Chapter 175

2004 -- H 8466 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 06/25/04

A N A C T

RELATING TO THE TOWN OF RICHMOND

Introduced By: Representative Joseph H. Scott

Date Introduced: April 27, 2004

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 1674 of the 1930 public laws entitled "An Act Fixing

the time for Election of town Officers in the town of Richmond" is hereby amended to read as

follows:

     SECTION 1. The electors of the town of Richmond on the Tuesday next after the first

Monday in November 1930, and on such day biennially thereafter, shall in town meeting, elect by

ballot, a moderator, a clerk, and a town council consisting of five members, and a town treasurer,

who shall severally hold office for the term of two years and until their respective successors are

elected and qualified. The electors of said town at said election in the year 1930 and at said

election biennally thereafter shall elect one member of the school committee and one assessor of

taxes to succeed the member of the school committee and the assessor of taxes whose terms are

about to expire and to severally hold office for the term of six years and until their respective

successors are elected and qualified.

     The electors of said town shall also at said election and at such election biennally

thereafter elect such other town officers of annual election as they have heretofore lawfully

elected at their annual town election, and such officers shall hold office for the term of two years

and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

     All the town officers whose election is provided for in this section shall be voted for on

one ballot, and said election shall be called, warned and held, and the voting list to be used thereat

shall be canvassed, and the votes cast thereat shall be counted and declared as provided in

chapters 8 to 11 inclusive and 48 to 50 inclusive of the general laws and all acts in amendment

thereof and in addition thereto.

     SECTION 2. There shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the town of Richmond,

at the next general election, for their approval the following question: "Shall the act passed by the

general assembly at its January, 2004 session, entitled 'An act relating to the town of Richmond',

providing for the appointment of the town treasurer by the town council, be approved?" and the

board of canvassers shall certify the results of said election to the secretary of state.

     SECTION 3. This section and section 2 of this act shall take effect upon passage, and the

remaining sections of this act shall take effect when the board of canvassers shall certify to the

secretary of state that a majority of the qualified electors voting upon the question contained in

section 2 shall have voted to approve the same.

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