Chap. 0295 An Act providing for the appointment of the city treasurer of the city of somerville by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city treasurer of the city of Somerville, who shall also be the collector of taxes, shall be appointed by the mayor of said city, subject to confirmation by its board of aldermen, for the term of one year from the date of his appointment and until the qualification of his successor.

In case of a vacancy, said office shall be filled for the unexpired term by the mayor, subject to like confirmation.

Section 2. So much of chapter two hundred and forty of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the voters of the city of Somerville at the biennial state election in the current year in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used in said city at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four, entitled 'An Act providing for the Appointment of the City Treasurer of the City of Somerville by the Mayor, subject to Confirmation by the Board of Aldermenbe accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise. Approved June 12, 1934-