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 2-8(a) of Article 2 of the charter of the city known as the town of Methuen which is on file in the office in the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section twelve of chapter forty-three B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- City Accountant - the town council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a city accountant to hold office for a term of two years and until his successor is qualified.

SECTION 2. Section 2-8(b) of said Article 2 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Clerk of the Council - the town council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a clerk of the council to hold office for a term of two years or until his successor is qualified.

SECTION 3. Section 2-8(c) of said Article 2 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- City Solicitor - the town council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a city solicitor to hold office for a term of two years and until his successor is qualified.

SECTION 4. The terms of office of the current incumbents in the offices referred to in sections one, two and three shall be extended until January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.