SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established in the town of Wenham the position of appointed town clerk. The town clerk shall be appointed and may be removed by the select board and shall serve at the pleasure of the select board. The town clerk shall have all the powers and duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties imposed by town clerks.
SECTION 2. If approved by the General Court, this act shall be submitted as a ballot question to the voters of the Town of Wenham at the next Town Election in the following form: “Shall an act be passed by the General Court entitled ‘An Act regarding Appointing the Town Clerk of the Town of Wenham’ be accepted?
SECTION 3. If a majority of the votes cast to the question is in the affirmative, Section 1 of this shall be in effect in the Town of Wenham, but not otherwise.
SECTION 4. Upon the affirmative vote, the elected office of the Town Clerk shall be abolished and the term of the elected official incumbent terminated; provided however, that the incumbent holding the office of the Town Clerk on the effective date of the vote shall serve for a period of 5 months thereafter as the appointed Town Clerk. Thereafter, appointments to the position of the Town Clerk shall be made in accordance with Section 1.
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