
481
|
Permit common victuallers licensed to sell wine and malt beverages;
sell liqueurs and cordials (ATM 10-24-1994, Art. II)
| |
|
1995
|
182
|
Laying out and acceptance for certain ways in the Town of Norton
(ATM 6-5-1995, Art. 20; approved 10-26-1995)
| |
|
1996
|
187
|
Provide that certain alcoholic beverage license issued shall
not affect the number of licenses said Town my issue
| |
|
2003
|
137
|
1
|
Allow Town to pay an employee granted a military leave of absence
regular pay, etc. (ATM 5-10-2004, Art. 18)
|
|
2012
|
383
|
(H4487)
|
Regional Wastewater District Enabling Act for the Towns of Mansfield,
Foxborough, and Norton.
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|
2013
|
59
|
(H1848)
|
Act Relative to the Charter of the Town of Norton [Section 6-4(d)
and (e)]
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|
2022
|
364
|
An act authorizing the Town of Norton to grant two additional
licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on
the premises
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