AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MELROSE TO PLACE A CERTAIN BINDING QUESTION ON THE BALLOT TO BE USED IN THE CITY OF MELROSE AT THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The clerk of the city of Melrose shall cause to be placed on the official ballot to be used at the municipal election to be held in the year 1997 the following question:-
"Shall the salary of the Mayor be $48,000 per year starting January 1, 1998?
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, then the amendment to Section 2-91 of Division 2 of Article II of Chapter 2 of the revised ordinances of the city of Melrose, passed by the board of aldermen on October 7, 1996 and approved by the mayor on October 9, 1996, shall take full effect, but not otherwise.