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CHAPTER 320
TEE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-five
AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN NON-RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF
LEXINGTON TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE
OFFICER, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT
THERETO .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same , as
follows :
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, of
the charter of the town of Lexington, or of any ordinance thereof,
a non-resident of said town may take the examination for the position
of police officer in said town if otherwise eligible ; provided,
however, that such non-resident shall have been domiciled in the
commonwealth for at least one year next prior to the date of such
examination.
SECTION 2. If there is no eligible list established of appli-
cants for such position, who have been domiciled in the town of
Lexington for at least six months next prior to the date of such
examination, the director of civil service shall certify from, and
appointments may be made from, a list established of persons
eligible to such position who were domiciled in the commonwealth
for at least one year next prior to the date of such examination.
SECTION 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the
voters of the town of Lexington at the annual town meeting to be
held in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-six in the form of. the
following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting:-
"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen
hundred and sixty-five, entitled 'An Act authorizing certain non-
residents of the town of Lexington to take the examination for the
position of police officer, and providing for their eligibility
for appointment thereto' , be accepted?" If a majority of the votes
in answer to said question is in the affirmative , this act shall
thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
House of Representatives, April 5, 1965.
Passed to be enacted, John F. X. Davoren, Speaker.
In Senate, April 6, 1965.
Passed .to be enacted, Maurice A. Donahue, President.
April 14, 1965.
Approved,
Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor.
Elliot L. Richardson