Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 4 (2026)

Effect of adoption of governmental plan on ordinances, etc

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Section 4. Ordinances, resolutions, orders or other regulations of a city or of any authorized body or official thereof, existing at the time when such city adopts a plan of government set forth in this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified or superseded.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1922–1981 · leading case: Dooling v. City Council, 242 Mass. 599 (Mass. 1922).

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Dooling v. City Council, 242 Mass. 599 (Mass. 1922). “267, Part I, § 4 (see now G. L. c. 43, § 4), are only those not incompatible with the provisions of the statute.”

King v. Mayor of Quincy, 169 N.E. 894 (Mass. 1930). “267, Part I, (see now G. L. c. 43, § 4,) providing, in part, that ordinances existing at the time of the adoption of the charter “shall continue in full force and effect until annulled, repealed, modified or superseded” did not preserve the ordinance in regard to election of the…”

Sherriff v. Mayor of Revere, 243 N.E.2d 185 (Mass. 1969). “G. L. c. 43, § 4. Alien v. Cambridge, 316 Mass.”

Chief of Police v. City Manager, 416 N.E.2d 985 (Mass. App. Ct. 1981). “” G. L. c. 43, § 4. See Sherriff v. Mayor of Revere, 355 Mass.”

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