Chap. 0068 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the present treasurer of the town of watertown.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The incumbent of the office of treasurer in the town of Watertown on the effective date of this act shall hold office during good behavior unless incapacitated by-physical or mental disability from performing the duties of treasurer and until the selectmen shall remove him therefrom in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, and the rules made thereunder, relative to removals from the classified public service. Any vacancy in the office of treasurer in said town while said incumbent is holding office during good behavior, as provided by this act, shall be filled by election by a vote of a majority of its selectmen, and said treasurer shall serve until the next regular town election, at which election a treasurer shall be elected as provided by law.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the voters of said town at the annual meeting in the current year, or in the year following its enactment, in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting: - "Shall James H. Sheridan, the present incumbent of the office of treasurer of the town of Watertown, be given life tenure?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 25, 1952.