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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN IN THE TOWN OF DEDHAM TO THE SELECT BOARD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  The charter of the town of Dedham, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, the first to twenty-second times, inclusive, and the twenty-fourth to eighty-third times, inclusive, they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 2.  Said charter is hereby further amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen’s”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board’s.

SECTION 3.  Section 3-2 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the title and inserting in place thereof the following title:- Select Board.

SECTION 4.  Subsection (h) of section 2-9 of article 2 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the words “Chairman, vice-chairman” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- chair, vice-chair.

SECTION 5.  Subsection (c) of section 3-13 of article 3 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the word “Selectmen’s” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Select Board’s.

SECTION 6.  Subsection (a) of section 6-2 of article 6 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the word “chairman”, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- chair.

SECTION 7.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved, July 22, 2020.