In the event of the adoption of this act by a majority of the voters of the town of Westfield, in the county of Union, the first election shall take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4.
Upon the adoption of this act by the voters in the manner hereinafter
provided in Article 8, the inhabitants of the town of Westfield, in
the county of Union, within the corporate limits as heretofore or
hereafter established, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate,
with perpetual succession, and with such corporate name as it has
heretofore or may hereafter adopt. The town shall be governed by the
provisions of this act, and by such provisions of general law heretofore
or hereafter enacted which are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this act.
On the date on which this act shall become operative, any charter
heretofore adopted by the town shall be superseded. All ordinances
and resolutions of the town, to the extent that they are not inconsistent
with this act, shall remain in full force and effect.
On the date on which this act shall become operative, all persons
holding offices or employment under the town government shall continue
in their respective offices and employment for the remainder of their
unexpired terms or under such tenure and employment rights as they
may then have, subject to law; and all boards, bodies, agencies and
instrumentalities of the town shall also continue, and the members
thereof shall also continue for the remainder of their unexpired terms.
All actions and proceedings of a legislative, executive or judicial
character which are pending upon the operative date of this act shall
continue, and the appropriate agency, officer or employee under this
act shall be substituted for the agency, officer or employee theretofore
exercising or discharging the function, power or duty involved in
such action or proceeding.
