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17 ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize, their Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. George W. Sampson, it was Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year: the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes. ART. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of L. A. Saville, it was Voted, That all taxes for the current year be made payable on or before Dec. 1, 1893, and that a discount of one half of one per cent per month for all full months prior to said date be deducted for prompt pay- ment, and that all taxes remaining unpaid at that date be subject to interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and that the collector be instructed to collect all taxes before June 1, 1894. ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from any unexpended money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to draw from any unexpended money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. ART. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation to con- struct sidewalks with concrete or other materials where the abutters will pay one half the expense thereof. 18 On motion of Rev. Irving Meredith, it was Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that as soon as the weather is favorable the Selectmen shall cause concrete sidewalks — except so far as are at present laid — to be laid on both sides of Main Street, on the one side from Hancock Street, and on the other from Monument Street to Woburn Street, assess- ing the abutters for their proportion of the expense. ART. 19. To see if the town will pay Timothy H. Bowen for care of the old part of the cemetery near the High Schoolhouse for the year 1891, or act in any manner relating thereto. Voted, That the matter be referred to Committee appointed under Article 21. ART. 20. To see if the town will empower the School Committee to grant the use of Hancock School Hall to citizens of the town, at such times and on such conditions as they may deem judi- cious, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. A. S. Parsons, it was Voted, That the School Committee be empowered to grant the use of Hancock School Hall to citizens of the town, at such times and on such conditions as they may deem judicious. ART. 21. To see if the town will appoint a Committee, to consist of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, the Chairman of the School Committee, and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department for the preceding year, and five other legal voters, to be known as a Finance Committee, to serve one year ; to which Committee all matters relating to the finances of the town shall be referred, and no appropriation of money for more than one hundred dollars shall be made until the same has been considered by said Committee. The recommendations of said Committee to