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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of selectmen of the town of Boxborough shall consist of five members. Said town shall hold a special election within 90 days of the effective date of this act at which time there shall be two selectmen elected, one for a term to expire at the 1999 annual town election and one for a term to expire at the 2000 annual town election. At each annual town election held thereafter, there shall be one or two selectmen elected for a three year term so as to maintain a five member board. Selectmen in office on the effective date of this act shall serve until the expiration of their terms. +s
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. @s