Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 25 (2026)
Appointment by selectmen; tenure of office
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Section 25. In towns which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen shall appoint suitable citizens of the town assessors for a term of not more than three years, and may remove them at any time for cause after a hearing. Upon the qualification of persons so appointed the term of existing assessors of such town shall terminate.
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case, 1962–1962 · leading case: Noonan v. Selectmen of Brookline, 179 N.E.2d 332 (Mass. 1962).
Noonan v. Selectmen of Brookline, 179 N.E.2d 332 (Mass. 1962). “The respondent board’s answer contains a second prayer by way of declaratory relief for a determination of the number of assessors who may be appointed by the selectmen acting under G. L. c. 41, § 25, as amended. The only change wrought by the 1961 town meeting was to do away…”
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