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CHAPTER 237 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TWO YEAR TERM FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON.

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. The mayor of the city of Brockton shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of the city and shall be the executive officer of the city. He shall hold office for the term of two years from the first Monday in January following his election and until his successor is qualified.

SECTION 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the city of Brockton at the next city election in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of city officers at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general court, entitled 'An Act establishing a two year term for the office of the mayor in the city of Brockton', be accepted " If a majority of the votes cast in answer to said question is in the affirmative then this act shall take full effect for all regular mayoral elections held after the election at which this question is submitted to the voters of the city of Brockton.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved October 3, 1991.