Session Laws

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 4 of chapter 57 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the caption "Barnstable and Islands", as appearing in section 1 of chapter 341 of the acts of 1987, and inserting in place thereof the following caption:-

Barnstable, Nantucket and Dukes.

SECTION 2. Said section 4 of said chapter 57 is hereby further amended by striking out the five paragraphs under the caption Barnstable and Islands, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following five paragraphs:-

First Barnstable. - Consisting of the towns of Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth, all in the county of Barnstable.

Second Barnstable. - Consisting of the towns of Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet, all in the county of Barnstable.

Third Barnstable. - Consisting of the towns of Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich, all in the county of Barnstable.

Barnstable and Dukes. - Consisting of the town of Falmouth, in the county of Barnstable; and the towns of Chilmark, Edgartown, Gay Head, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury, all in the county of Dukes County.

Barnstable and Nantucket. - Consisting of the town of Barnstable, in the county of Barnstable; and the town of Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket.