[The table below includes a partial list of General Laws accepted by the Town. Information regarding acceptances since 1993 is available from the Town Clerk's office.]
Date of Action
M.G.L. Chapter
Amended by Chapter
Acts of
Result of Action
Subject Matter
1893
98
1889
Highway Supervisor
3-6-1899
132
1897
3-6-1899
186
1884
3-6-1899
27 s. 74-77
Road Commissioners
3-6-1899
190
1896
Tree Warden
3-6-1899
132
1897
6-20-1903
25 s. 17
6-20-1903
32 s. 24
6-20-1903
53 s. 14
6-20-1903
208 s. 9
Forester Act
333
Corporations
3-7-1906
28 s. 1-14
Park Act
11-6-1906
RL 11
Accepted*
Official Ballots
3-18-1907
78 s. 21-25
Cemetery Commissioners
3-1-1909
209
1900
Accepted*
Forest Lands
3-4-1912
613
1911
est. Isolation Hospital
11-5-1912
RL 8 s. 3
503
1912
Tie Vote*
Pensioning Laborers
11-4-1913
807
1913
Accepted*
Workmen's Compensation
3-2-1914
807
1913
Accepted*
Workmen's Compensation
3-2-1914
494
1911
Accepted*
Eight-hour day
11-3-1914
688
1914
Rejected*
Saturday Half-holiday
11-3-1914
217
1914
Rejected*
Laborers' Vacations
11-3-1914
790
1914
Accepted*
Abolition of Party Enrollment - Primaries
11-4-1919
311G
1919
Accepted*
Continuation Schools
3-6-1922
74
1920
Vocational School
3-5-1923
388
1923
Finance Committee
3-5-1923
128 s. 41, 45
Aid to Agriculture
3-5-1923
516
1922
Accepted*
Accounting System
11-5-1914
32 ss. 1-28
166
1946
Accepted*
Established Retirement System
8-12-1925
RL 78
Accepted*
Cemetery Commission
8-12-1925
23
1917
Accepted*
Licensing Coffee Houses
3-3-1930
41 s. 63
Superintendent of Streets
3-7-1939
403
1936
Inclusion of laborers, workmen, mechanics in Workmens' Compensation
1943
5
1953
Postwar Rehabilitation Fund
1951
41 s. 108
Compensation of Elected Officials
3-7-1955
41 s. 81A
Planning Board
3-3-1958
40 s. 6C
Removal of Snow and Ice
3-3-1958
44 s. 35
Accounting System
3-3-1958
66 s. 32
529
1949
Inspector of Wires
3-11-1961
41 s. 81A
Planning Board
3-11-1961
48 s. 42
est. Fire Dept. and appointment of Fire Chief by Selectmen
3-25-1961
40 s. 5B
est. Stabilization Fund
11-25-1961
41 s. 81K-GG
Subdivisions
6-11-1963
40 s. 8C
Conservation Commission
6-11-1963
40 s. 5 clause 50, 51
Operation and Maintenance of Conservation Commission
12-15-1964
58 s. 7A
State Assessment
3-16-1968
40 s. 8A
est. Development and Industrial Commission
3-22-1969
41 s. 108
Compensation of Elected Officials
3-22-1969
90 s. 7L
713
1968
Prohibition of Standees on certain School Buses
3-22-1969
149 s. 1781[??]
633
1960
Designation of Attorney for School Comm. pertaining to Collective Bargaining
3-28-1970
40 s. 21 p. 10
Numbering of Buildings on Public Ways
10-30-1971
40 s. 8B
est. Council on Aging
10-30-1971
71 s. 14
est. Vocational Regional School Planning Comm.
3-1972
486
1971
accepted*
Licensing Beano
3-27-1972
40 s. 8D
Accept- ance rescinded 4-11-2016 ATM by Art. 11
est. Historical Commission
3-27-1972
147 s. 17A
additional Pay for Police Officers
3-27-1972
40 s. 21
Removal of Vehicles for Snow and Ice
11-21-1972
40 s. 44A
Creation of Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee
3-29-1973
40 s. 44A-K
est. Regional Refuse Disposal District
3-29-1973
41 s. 108A, C
est. Personnel Board
3-25-1974
40 s. 15C
Scenic Road Designation for Savery, Lakeview and Indian Streets
9-30-1974
121B
est. Local Housing Authority
5-17-1975
40 s. 6H
Allocation of funds for Private Ways
5-22-1975
40 s. 39A
Selectmen as Water Commissioners
4-20-1976
41 s. 108L
Police Incentive Pay
4-20-1976
140 s. 151A
Unlicensed Dogs
4-24-1978
53 s. 9A
accepted*
Nomination Papers
4-24-1978
40D
accepted*
Established Industrial Development and Financing Authority
9-25-1978
40D s. 22D
accepted*
Parking Regulations
9-25-1978
41 s. 1
Town Treasurer as Tax Collector
4-14-1980
41 s. 55
Town Accountant
4-28-1982
59 s. 5 clause 7C
743
1981
Exemptions for Certain Elderly Persons and Surviving Spouses
11-4-1985
262 s. 34
Fee Schedule
9-22-1986
59 s. 5
73
1986
Exemptions for Certain Elderly Persons, Widow(er)s, Police and Fire Personnel Killed in the Line of Duty and Surviving Spouses and Minor Children
4-4-1987
98 s. 35
Sealer of Weights and Measures
4-27-1988
90 s. 20A
est. Parking Clerk - Operating Account
4-27-1988
40 s. 4G
Invitation to Bid Exempt Purchases under $4000.
4-26-1989
44 s. 53E
B.O.H. Technical Review Account
4-26-1989
262 s. 34 clauses 1-79
Fee Schedule
6-6-1990
147 s. 19
Police Matron
6-6-1990
40 s. 57
Revocation, Suspension and/or Denial of Local Licenses or Permits
10-15-1990
40 s. 42A-F
Liens for Delinquent Water Charges
10-15-1990
44 s. 55, 55A
est. Revolving Fund for Council on Aging
6-10-1991
41 s. 81D
Performance Bonds
6-10-1991
40 s. 39K
Water Department Enterprise Account
6-10-1991
44 s. 53E 1/2
Revolving Fund for Council on Aging
10-2-1991
44 s. 53E 1/2
Revolving Fund for Physical Therapy
6-10-1991
C. 291 1990
accepted*
Enhanced 911
5-17-1993
121C
Creation of a Local Economic Development Industrial Corporation
10-14-1993
40 s. 57
Denial, Revocation or Suspension of Certain Licenses
*
from records attained from the Secretary of State Office of Commissions