The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

give such bond, and, in addition 10 the fees already prescribed by law, shall, for the additional duties herein prescribed, receive such compensation as the board of seIectmen shall deter mine.
 Sec. 4. The first selectnan may call a special meeting of said board of finance at any time on reasonable personal notice to the members there of on written or printed notice sent to the residence of each member or mailed by the clerk of said board at least forty-eight hours before the time of such meeting.
 Sec. 5. On the second Monday in October, 1913, and on the first Mon day in August in each succeeding year said board of finance shall hold meeting and may adjourn such meet ing from time to time during said month. At such meetings or any ad- journment thereof it shall make estt- mates of the moneys necessary to be appropriated for the expenses of said town of Stratford for the year next ensuing beginning the Tuesday af- ter the second Monday of October and of the rate of taxation required to meet same. Said board in its discre- ton may make appropriations for the cancellation or reduction of any part of the debt of the town. It shall make annual appropriations for a sinking fund for the cancellation of the present and any future indebted ness of the town of Stratferd. The board of finance at its discretion may make appropriations, to be drawn from the sinking funds, for the pur- pose of cancel1ing any indebtedness of the town in whole or in part The board of finance may provide for the expense of any public improvement and for any obligation or financial requirement. of the town. It shall have power to borrow on short time notes in the name of the town of Stratford, in anticipation of the pay nent of such taxes as have been duly levied and assessed in order to meet bills or obligations due under appro- priations regularly approved and town under this act. Such notes of indebtedness shall be signed by the first se1ectmen and three members of the finance board and countersigned by the clerk of said boards and the treasurer of said town. The board of finance shall classify all appropriations under appropriate heads and departments and shall rec ommend such tax or taxes upon the ratab1e estates within the limits of said town as 1t shall deem necessary to meet such appropriations. Said board shall give notice to each board or department of a definite time when and place where 1t will meet to con slider the needs of such board or de- partment. The meetings of said board shall be open to the public. Said ap- propriatfons and the rate of taxation recommended shall be filed in the of- flee of the town clerk on or before the twentieth day of November, 1918, and on or before the twentieth day of Sep tember of each ensuing year and shall be published in the annual report of the selectmen, which report shall be l 3~. .1I.1 office for circulation among the cleo tors of said town on or before the twenty-ffth day of November, 1913, and at least five days before the first Monday of October in each ensuing year and shall be submitted by the selectmen to an adjourned town meet ing which shall be called to meet on the first Monday of December, 1913, and on the second Monday of October in each ensuing year at eight o'clock D. m. at the usual place for holding town meetings in said town. Said ad- journed town meeting shall have pow CT to decrease any of said appropria- tions except those appropriations made for the purpose of sinking funds as hereinbefore provided; it may also decrease the rate of taxation recon mended by said board of finance but not to the extent of providing insuf- dcieit revenue to meet the appropria- tions for the sinking funds, but in no case shall 1t have power to increase any such appropriations or the rate of taxation recommended by the board of finance. The rate of taxation and the appropriations so recommended by the board of finance shall unless de- creased by vote of said town meeting, be the rate of taxation and the ap- propriations of said town for the en- suing year. The total amount of ap- proprfations for such year shall not exceed the estimated income for that year as made by the board of finance nor shall the board of selectmen or town school committee of said town nor the town in any special town meeting vote to incur any liability or expense, by contract or otherwise, for which said town shall be responsible, in excess of the appropriations so made SIS hereinafter provided.
 Sec. If a special appropriation is required an estimate of the same shall be prepared by said board Of finance at special meeting called for that purpose; and said board, at said meetings, or any adjournment thereof, shall compute and recommend such special tax as shall be necessary to meet the same. When such appro- pr1ation Is in excess of the unappro- priated revenues of said town such appropriation shall not be made un- less a special tax is laid sufficient to
 
 appropriation and the rate of taxa ton so recommended shall be sub- nnitted by the board of se1ectmen to special town meeting called for that purpose and such special town meet ing shall have power to decrease the appropriation or any item thereof and to change the rate of taxation recon- mended by said board of finance so as to correspond thereto, or such special town meeting may vote not to make such appropriation and lay such special tax, but in case shall any special town meeting have power to increase any special appropriation any rate of special taxation so rec commended by said board of finance.
 Sec. '. Said board of finance shall have power to make transfers of un- expended balances from one account to another or from one department to another but no amount appropriated whether general special shall be used or appropriated for any other purpose unless same be recommended