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Section 1Allocation of powers
Section 2Presiding officer of board of aldermen; voting rights
Section 3Elections of city officers by municipal bodies; manner of voting
Section 4Mayor to sign every ordinance; veto power; effect
Section 5Performance of mayoralty duties during vacancy
Section 6Election warrants; issuance; acceptance of provisions of section
Section 6AMunicipal salaries; increases and decreases; procedure
Section 7Holding other offices
Section 8Compatibility of offices
Section 8ARemoval of officers; procedure; exception
Section 9Annual meeting; other meetings; election of officers; times; adjournment; holidays
Section 9AElection of officers and other matters determined by ballot; meetings; time and place; warrants
Section 10Warrant; issuance; contents
Section 11Persons authorized to call meetings upon resignation of selectmen
Section 12Persons authorized to call meetings upon refusal of selectmen
Section 13Quorum; application of section
Section 14Moderators; election; tenure; vacancies; assistant moderators
Section 15Moderators; powers and duties
Section 16Appropriation, advisory or finance committees; appointment; tenure; powers and duties
Section 17Powers of moderator; preservation of order
Section 18Duties of moderators; reception of votes
Section 19Repealed, 1934, 39, Sec. 1
Section 20Precinct voting
Section 21Canvass of returns
Section 22, 23Repealed, 1974, 8, Sec. 4
Section 23A to 23CRepealed, 2009, 28, Sec. 20
Section 23DAdjudicatory hearings; attendance by municipal board, committee and commission members; voting disqualification
Section 24Application of chapter