AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CHARTER FOR THE COUNTY OF NANTUCKET - 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. We, the inhabitants of Nantucket County, in order to provide more perfectly for a regional government known as Nantucket County, to provide for the common welfare and to secure for ourselves and for our community all the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations which may now or hereafter be derived from county government, do hereby establish for ourselves and for our community this instrument to be known as the Charter of and for Nantucket County within the Commonwealth. SECTION 1A. Establishment of Charter. The Charter of and for Nantucket County shall be, and is hereby declared to be, as set forth in Section 4, provided, however, that the same is adopted by the voters of the Town as set forth in Section 3. SECTION 2. Grant of Authority. The intent of this Act is to confer certain powers upon Nantucket County in addition to those granted in the General Laws applicable to counties generally and, accordingly, the Charter and the powers set forth therein are granted to Nantucket County, notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary. SECTION 3. Ratification by the Voters. On the official ballot, to be used in Nantucket County at the next annual election for Town officers at least two months after such enactment, the question shall be placed substantially as follows: "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1996 entitled 'An Act establishing a charter for Nantucket County' be accepted?" A summary of the Charter, which summary is to be prepared and approved by the Attorney General, shall accompany the ballot question described herein. If the majority of the votes cast in answer to said question is in the affirmative, the Charter set forth herein shall take full effect but not otherwise. SECTION 4. Text of Charter. The text of the Charter of and for Nantucket County is as follows: