Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 25 (2026)

Employees in mayor's office not subject to civil service

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Section 25. The civil service laws shall not apply to the appointment of the mayor's secretaries or of the stenographers, clerks, telephone operators and messengers connected with his office, and the mayor may remove such appointees without a hearing and without making a statement of the cause of their removal.

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Cited in 1 case, 1989–1989 · leading case: Ossinger v. City of Newton, 533 N.E.2d 228 (Mass. App. Ct. 1989).

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Ossinger v. City of Newton, 533 N.E.2d 228 (Mass. App. Ct. 1989). · cites it 2× “Mann, mayor of Newton, a position which, according to G. L. c. 43, § 25, G. L. c. 31, § 48, and § 11-2 of the Newton charter, 2 was at will (non-civil service).”

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