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Page 8. . . Section 5 (cont'd.) If a majority of the votes cast is against the recall, the votes for the candidate need not be counted. If a majority of the votes cast is in favor of the recall, and further provided that at least twenty percent (20%) of the total number of qualified voters as of the date of the most recent Town election have participated at such recall election, the officer shall be deemed to be recalled and the ballots for.candidates shall then be counted. The candidate receiving the higher number of votes shall be declared elected. If the officer is recalled, he shall be deemed removed upon certification of the election results by the Town Clerk. The candidate receiving the highest vote and therefore elected, shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term of the officer removed. Section 6 - No recall affidavit shall be filed against an officer within three MT months after his election, nor, in the case of an officer elected in a recall election, until three (3) months after that election. No recall shall be filed against an officer subjected to a recall election and not thereby recalled until at least six (6) months after the election at which his recall was not approved by the qualified voters. Section 7 - Ibis article shall take effect upon its passage. So Voted a Certified copy :o Executive Secretary. . . . Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift of land from Arnold B. Chace, Jr. , the same being shown as Lots 12, 14 and 16 on Assessors Map 68 ' Indefinitely postponed Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds $6,500 to recodify regulations, by-laws, and administrative rules, Indefinitely postponed