1948-03-01-TE-Warrant-and-1948-03-022-ATM-Warrant

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-2- 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 authorize the School Committee to proceed with the remodelling of the Hancock school according to plans submitted by_ the School Committee and recommended by them by completing said plans and specifications and letting contracts, , and provide for the payment therefor by issue of bonds or notes of the Town, by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to proceed with the erection of an elementary school on land acquired by the Town for school purposes on December 16, 1947; to obtain bids on behalf of the Town, and to authorize the School Committee to sign a contract for the construction of the same and provide for payment thereof by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or by a combination of any of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to purchase and install oil burning equipment in the Junior-Senior High School Building and to provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 8. To see- if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers incurred outside the Commonwealth in s ecuring information upon matters in which the Town is interested or 'which may tend to improve the service in the School Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the Accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to -authorize the Assessors ' to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1948 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various Town Departments or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 12. 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 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1948, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 14. 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 1948 in accordance with authority contained in the By-laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary 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.