All officers, boards and committees of the Town shall cause
records of their doings and accounts to be kept in suitable books.
Such books shall be kept in their respective places in the Town offices
and shall not be removed therefrom.
All books and records required to be kept by §
65-1 shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be open to public inspection at any reasonable time but shall remain during such inspection under the supervision of the officer, board or committee having custody thereof.
The Annual Town Report shall contain, in addition to the reports
of officers, boards and committees, the following:
A. A detailed report of all moneys received into and paid out of the
Town Treasury in the financial year next preceding, showing separately
payments made from the proceeds of loans as capital outlays for permanent
improvements.
B. The report of the Collector of Taxes of receipts, payments and abatements.
C. Statements of all funds belonging to the Town or held for the benefit
of its inhabitants.
D. A statement of the liabilities of the Town on bonds, notes, certificates
of indebtedness or otherwise and of indebtedness authorized but not
incurred and the purposes thereof.
E. A statement of transfers made to or from any appropriation.
F. Abstracts of the records of the meetings of the Town held since publication
of the last Annual Report, to be printed every third year in the Town
Report.
G. Such other matters as said report is required by law to contain or
as may be inserted by the Selectmen under the discretion granted them
by law.
[Added 6-17-1992 STM by Art. 1]
The Assessors shall annually cause a copy of their records listing
real estate taxpayers in the Town and the amount of valuation, assessments
and abatement of each taxpayer, estate or corporation to be placed
in the Town Library prior to the mailing of tax bills. Such records
shall be available for inspection and copying at all hours when the
library is open for business.
The Selectmen or the Town may direct that the general laws and
acts accepted by the Town and the rules or regulations adopted by
any officer, board or committee be printed either separately or as
a part of the Annual Report.