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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 2 (2026)

Authorization to adopt a plan of government

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Section 2. Any city, except Boston, which shall adopt, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, one of the plans of government provided in this chapter shall thereafter be governed by the provisions thereof; and the inhabitants of such city shall continue to be a municipal corporation under the name existing at the time of such adoption, and shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and obligations provided for in this chapter, or otherwise pertaining to or incumbent upon said city as a municipal corporation; provided, however, that sections one hundred and twenty-eight to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, shall apply to all cities of one hundred and fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as enumerated by the most recent federal decennial census except any city which has adopted the Plan E method of city government.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1965–1987 · leading case: Poremba v. City of Springfield, 238 N.E.2d 43 (Mass. 1968).
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Poremba v. City of Springfield, 238 N.E.2d 43 (Mass. 1968). “Although we need not take judicial notice of the adoption of a charter under G. L. c. 43, § 2 et seq. (see Bouchard, v.”
City Council of Boston v. Mayor of Boston, 512 N.E.2d 510 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “G. L. c. 43, § 2. 16 Imperfections and ambiguities in the 1949 charter were noticed almost immediately.”
Gloucester Fire Fighters, Loc 762 v. Gloucester, 391 N.E.2d 956 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “Unlike that case, the charter provision here imposed a restriction which had the force of a statute (see G. L. c. 43, § 2). and the August 23 council vote sealed the contract in all respects.”
Worcester v. Directors of the Worcester Free Pub. Lib., 211 N.E.2d 356 (Mass. 1965). “[4] Nor is the selection of the board of directors by the city council impracticable by reason of a change in the form of government.”
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