| | | Sec. A-3. Effective date of separation. If a majority of those voting in | | the Greenings Island territory election approves the question, | | this Part takes effect with respect to that territory and that | | territory is separated from the Town of Southwest Harbor and is | | incorporated as the Town of Greenings Island on July 1, 2000. |
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| | | Sec. A-4. Provision for first meeting. If the voters of Greenings Island | | territory approve the question, a justice of the peace or notary | | public may issue a warrant to any legal voter in the Town of | | Greenings Island directing that legal voter to notify the | | municipal inhabitants of a public meeting to select municipal | | officers and to transact municipal business to be held at a time | | and place specified in the warrant. Notice to the municipal | | inhabitants must be provided at least 7 days prior to the | | meeting. Until July 1, 2000, municipal officers selected at the | | meeting are vested with all of the powers and duties that other | | duly elected municipal officers have, including the power to | | raise, borrow and spend money. |
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| | | Sec. A-5. Form of government. If the voters of Greenings Island | | territory approve the question, the Town of Greenings Island will | | be incorporated and separated from the Town of Southwest Harbor | | on July 1, 2000 and shall adopt the town meeting as its form of | | government. |
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| | | The Town of Greenings Island may subsequently vote to change | | its form of government without the necessity of a further act of | | the Legislature. |
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| | | Sec. A-6. Allocation of debts and assets. If the Town of Greenings Island | | is incorporated and separated from the Town of Southwest Harbor | | on July 1, 2000, the Town of Greenings Island shall assume debts | | and assets of the Town of Southwest Harbor as follows. |
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| | | 1. All tangible personal property owned by the Town of | | Southwest Harbor and located within the Greenings Island | | territory on the date of separation becomes the property of the | | Town of Greenings Island on July 1, 2000, and the Town of | | Southwest Harbor shall promptly deliver to the Town of Greenings | | Island an appropriate quitclaim bill of sale for that property. |
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| | | 2. The Town of Southwest Harbor taxes that are due from | | Greenings Island territory property owners as of July 1, 2000 | | will continue to be owed to the Town of Southwest Harbor after | | separation. Tax liens on behalf of the Town of Southwest Harbor | | attributable to those taxes remain valid. |
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| | | 3. No other tangible property or intangible property of the | | Town of Southwest Harbor, including cash or bank accounts, is due | | to the Town of Greenings Island. |
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