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Senate passes local bills for Plainville, Acushnet, Wellesley, Rochester and Norwood; Salem bill ordered to third reading
Summary
The Senate advanced several municipal measures — passing bills for Plainville (special police), Acushnet (charter amendment), Wellesley (land conveyance), Rochester (select board–administrator form), and Norwood (town moderator term) — and ordered Salem’s licensing-board bill to a third reading after suspending rules.
The Massachusetts Senate on Wednesday advanced a series of municipal bills and took several routine procedural steps.
Clerk/Reader presented Senate No. 1898, authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Plainville, for third reading; the presiding officer called the question and announced, "The ayes have it," and the bill was passed to be engrossed.
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