ARTICLE 19

                                                     COUNCIL FOR THE AGING

SECTION 1.  There shall be established a council for the aging for the purpose of carrying out programs designed to meet the problems of the aging in coordination with state and federal agencies.  Said council shall consist of from seven to eleven members and two alternates, appointed by the Board of Selectmen for a term of three (3) years, unless the appointment is to fill the unexpired term of a retiring member. At least five members shall be over the age of sixty (60) at the time of their appointment.  The council shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary from its membership and shall report the fact to the Town Clerk.