ORDERED, that the Town Council assembled votes to amend the Bridgewater Home Rule Charter, Article VIl, Section 7-4 and to send said amendment to the State Legislature as a Special Act as follows:
Section 7-4. "Districts" shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Section 7-4. "Precincts and Districts"
The territory of the town shall be divided into nine (9) precincts ("Precincts") as specifically illustrated on the attached Precinct map which shall be appended to the Town of Bridgewater Home Rule Charter. The Town of Bridgewater shall also be divided into three (3) districts ("Districts"). Each District shall be comprised of three (3) Precincts as illustrated herein and as established in accordance with the General Laws. Said Districts have been established as to consist of as nearly an equal number of inhabitants as it is possible to achieve based on compact and contiguous territory, bounded insofar as possible by the center line of known streets or ways or by other well-defined limits. The Town Council shall from time to time, but at least once in each ten (10) years, review such Districts to ensure their uniformity in number of inhabitants. The composition of the three (3) Districts stated herein shall consist of the Precincts as set forth herein:
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District 1:Precincts 1, 2 and 7.
District 2:Precincts 5, 6 and 8.
District 3:Precincts 3, 4 and 9.
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