[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Yarmouth 4-7-1981 by Art. 16.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was derived from
Sections 4.61 and 4.62 of the Town of Yarmouth Bylaws and was originally
adopted in 1915.
All boards, committees or officers acting under
the authority of the Town and entrusted with the expenditure of public
moneys shall be accountable therefor to the Selectmen in such a manner
as they shall direct. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen to publish
and distribute annually for the information of the citizens a statement
of the appropriations and expenditures of all public moneys.
Any board, committee or officer of the Town
or any person or persons intending to ask for an appropriation, other
than the regular appropriation, shall file with the Selectmen at least
45 days before any meeting of the Town a written notice of such intention,
stating the object and sum of the additional appropriation. It shall
be the duty of the Selectmen to examine the request for the additional
appropriation and be prepared to inform the Town thereon.
[Added 4-7-1981 by Art. 22, approved 8-4-1981]
The authority granted under a separate or special
article to any officer, board or commission of the Town to expend
funds shall expire in two years from the date of authorization of
such authority, and the funds shall revert to the general fund unless
such authority shall be extended by the Board of Selectmen.
