Any person aggrieved by the determination of the damages awarded to owners of property or interest in the property under this section may, within 60 days after service of the condemnation order and check, appeal to the Superior Court of Franklin County. The court shall determine damages by a verdict of its jury or, if all parties agree, by the court without a jury or by a referee or referees and shall render judgment for just compensation, with interest when interest is due, and for costs in favor of the party entitled to costs. A decision of the Superior Court may be appealed to the Law Court as in other civil actions.

Sec. 7. P&SL 1981, c. 86 is repealed.

Sec. 8. Emergency clause; referendum; effective date. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the legal voters within the territory described in section 1 of this Act at a regular or special election called for that purpose. The election must be called by the municipal officers of the respective towns and must be held at the regular voting places. The election must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections, except that the registrars of voters are not required to prepare or the clerks to post new lists of voters. For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrars of voters must be in session the secular day preceding the election. The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following questions:

Question A. "Do you favor creating the Farmington Falls Standard Water District?"

Question B. "Do you favor allowing the Farmington Falls Standard Water District to purchase the assets of the Farmington Falls Water District?"

The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against the words "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same.