ARTICLE 1-GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. The following provisions shall constitute the By-laws of the Town of Norwell, which shall be in lieu of all By-laws heretofore in force, except for the Zoning By-Laws.
SECTION 2. These By-Laws shall have no retroactive effect.
SECTION 3. The repeal of a By-Law shall not thereby have the effect of reviving any By-Law
theretofore repealed.
SECTION 4. Unless otherwise provided in these By-Laws, governing instrument or the General Laws, any Board, Commission or Committee of the Town may act by a majority.
SECTION 5. Any or all of these By-Laws may be repealed or amended, and other By-Laws may be adopted at any Town Meeting, and article or articles for that purpose having been inserted in the Warrant for such meeting.
SECTION 6. Any use in these By-Laws of the phrase "by-law'" shall mean the General Laws and Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as from time to time amended.
SECTION 7. Whenever reference is made to committees in these By-Laws, for the purposes of these By-Laws only, the term "committees" shall include boards, commissions, officers and departments.
SECTION 8. The invalidity of any article or section of these By-Laws shall not affect the
validity of any Article, Section or By-Law otherwise valid, and these By-Laws shall remain in effect as amended from time to time, except for those Articles or Section parts thereof which are determined to be invalid.
SECTION 9. Every violation of the Norwell By-laws, not otherwise provided for herein or by the General Laws or Special Laws of the Commonwealth, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS* ($150.00)*, and all penalties recovered from such violations shall be paid into the Town Treasury to accrue for such use as the Town shall from time to time direct . *(Voted at Annual Town Meeting on May 5, 1994 to change amount of the fine from $50.00 to $150.00)
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