A Finance Committee is hereby established to
consist of seven members.
The terms of the members shall be for three
years, but at the Annual Town Meeting to be held in the month of March
1936, the Moderator shall appoint three members to serve for three
years, three members to serve two years and one member to serve one
year, and thereafter the Moderator shall appoint members of the Committee
to serve for a period of three years.
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall
serve for the unexpired term.
Said Committee shall choose its Chairman and
Secretary.
All articles of the Warrant calling for appropriations
at any meeting shall be referred to this Committee. The Committee
shall examine and study the budget submitted by various Town departments.
This section is enlarged by Chapter 56 of the Acts of 1950, amending
MGL c. 39, § 16, in that the Finance Committee shall now
consider any or all municipal questions for the purpose of making
reports and recommendations to the Town.
The Committee shall have access to all facts,
figures, records and other information relating to all Town departments,
boards committees or officers, and the same shall be furnished forthwith
by any department, board, committee, officer or employee whenever
so requested by the Committee.
The Committee shall report in print or otherwise
at all Town Meetings. For the information of the voters, the report
to the Annual Town Meeting shall be in print.