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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2758 Memorandum, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Treasury Department, concerning "legal form of Article of warrant...," September 10, 1894[Letterhead] HENRY M. PHILLIPS, TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Treasury Department. Boston, Sept. 10, 1894. The following is respectfully suggested as a proper legal form of Article of warrant and vote for towns to use in authorizing temporary loans in anticipation of taxes. (See Chap.23 ,Acts of 1893, and Chap. 221, Acts of 1891. ) ARTICLE To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the board of selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes. VOTED That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to, and for the use of, the Town of Lexington, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the town treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time with the approval of the board of selectmen, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to 30.000 dollars, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan in made, with interest thereon debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent. per annum. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.