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CHAPTER 459 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN THE TOWN OF NANTUCKET.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 169 of acts of 1965 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 5, the words "park and recreation commission".

SECTION 2. There is hereby established in the town of Nantucket a park and recreation commission having the powers and duties of a park commission under the provisions of chapter forty-five of the General Laws. The commission shall consist of five members to be appointed by the board of selectmen. Initial appointments shall have one member with a one-year term, two members with two-year terms, and two members with three-year terms; and thereafter each successor commissioner shall have a full three-year term. Vacancies occurring in any position during a term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the board of selectmen of the town of Nantucket.

Approved November 2, 1987.