Massachusetts § 5 Appropriation of money for exercise of corporate powers

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Appropriation of money for exercise of corporate powers

Massachusetts § 5

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

Ch. 40POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5 (2026).

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Section 5. A town may at any town meeting appropriate money for the exercise of any of its corporate powers; provided, however, that a town shall not appropriate or expend money for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.

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