Chap. 0317 An Act in addition to an act to incorporate the town of ayer. Be it enacted, frc, as follows : Section 1. The inhabitants of that portion of the territory taken from Groton, in the town of Ayer, may vote in said territory for representatives to the general court; and the clerk of the town of Ayer shall make returns and meet with the clerks of Groton and Pepperell, for the purpose of ascertaining the result of the election of representatives for the thirty-first representative district, and making certificates of the same, at the time and place now provided by law for said meeting ; and all parts of said act of incorporation inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 23, 1871.