Chap. 0185 An Act relative to the assessment of taxes in cities after their redivision into wards.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section two of chapter four hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the third and fourth lines, the words and for the assessment of taxes in the year following such a redivision",- so as to read as follows: - Section 4- For all elections and primaries held prior to the second party primary following a redivision of a city into wards, the wards as existing previous to such redivision shall continue, and for such purposes the election officers shall be appointed and hold office,

and voting lists shall be prepared, and all other things required by law shall be done, as if no such redivision had been made; provided, that the city council of a city may, for the purposes of any municipal election and its antecedent primary, if any, held prior to said party primary, order that the new wards shall be in effect and thereupon the mayor of such city may make such adjustments in the personnel and assignments of election officers as may be necessary.

Approved April 4, 1936.