the current size of the house of representatives is 483.
the current size of the house of representatives is 483.
what is the current size of the house of representatives?
483
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over time, some of the distinctions between a town and a city have become blurred. since the early 20th century, towns have been allowed to modify the town meeting form of government in various ways (e.g., representative town meeting, adding a town manager). in recent decades, some towns have adopted what effectively amount to city forms of government, although they still refer to themselves as towns. as a practical matter, one municipality that calls itself a town and another that calls itself a city may have exactly the same governmental structure. with these changes in town government, a reluctance to adopt the title of city seems to have developed, and few towns have officially done so since the early 20th century. in massachusetts, 13 municipalities (agawam, amesbury, barnstable, braintree, easthampton, franklin, greenfield, palmer, randolph, southbridge, watertown, west springfield and weymouth) have adopted mayor-council or council-manager forms of government in their home rule charters, and are therefore considered to be legally cities, but nevertheless continue to call themselves "towns". they are sometimes referred to in legislation and other legal documents as "the city known as the town of ..." greenfield, in december 2017, dropped the "town" designation, which some called "embarrassing" and which legislators said made paperwork more difficult. common parlance labeling a community a "city" or a "town" may have more to do with its current size, whether its current size or its historical size and reputation.
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