Chap. 653. An Act providing tenure of office until age sixty-five FOR ARCHER H. DAVIS, INCUMBENT OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TOWN OF DUNSTABLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Archer H. Davis, incumbent of the office of chief of police oi the town of Dunstable, shall hold said office during good behavior until he reaches the age of sixty-five, unless incapacitated by physical or mental disability, from performing the duties thereof. He shall not, prior to reaching said age, be lowered in compensation, suspended or removed, except for just cause after a hearing by the board of selectmen of said town for reasons specifically given him in writing.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the voters of. said town at the annual town meeting in the year nineteen hundred and seventy-one 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 an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and seventy, entitled 'An Act providing tenure
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of office until age sixty-five for Archer H. Davis, incumbent of the office of chief of police of the town of Dunstable', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved August 11, 1970.