Pursuant to § 2-C of the New York
State Constitution and § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law,
granting every local government the power to adopt and amend local
laws not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution or any
general law relating to its property, affairs or government, the Town
of Kent hereby rescinds § 9, Chapter 610, of the Laws of
1941 (known as the "Putnam County Police Act"), provided that temporary
and special policemen be selected from established eligible lists.
Appointments of temporary and special patrolmen
shall henceforth be made in accordance with the general laws, the
Civil Service Law, Town Law and Public Officers Law.