1944-03-06-TE-WARRANT and 1944-03-13-ATM-Warrant

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Article 2, To receive the reports of any Eoard of Town Off- 71 icers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be7irnir:-; January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws . Article 4, To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 5 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances In any of the Accounts to the Excess and De- ficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 6 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1944 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to anpropriatemoney to pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various town depart- ments . Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws , or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1944. Article 10 . To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccented streets as the Selectmen may determine duringthe year 1944 in accordance with authority contained in the by-laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to, install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1944 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by trans- fer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation tmereto. Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pay a bonus during the year 1944 and to continue payments to April 1, 1945 to regular, full-time employees of the Town of Lexin3.ton, and appropriate money therefor, said money to be provided by direct apnropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to aPpropriate money to pay contributions to Contributory Retirement Systems on account of members thereof in the Military or Naval Service , in accordance with Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or act in any other manner in relation thereto, Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department , Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.