A.
The
board of assessors shall consist of three persons who shall be appointed
by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council. One member
shall be appointed in January of each year for a term of three years
from the first Monday of the following February, and thereafter until
his successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled
for the unexpired term, in the same manner as an original appointment.
B.
The
assessors shall annually, in the month of February, meet and organize
by the choice of a chairman and secretary from among their own number,
and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
(Prior revision § 2-80)
The assessors' department shall be under the charge of the board
of assessors, who shall have and exercise all the powers and be subject
to all the duties and limitations of assessor of taxes, as set forth
in the laws of the commonwealth.
(Prior revision § 2-81)
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the General Laws
or Special Acts, within one hundred and five days following the commencement
of each fiscal year, the board of assessors shall have submitted to
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Revenue all of the
data necessary to certify the fiscal year tax rate for the fiscal
year.
(C.O. 98-55 § 3)
