SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 343 of the acts of 1935 is hereby amended throughout by changing the term "board of selectmen" to "selectboard."

SECTION 2. Said chapter 343 is hereby further amended by striking out section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 5. The town shall, by vote, determine what proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal the town shall pay, provided that it shall pay not more than 25 per cent (25%). In providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems or for the use of said system or systems, the town, through its select board acting as the sewer commissioners, may avail itself of any or all of the methods permitted by General Laws and the provisions of said General Laws relative to the assessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to interest thereon, shall apply to assessments made under this act. The collector of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments of such assessments or apportionments thereof to the said selectboard, which shall preserve a record thereof.

SECTION 3. The first sentence of section 10 of said chapter 343 is hereby amended by striking out the words “not exceeding twenty dollars,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- in accordance with the General Laws and any bylaw adopted by the town,.

SECTION 4. That the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Selectboard approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and provided further that the Selectboard is herby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.

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