ARTICLE II

TOWN MEETING

Section 1. Annual Town Election, Time of 2-1 The Annual Town Meeting for the election of officers and such other matters as may be voted on the official ballot, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April each year. The polls shall be opened at seven o’clock A.M. and shall not be closed before eight o’clock P.M. in the Town Hall or in some other location designated by the Select Board.

Section 2. Annual Town Meeting, Time of 2-2 The Annual Town Meeting for the transaction of business shall be held on the second Monday of May of each year at 7:00 P.M. in the Morse Auditorium or in some other location designated by the Select Board.

Section 3. Notice of Town Meeting 2-3 All Town Meetings shall be notified by posting attested copies of the Warrant calling the same at the Post Office and in not less than six other public places, twenty-one days at least before the day of the meeting.

Section 4. Return of Service The Constable or person who serves a warrant for a Town Meeting shall, immediately after making service thereof, deliver to the Town Clerk, the original warrant, with the Constable’s return endorsed thereon, stating fully the manner in which he served the same.

Section 5. Warrant Articles; Copies to Finance Committee Copies of all articles submitted for insertion in the Warrant for any Annual or Special Town Meeting, shall be forwarded forthwith to the Finance Committee for its consideration.

Section 6. Notice of Adjourned Session Copies of the vote adjourning any Town Meeting, shall be posted by the Town Clerk in at least two public places in the Town as soon as practicable after the adjournment.

2-1 As amended under article 41, ATM 1964 and under article 6, STM April 27, 1992. 2-2 As amended under article 14, ATM 1958 and under article 22, STM September 15, 1986 and under article 35, ATM May 2, 2012. 2-3 As amended under article 17, ATM 1962. 4

Section 7. Closing of Warrant 2-7 The closing date and time for the submission of articles by petition to be placed on the warrant for an annual or special Town Meeting shall be published by the Select Board, in the local town newspaper at least ten (10) days before the closing of the warrant.

Section 8. Elective Office Prohibition 2-8 No person shall hold more than one (1) elective municipal office in the Town of Canton on or after March 3, 1981. If elected to another office, that person’s former office shall automatically become vacant and the vacancy filled as prescribed by the General Laws of the Commonwealth.

2-7 Inserted under article 76, ATM 1980. 2-8 Inserted under article 75, ATM 1980. 5