{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-11","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 11","heading":"Persons authorized to call meetings upon resignation of selectmen","body":"Section 11. If a majority of the selectmen or any less number shall vacate their offices, or if the full number shall fail to be elected or qualified, the selectmen in office may call a town meeting. If there are no remaining selectmen, the town clerk may call it; and, if there is no town clerk, a justice of the peace may call it in the manner prescribed in the following section.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 39"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter39/Section11","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:28Z","sha256":"417939c94ec2e12e950d30679fc9f34dec2a3ab8d971ca5a872d1a512b696d24","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-10a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}