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  "heading": "Affected municipalities to hold elections within six months",
  "text": "It shall not be necessary that the consolidation elections in each of the municipalities affected be held at the same time; but no consolidation election shall be effective unless the municipalities affected have voted on the question within six months from the date of the first such election.",
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