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| Sec. 5. Existing trustees. The trustees of the Stonington Sanitary | | District holding office on the effective date of this Act hold | | office as trustees for the terms for which they were elected, and | | as each term expires one trustee must be elected by the registered | | voters of the district at the next annual meeting of the district | | to serve for a term of 3 years. The additional trustees must be | | elected at the next annual meeting, one for a term of 2 years and | | one for a term of 3 years. If a vacancy arises, it must be filled | | for the remainder of the unexpired term. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Referendum; emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited | | in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved only for the | | purposes of permitting its submission to the legal voters within | | the district at an election called for that purpose or at a town | | meeting. The election or the meeting must be held in June 2005. |
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| | | 1. If the referendum is held at an election, the election | | must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law | | relating to municipal elections, except that the registrar of | | voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post a new list | | of voters. |
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| | | The registrar of voters must be in session the 3 secular days | | preceding the election, of which the first 2 days must be devoted | | to registration of voters and the last day to verification of the | | list and completion of the records of the session by the | | registrar. The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the | | following question: |
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| | | "Do you favor expanding the territory, increasing the number | | of trustees and expanding the powers of the Stonington | | Sanitary District?" |
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| | | The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against | | the words "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same. |
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| | | The results must be declared by the municipal officers of the | | Town of Stonington and due certificate of the results filed by | | the clerk with the Secretary of State. |
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| | | 2. If the referendum is held at a town meeting, the | | procedures of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section | | 2354 apply. |
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| | | This Act takes effect for all purposes immediately upon its | | acceptance by a majority of the legal voters in the district if | | voting is held at an election or upon acceptance at a town | | meeting if voting is held at a town meeting. Failure to achieve | | the necessary approval by a majority of voters at any such |
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