It is the expression of the voters of the Town of Madison, in Annual
Town Meeting assembled, that none of its Town officials shall expend or incur
any obligations to expend any money in excess of the amount raised or appropriated
for their department for the year then current, except the occasion for such
expenditure be one of immediate great need or emergency, or where delay will
cause great loss or inconvenience; also that the Selectmen of the Town shall
draw no orders for the payment of money in any department in excess of the
amount raised or appropriated for that department in excess of the amount
raised or appropriated for that department and for the year then current,
except in cases as herein provided.