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ment or operation of the District and promptly thereafter called by warrant under their hands, unless some other
<br /> the clerk of the District shall send a certified copy of the method be provided by by-law or vote of the District.
<br /> vote to the District Assessors, who shall assess the same The Board of Voteer Registration of the Town shall pro-
<br /> on property within the District in the same manner in all vide a list to the Board of Water Commissioners, upon I
<br /> respects in which town taxes are required by law to be request, designating those voters eligible to vote at District
<br /> assessed. Meetings.
<br /> The Assessors of Mashpee shall be the District Asses- SECTION 9. The District shall, after the acceptance
<br /> sors and shall receive a salary for their services as shall of this act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the same
<br /> be determined by the Board of Water Commissioners. meeting at which this act shall have been accepted, or
<br /> The assessment shall be committed to the District Tax thereafter, at a special meeting called for the purpose,
<br /> Collector, who shall collect said tax in the manner pro- three persons, inhabitants of and voters in the District,
<br /> vided by law for the collection of town taxes and who to hold office,one until the expiration of three years, one
<br /> shall deposit the proceeds thereof with the District until the expiration of two years and one until the ex-
<br /> Treasurer for the use and benefit of said District. The piration of one year, from the day of the next succeeding
<br /> Town Tax Collector shall be the District Tax Collector annual District meeting, to constitute a Board of Water
<br /> and shall receive a salary for services as shall be deter- Commissioners; and at every annual District meeting
<br /> mined by the Board of Water Commissioners.Any costs following such next succeeding annual District meeting
<br /> incurred by either the Assessors or the Tax Collector of one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the
<br /> the Town of Mashpee in performing services hereunder term of three years. The date of the next annual meeting
<br /> shall be paid for by the District. The District may collect shall be fixed by the by-laws of the District, but in no
<br /> interest on overdue taxes in the manner in which interest event shall it be later than fifteen months subsequent to
<br /> is authorized to be collected on town taxes. The manner the date on which the water commissioners were first
<br /> of collection of District taxes shall be identical to the man- elected. All the authority granted to the District by this
<br /> ner of collection of town taxes, including all provisions act, except sections four and six, and not otherwise
<br /> for the collection and enforcement of collection by liens, specifically provided for, shall be vested in said Board
<br /> tax takings and foreclosures. of Water Commissioners, who shall be subject, however,
<br /> SECTION 7. Any personal property or real estate to such instructions and by-laws, as the District may by
<br /> vote impose. The District acting through its initial Board
<br /> taken, purchased or acquired under this act, shall be
<br /> managed, improved and controlled by the Board of of Water Commissioners, shall appoint, each for such
<br /> term as it may determine, a clerk and a treasurer of the
<br /> Water Commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such District, and such other officers and employees not
<br /> manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the
<br /> District. specifically provided for in this Act, as it may deem
<br /> necessary and proper, and shall fix their compensation.
<br /> SECTION 8. Any meeting of the voters of the territory The treasurer shall not be a member of the Board of
<br /> included within the boundaries set forth in section one Water Commissioners and shall give bond to the District
<br /> to be held to accept this act, and any meeting of the voters in such amounts as may be approved by said Board with
<br /> of the District to be heldrior to the election and
<br /> p a surety company authorized to transact business in the
<br /> qualification of a majority of the water commissioners, Commonwealth as surety. A majority of said Water
<br /> shall be called, and qualification of a majority of the Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
<br /> water commissioners, shall be called, on petition of ten action of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board
<br /> or more legal voters therein, by a warrant from the select- from any cause may be filled for the remainder of the
<br /> men of said town, directed to one of the petitioners, re- unexpired term by the District at any legal meeting called
<br /> quiring him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the
<br /> of the warrant in two or more public.places in the District treasury of the District on account of its waterworks ex-
<br /> seven days at least before the time of the meeting. One cept upon a written order of said water commissioners
<br /> of the selectmen shall preside at such meeting until a clerk or a majority of them.
<br /> is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a SECTION 10. The District, at any Annual or Special
<br /> moderator is chosen and sworn. At any meeting called Meeting,may adopt by-laws regulating the call of District
<br /> hereunder prior to the acceptance of this act, after the meetings and the necessary quorum at any meeting and
<br /> choice of a clerk and moderator for the meeting,the ques- may adopt such other by-laws as are appropriate for the
<br /> tion of the acceptance of this act shall be submitted to operation of the District. All District meetings shall be
<br /> the voters, and if it is accpeted by a majority of the voters called pursuant to a warrant issued by the Board of Water
<br /> present and voting thereon, it shall thereupon take ef- Commissioners. The procedure for the call of a meeting,
<br /> fect and the meeting may then proceed to act on the other publication of the warrant, and conduct of the meeting
<br /> articles in the warrant. The Board of Voter Registration shall be as set forth in chapter thirty-nine of the General
<br /> of the Town shall certify to the Selectmen the voters eligi- Laws, unless the by-laws adopted by the District other-
<br /> ble to participate in the meeting. After the election and wise provide. The by-laws of the District may allow for
<br /> qualification of a majority of the water commissioners such other officers not provided for in this act as deemed
<br /> as provided for hereafter, meetings of the District shall be necessary or proper.
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