Charter of the city of Newton, Massachusetts, 1969-1971.
(Mixed Material)

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Collection consists of information brochure for Newton voters about the charter, preliminary report of the Charter Commission, summary and complete text of charter, various surveys and summaries for the use of the Charter Commission concerning Newton administrative departments and agencies, draft statute of Plan A and Plan B, based on model charters from the National Municipal League, General Law acceptance statutes which had been accepted and which had charter significance, chronological listing of acts of the General Court related to the City of Newton and a list of acts by subject matter.

Charter of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. Special Collections, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA.

Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton, MA 02459), Special Collections.

Collection of documents related to the formulation and adoption of various versions of the City of Newton Charter brought to ballot on November 2, 1971. The Newton Charter Commission was charged with reworking the City's charter, which had been adopted by the General Court of Massachusetts as Chapter 283 of the Acts of 1897 when Newton's population was about 30,000. Since that time the charter had been modified, piecemeal, by special acts of the General Court and by Newton's acceptance of General Laws applicable to cities and towns generally. The Charter Commission analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the then current composite charter, envisioned future needs of the City, examined other municipalities' governmental structures, invited input from Newton officials, civic organizations and experts in order to create a new charter more suited to modern times.

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