Amendment #1 to S1953

Floor Amendment

Mr. Speliotis of Danvers moves to amend the bill by striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 3. If the petition filed pursuant to section 2 shall be found and certified by the town clerk to be sufficient, the town clerk shall submit the same with the town clerk’s certificate thereon to the board of selectmen without delay, and the board of selectmen shall forthwith give to said elected officer whose recall is being sought, written notice of the receipt of said certificate and shall, if the officer sought to be removed does not resign within 5 days thereafter, thereupon order a recall election to be held not less than 64 nor more than 90 days after the date the election is called; provided however, that if any other town election is to occur within 100 days after the date of said certificate, the selectmen may, in their discretion, postpone the holding of the removal election to the date of such other election. If a vacancy occurs in said office after a recall election has been ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed as herein provided.”;

and in section 6 by striking out the first sentence of the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- “If the majority of the votes cast upon the question of recall is in the affirmative, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.”.