Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 8 (2026)

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Section 8. No member of the city council shall, during the term for which he was chosen, either by appointment or by election of the city council or of either branch thereof, be eligible to any office the salary of which is payable by the city.

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Cited in 3 cases, 1926–1976 · leading case: Bloom v. City of Worcester, 293 N.E.2d 268 (Mass. 1973).

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Bloom v. City of Worcester, 293 N.E.2d 268 (Mass. 1973). “14 For other examples of legislation from which a legislative intention to restrict or forbid contrary local ordinances or by-laws may clearly be inferred, see G. L. c. 39, § 8, denying city council members eligibility to any other office whose salary is payable by the city; G.”

Osetek v. City of Chicopee, 345 N.E.2d 897 (Mass. 1976). · cites it 2× “231, § 111, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1114, § 199. Mass. R. A. P.”

Barrett v. City of Medford, 150 N.E. 159 (Mass. 1926). “be eligible to any office the salary of which is payable by the city,” G. L. c. 39, § 8; that a board of health of a city, who are authorized to appoint a quarantine physician under an ordinance giving him a compensation fixed by the city council, may not appoint one of their…”

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