City of Milford, CT Article VIII SPECIAL ACTS REPEALED AND ADOPTION OF CHARTER

Sec. 1 Certain special acts and all such acts inconsistent with charter repealed; certain vested right protected.

Sections 2 through 12, inclusive, of An Act Providing for Representative Town Meetings for the Town of Milford, number 337 of the special acts of 1939, as amended, An Act Concerning A Council Manager Form of Government for the Town of Milford, number 536 of the special acts of 1947, as amended, and any other special acts inconsistent with this charter are repealed, except that no vested interests of any town employee in any pension fund, retirement rights or otherwise shall be thereby affected.

Sec. 2 Adoption of charter; petition forms, etc.

[Referendum of 11-5-1963]

This act shall be submitted to the electors of the Town of Milford at a special election warned and called for the purpose on June 15, 1959. Voting shall be in accordance with the laws applicable to special elections in the town and voting machines shall be used with a form of presentation substantially as follows: "Shall the Town of Milford adopt the Special Act concerning a Charter for the City of Milford, providing for a Mayor and Board of Aldermen form of government, as proposed by House Bill No. 3138 of the 1959 Session of the General Assembly, as enacted? Yes." "Shall the Town of Milford adopt the Special Act Concerning a Charter for the City of Milford, providing for a Mayor and Board of Aldermen form of government, as proposed by House Bill No. 3138 of the 1959 Session of the General Assembly, as enacted? No." If this act is approved by a majority equal to at least fifteen per cent of the electors of said town, it shall take effect immediately for the purpose of nominating and electing a Mayor, Board of Aldermen, other City officials and members of the Board of Education, and upon the second Monday in November, 1959, for all other purposes.

Nominating Petitions and each separate paper thereof shall be substantially in the form printed below:

NOMINATING PETITION

We, the undersigned qualified voters of the City of Milford hereby nominate the_____, a duly registered elector of this City, for the office of_____, and we individually certify that we are qualified voters of the City, and of the _____district of the City and that we have not signed nominating petitions for this office greater in number than the number to be elected to that office.

Name

Date of signing _________________ Address _________________

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATOR
I,_____, the circulator of the petition page residing at _____, (address) in which town I am an enrolled elector, do hereby state under penalties of perjury and attest or affirm that each person whose signature appears on this page signed the same in person in my presence.
	Signature of Circulator
	Address of Circulator
Date_____________________
All separate papers comprising a nominating petition shall be assembled and filed with the Town Clerk, as one instrument, as provided above. No nominating petition shall be accepted by the Town Clerk unless accompanied by a signed acceptance of the nomination substantially in the form printed below.

ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION
I hereby accept the nomination for the office of _______, and agree to serve in said office if elected.
	Signature
	Address
	Date