Sec. 1. Separation and incorporation. Subject to referendum elections as set forth in section 3 of this Act and as otherwise specified in this Act, the territory in section 2, the east side of Machiasport, now within the Town of Machiasport, Washington County, together with the inhabitants of that territory, is separated and set off from the Town of Machiasport and incorporated into the Town of East Machias, Washington County.

Sec. 2. Boundaries. The boundaries of the territory affected by this Act are as follows.

All of the land, including buildings, intertidal land, submerged land, fresh or salt water ponds, roads and land owned by the Town of Machiasport, generally referred to as the east side of Machiasport, containing 3,160 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: on the north by East Machias, on the south by Machias Bay and on the east by Whiting.

Sec. 3. Referendum elections. In order for the separation and incorporation described in this Act to take effect, the east side of Machiasport must vote in an election to secede from the Town of Machiasport and join the Town of East Machias and further, the Town of East Machias must vote in an election to accept the territory after that territory has voted in the affirmative for secession and incorporation. A simple majority of the voters in each referendum is necessary to approve the referendum.

1. East side of Machiasport; secession vote. Within 3 months of the effective date of this Act, this Act must be submitted to the legal voters of the east side of Machiasport in a referendum election for the purpose of approval of this Act. Warrants must be issued for this election notifying the qualified voters to vote on the approval or rejection of this Act.

For purposes of this referendum election, all persons resident of the east side of Machiasport and legally registered to vote within the east side of Machiasport as set out in section 2 of this Act are eligible to vote on the question with respect to the separation of the east side of Machiasport from the Town of Machiasport and its annexation to the Town of East Machias.

The Town Clerk of the Town of Machiasport shall prepare the required ballots on which the subject matter of this Act must be reduced to the following question:

"Do you favor the separation of the east side of Machiasport from the Town of Machiasport and the annexation of the east side of Machiasport to the Town of East Machias?"