SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2165 FILED ON: 7/6/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2105
[LOCAL APPROVAL RECEIVED.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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To the Honorable Senate
and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing the appointment of the feoffees
of Ipswich Grammar School.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Bradford R. Hill
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4th Essex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing the appointment of the feoffees of Ipswich Grammar School.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
The existing Feoffees
of Ipswich Grammar School, as established in Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1765,
shall upon passage of this act be replaced with seven individuals appointed for terms of three years (with the initial terms shortened as appropriate so as to provide staggered te
rm appointments) in the following manner: 2 appointed by
the
School Committee; 2 appointed by
the
Board of Selectmen; 2 appointed by
the
Finance Committee;
and
1 appointed by Town Meeting.
To be eligible to be appointed as a Feoffee or to continue to ser
ve as a Feoffee, a person’s primary residence shall be in Ipswich. No person shall serve as a Feoffee for more than three consecutive terms. Feoffees shall serve without compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable and necessary trust related expe
nses. No person may be a Feoffee while serving as a member of the School Committee, Board of Selectmen or the Town Finance Committee or as Town Manager or Superintendent of Schools. In the appointment of Feoffees, the appointing bodies shall appoint person
s who acknowledge at the time of appointment the Feoffees’ fiduciary duties and obligations of trusteeship and the purpose of
the Trust to benefit the Ipswich public
schools. Persons will be appointed
w
ho also possess expertise and skills that will enable
the Feoffees collectively to carry out their responsibilities.
SECTION 2.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
