Massachusetts § 17 Powers of moderator; preservation of order

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 17 — Powers of moderator; preservation of order

Massachusetts § 17

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

Ch. 39MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 17 (2026).

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Section 17. No person shall address a town meeting without leave of the moderator, and all persons shall, at the request of the moderator, be silent.  If a person, after warning from the moderator, persists in disorderly behavior, the moderator may order him to withdraw from the meeting, and, if he does not withdraw, may order a constable or any other person to remove him and confine him in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned.

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Section 17. No person shall address a town meeting without leave of the moderator, and all persons shall, at the request of the moderator, be silent. If a person, after warning from the moderator, persists in disorderly behavior, the moderator may order him to withdraw from the meeting, and, if he does not withdraw, may order a constable or any other person to remove him and confine him in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned.

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