The assessors or standing committee may be elected for such term, not exceeding three years, as the parish or religious society may by vote or by-law prescribe, and the vote or by-law may provide that the term of office of the assessors or members of the standing committee may expire in different years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 10
Assessors or standing committee; election; tenure
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