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vein of water in the town. The authority to supply the inhabitants | | of the town who are not within the district is subject to the | | discretion of the board of trustees. |
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| | | Sec. 4. Number of trustees. The board of trustees of the district is | | composed of 3 trustees. A trustee must be a resident of the | | district and reside in a household to which the district's | | service is provided. |
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| | | Sec. 5. Appointment of first board. The first board is selected by the | | municipal officers of the Town of Corinna within 6 months of | | approval of this Act by the voters in accordance with section 6. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Terms of trustees. After the selection of the first board, | | trustees are elected to 3-year terms in accordance with the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410, subsection 1. |
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| | | Sec. 7. P&SL 1947, c. 86, as amended by P&SL 1995, c. 42, §§1 to 4 | | and affected by §5, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 8. Emergency clause; referendum; effective date. In view of the | | emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when | | approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the | | legal voters within the territory described in section 1 of this | | Act at a regular or special election called for that purpose. | | The election must be called by the municipal officers of the town | | and must be held at the regular voting places. 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 new lists of voters. | | For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrar of | | voters must be in session the secular day preceding the election. | | The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following | | question: |
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| | | "Do you favor creating the Corinna Standard Water District?" |
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| | | The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed | | against the word "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 Corinna and due certificate of the results filed by the | | clerk with the Secretary of State. |
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| | | This Act takes effect for all purposes immediately upon its | | approval by a majority of the legal voters voting at the | | election. Failure to achieve the necessary approval in any | | referendum does not prohibit subsequent referenda consistent with |
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| | | this section, as long as the referenda are held prior to July 1, | | 2002. |
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| | | This bill creates the Corinna Standard Water District. |
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