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  2. Dover Amendment - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear if the city of Boston is exempt from the Dover Amendment. The Boston Globe has referred to an exemption for the city on occasion. The Massachusetts General Court approved exemptions for the City of Cambridge (Acts of 1979, Chap. 565 and Acts of 1980, Chap. 387) allowing it to regulate educational and religious uses of property, which Cambridge then incorporated into its zoning laws.

  3. Representative town meeting - Wikipedia

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    A representative town meeting, also called "limited town meeting", is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and permitted in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Representative town meetings function largely the same as open town meetings, except that not all registered voters can participate or vote ...

  4. Administrative divisions of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Prior to 1821, the only recognized form of government in Massachusetts was the town meeting. On April 9, 1821, an amendment to the state constitution was approved that permitted municipalities to choose other forms of government. On February 23, 1822, the Governor approved an act that granted a city form of government to Boston.

  5. What happens to your investment accounts after you die? - AOL

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    However, some states have their own estate or inheritance taxes with much lower thresholds — for example, Massachusetts taxes estates over $2 million if the death occurred after January 2023.

  6. General Laws of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts General Laws is a codification of many of the statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth's laws are promulgated by an elected bicameral ("two-chamber") legislative body, the Massachusetts General Court. The resulting laws—both Session Laws and General Laws—together make up the statutory law of the ...

  7. Government of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states the New England town form of government. All land in Massachusetts is divided among cities and towns and there are no unincorporated areas, population centers, or townships. Massachusetts has four kinds of public-school districts: local schools, regional schools, vocational-technical ...

  8. List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Amendment of Instructions to Diplomatic Officers and of Consular Regulations April 15, 1935 1154 7013 April 16, 1935 1155 7014 April 19, 1935 1156 7015 April 19, 1935 1157 7016 April 19, 1935 1158 7017 April 19, 1935 1159 7018 April 19, 1935 1160 7019 April 19, 1935 1161 7020 April 19, 1935 1162 7021 April 19, 1935 1163 7022 April 20, 1935 1164

  9. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The largest ancestry group in Massachusetts are the Irish (22.5% of the population), who live in significant numbers throughout the state but form more than 40% of the population along the South Shore in Norfolk and Plymouth counties (in both counties overall, Irish-Americans comprise more than 30% of the population).