ðə bˈoːɹdz ʌv sˈɪvəl ɐθˈɔːɹɪɾi ɪn ðoʊz tˈaʊnz ɪn mˈʌltaɪmˈɛmbɚ dˈɪstɹɪkts mˈɛt ɪn dʒˈɔɪnt sˈɛʃənz, wˌɛɹ mˈoːɹ ðɐn wˈʌn tˈaʊn wʌz ɪnvˈɑːlvd tə dᵻsˈaɪd ˌɔn ɐ plˈæn tə sˌʌbdᵻvˈaɪd ðə dˈɪstɹɪkt ˌɪntʊ wˈʌn ɔːɹ tˈuː mˈɛmbɚ sˈʌbdˈɪstɹɪkts, ɪn ɐkˈoːɹdəns wɪððə stˈeɪtz kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃənəl ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚmənt ðæt ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntətˌɪv dˈɪstɹɪkts biː wˈʌn ɔːɹ tˈuː mˈɛmbɚz.
The boards of civil authority in those towns in multi-member districts met (in joint sessions, where more than one town was involved) to decide on a plan to subdivide the district into one or two member sub-districts, in accordance with the state's constitutional requirement that representative districts be one or two members.