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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 4 — Penalty for failure to choose selectmen or assessors

Massachusetts § 4
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 41OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 4 (2026).

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Section 4. A town which does not choose selectmen or assessors shall forfeit such amount, not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, as the county commissioners of the county where the town is situated may order.

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