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Town of Webster, MA
Worcester County
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[Adopted 5-11-2009 ATM, Arts. 24 and 25; amended in its entirety 5-13-2019 ATM by Art. 23]
The following global style format shall be used throughout the General Bylaws:
A. 
References to the Massachusetts General Laws shall be standardized to the following format: MGL c. _____, § _____.
B. 
The word "Town" shall be consistently capitalized when it refers to the Town of Webster.
C. 
The terms "Annual Town Meeting" and "Special Town Meeting" shall be consistently capitalized.
D. 
References to "non-criminal" shall read "noncriminal."
E. 
References to "by-law," "By-law," and "Bylaw" shall read "bylaw."
F. 
Numbers in the text of the bylaws shall be cited in a consistent manner:
(1) 
So that numerals one through nine are spelled out as words, and numerals 10 and higher are cited in number form only; and
(2) 
So that all monetary amounts, fractions, decimals and percentages are cited in numeric form and written form.
G. 
The order of hierarchy used throughout is as follows: division, part, article, chapter, section.
H. 
Section numbers are preceded with the section symbol (§ ). There is a space between the section symbol and the section number.
I. 
Titles of divisions, parts, articles, chapters, and sections are in bold.