Accepted/Voted
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Reference
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Subject
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1896
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MGL C. 114, §§ 22 - 26
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Public cemeteries
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1903
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Ch. 80, Acts of 1903
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Board of Health established
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1910
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MGL C. 41, § 6
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Town election ballots
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1911
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Ch. 508, Acts of 1912
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Water supply
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1912
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MGL C. 164, §§ 34 - 69
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Municipal lighting
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1914
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MGL C. 152, § 68
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Injury compensation during public employment
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1914
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MGL C. 48, § 36
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Promotion of Fire Department personnel
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1917
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MGL C. 45, §§ 1 - 11
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Laying out public parks
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1922
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MGL C. 94, § 120
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Slaughter license fees
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1927
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MGL C. 41, §§ 45 - 47
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Board of Commissioners of Trust Fund established
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1928
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MGL C. 143, § 3
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Inspection of buildings
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1930
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MGL C. 40, §§ 42A - 42F
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Water liens
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1934
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MGL C. 136, §§ 21 - 25
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Games on Sundays
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1936
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Ch. 275, Acts of 1934
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Steel traps
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1938
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Ch. 77, Acts of 1937
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Absentee voting
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1939
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Ch. 403, Acts of 1936
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Workmen's compensation
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1946
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MGL C. 41, § 8
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Planning Board established
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1946
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MGL C. 41, §§ 81F - 81J
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Official Map and plans
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1949
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MGL C. 41, §§ 81B - 81Y
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Planning Board powers and duties
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1949
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MGL C. 40, § 6C
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Removal of ice and snow
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1950
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MGL C. 40, § 12
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Public bathing places
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1951
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MGL C. 40, § 6E
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Temporary repairs on private ways by Town
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1951
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MGL C. 152
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Workmen's compensation
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1953
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Ch. 678, Acts of 1950
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Motorboats
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1955
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MGL C. 40, §§ 5 and 8A
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Industrial Commission established
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1955
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MGL C. 118B
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Welfare district
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1956
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MGL C. 40-A, § 20
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Petition for variance
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1956
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Ch. 670, Acts of 1955
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Town pensions
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1957
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MGL C. 40, §§ 42G - 42I
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Water pipe assessments
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1959
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MGL C. 94, § 236
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Weighers of hay
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1960
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MGL C. 40A, § 8
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Unfavorable action on Zoning at a Town Meeting
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1960
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Ch. 493, Acts of 1959
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Increased pensions
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1961
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MGL C. 140, § 185H
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Dancing schools licenses
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1961
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MGL C. 40, § 8C
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Conservation Commission established
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1961
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MGL C. 32B
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Group insurance for employees
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1962
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MGL C. 136, § 7
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Lord's day licenses
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1962
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Ch. 322, Acts of 1961
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Towing vehicles from Town ways
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1963
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MGL C. 40, § 6B
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Clothing allowance for police
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1964
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MGL C. 39, § 23
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Election of Town officers
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1965
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MGL C. 71, §§ 16 - 16I
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Regional school district established
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1966
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Ch. 478, Acts of 1963
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Pension increase
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1968
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MGL C. 85, § 11A
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Bicycles
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1970
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Ch. 768, Acts of 1969
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Accelerated highway program
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1972
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MGL C. 40, § 8B
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Council on Aging
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1973
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MGL C. 44, § 53C
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Off-duty pay for police
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1973
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MGL C. 164A
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New England power pool
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1974
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MGL C. 44, § 65
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Pay advances
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1978
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MGL C. 40, § 6N
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Temporary repairs on private ways
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1978
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MGL C. 41, § 100I
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Municipal indemnification
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1979
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MGL C. 40, § 8D
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Historical Commission
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1980
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MGL C. 90, § 20C
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Noncriminal disposition of parking violations
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1982
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MGL c. 41, § 23A
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Board of Selectmen Executive Secretary
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1982
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MGL c. 90, § 20A 1/2
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Parking fines
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1983
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MGL c. 44, § 53O
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Parks and recreation revolving fund
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1983
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MGL c. 148, § 26C
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Installation of smoke and heat detectors
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1983
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MGL c. 41, § 41B
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Direct deposit of compensation
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1984
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MGL c. 43, § 71F
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Nonresident student tuition fund
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1984
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Ch. 597, Acts of 1982
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Excise tax exemption for former POW's
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1986
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MGL c. 59, § 5, clause
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Tax exemption for certain elderly, widows and minors
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1986
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MGL c. 59, § 5, clause
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Tax exemption for certain elderly persons
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1986
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MGL c. 59, § 5, clause
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Tax exemption for blind persons
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1991
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MGL c. 48, § 42A
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Fire Department established
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1991
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MGL c. 41, § 97
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Police Department established
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1992
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Ch. 80, Acts of 1903
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An amendment to said Acts (regarding Board of Health) rescinding
the words "and that one or more shall be a physician"
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1992
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Ch. 73, § 4, Acts of 1986, as amended by Ch. 126,
Acts of 1988
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Additional property tax exemption, not to exceed 20% for fiscal
year 1993 for those who qualify under MGL C. 59, § 5
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1992
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MGL c. 140, § 22A
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Cooking facilities in lodging houses
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1992
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MGL c. 41, § 100 G 1/4
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Funeral and burial expenses of fire fighters and police officers
killed while on duty; payment by accepting cities and Towns
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1992
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MGL c. 31, § 111
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Operation of solid waste facilities temporarily prohibited
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1992
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MGL c. 90, § 8J
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Establish Disability Commission
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1999
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MGL c. 138, § 33B
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Sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday and holidays between 11:00
a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
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2000
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MGL c. 59, § 5K
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Senior citizen tax work-off abatement program
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2002
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MGL c. 41, § 81U, Paragraph 12
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Use of subdivision bonds
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2003
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MGL c. 40, § 57
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Permits and licenses of delinquent taxpayers
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2003
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MGL c. 40, § 8G
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Mutual aid agreements for Police Department
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2003
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MGL c. 40, § 22F
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To fix reasonable fees and municipal charges (and to collect
any unpaid fee or municipal charge pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 58)
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2003
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MGL c. 59, § 5, 5(A)
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Exempt from taxation real and personal estate of incorporated
organizations of veterans of any war
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2003
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MGL c. 49, § 5, cl. 41C
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Increase personal exemptions for senior citizens
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2014
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Ch. 139, § 69-83, Acts of 2012
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Reauthorization of the Community Preservation Act surcharge
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