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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. Territorial limits; corporate name. Pursuant to the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 64, that part of the Town of
Northport described as follows:

 
Beginning on the shore of the west side of Penobscot Bay at
a point marking the southerly line of the property identified
on the Town of Northport tax map U-9 as lot 2; thence
southwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of U.S.
Route 1 and the Pound Hill Road; thence northwesterly in a
straight line to the intersection of the Rocky Road and the
Bog Road; thence southwesterly by the center of the Bog Road
500 feet; thence northwesterly following a line 500 feet west
of Rocky Road to the Belfast town line; thence following the
town boundaries to the shore of the west side of Penobscot
Bay; thence northeasterly, southeasterly and southerly by said
bay to point of beginning and its inhabitants constitute a
standard district under the name Bayside Utilities District,
referred to in this Act as "the district."

 
Sec. 2. Powers; authority; duties. The district has all the powers and
authority and is subject to all the requirements and
restrictions provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-
A, chapter 64.

 
Sec. 3. Authority to purchase water. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6404, the district is authorized
to purchase water from the Belfast Water District.

 
Sec. 4. Additional powers. The district is authorized to provide
water and sewage treatment and collection systems for public
purposes and for the health, comfort and convenience of the
inhabitants of the district.

 
Sec. 5. Power to take water and sewer. The district is authorized to
take, hold, use and distribute water and sewage from the
Northport Village Corporation.

 
Sec. 6. Number of trustees. The board of trustees of the district
is composed of 5 trustees, 4 must be Northport Village
Corporation eligible voters as defined in Private and Special
Law 1915, chapter 136, section 12 and one must be a trustee at
large who is a utility user of the district.

 
Sec. 7. Election of first board. The first board is elected in an
election called by the municipal officers of the Town of
Northport and the municipal officers of the Northport Village
Corporation within 6 months of approval of this Act by the
voters in accordance with this Act. The terms of the first


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