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The legislature, on or before July first, nineteen hundred forty shall confer by general law upon all villages having a population of five thousand or more as determined by the federal census power to adopt and amend local laws not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state relating to the property, affairs or government of such villages but subject to such limitations as the legislature may, by general law, from time to time impose. Thereafter, the legislature shall act in relation to the property, affairs or government of such villages only by general law which shall in terms and in effect apply alike to all such villages except upon the request of the chief executive officer of the village affected, concurred in by the local legislative body or upon a message from the governor, in either case declaring that a necessity exists and reciting the facts establishing such necessity, and the concurrent action of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature. The legislature shall not authorize a village to pass local laws repealing or modifying any act of the legislature relating to the civil service status of employees of the village. The legislature by general law may confer on such villages such additional powers of local legislation and administration as it may, from time to time, deem expedient and may withdraw such powers. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to restrict the power of the legislature to enact laws relating to matters other than the property, affairs or government of such villages.