Board of Selectmen v. Town Clerk

The board of selectmen of the town of Braintree has consisted of three members whose respective terms, beginning in successive years, were each for a period of three years. At an adjourned annual town meeting on May 7, 1975, the town voted to authorize the selectmen to petition the General Court, under the provisions of § 8 of art. 2 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth as supplanted by art. 89 of the Amendments (Home Rule Amendment), for an act: To authorize the town to increase the membership of its board of selectmen from three to five members at the annual town…