Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 9 of chapter 485 of the acts of 1948 is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- At the meeting at which said water commissioners are first elected and at each annual district meeting held thereafter, the district shall elect by ballot, for a term of one year, a clerk of the district. At the first meeting of the water commissioners after the annual district meeting, the water commissioners shall appoint, for a term of one year, a treasurer of the district.