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7-77 7 77 Pill Section 4. The Finance Committee shall have authority at any time to examine and investigate the books, accounts and management of any department of the town and of all officers thereof, and all official or departmental records shall be open to the inspection of the committee or of any person authorized in writing to act for the committee. � } Section 5. The members of the Finance Committee shall serve without j pay for their services, but they may be reimbursed for actual expenses t incurred in the discharge of their duties hereunder, with the approval of n` the Board of Selectmen. Section 6. Vacancies in said committee shall be filled in the same 11manner as in the case of other committees or boards of the town. ffl ARTICLE VII. PLANNING BOARD Section 1. The Voters of the town shall choose by ballot beginning f with the annual election in March of 1960, a Planning Board to consist of five members under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A; provided that the 1960 election members of the Planning Board shall be elected, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years; subsequent annual elections to choose one member for ?ry a term of five years. The powers and duties of such Board shall be such as are stated in General Laws, Chapter 41 , Section 81B to81J, inclusive, ;r and Section 811; and further, to consider and advise upon municipal ik�- provement s at the request of other town officials, departments, boards, or committees, or upon its own initiative. Section 2. Vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled as pro- vided in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 11. Section 3. The Manning Board upon its own initiation may, and upon the petition of ten persons, shall, hold public hearings, fourteen days public notice of which shall be given, for the consideration of any amendments to the zoning map or to the zoning by-laws, and report to a town meeting its recommendations as to what action should be taken. n ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. At a town meeting when special committees are app>ointed or elected a, vote shall be passed naming the compensation of the committee and also a sum of money for expenses of such committee, otherwise the Selectmen shall not draw orders on the Treasurer for either services or expenses. ' I Section 2.All departments are authorized and empowered to consult b counsel at any time in connection with their duties. Section 3 . Funds belonging to the town in the hands of the Tax C[ Collector shall only be withdrawn from the bank on orders countersigned i y l 444x,{ by at least two of the Selectmen. Section 4. Any person indebted to the town for poll taxes or otherwise shall have such debt deducted before payment by the Treasurer from any sumdue him from the town for work on road or for any other service performed. Section 5 . On all town work, for the performance of which competitive bids are received, the award of the contract shall be to the lowest re- sponsible bidder; preference always going to citizens, when other conditions s of the situation are equal. p Section 6. All bids for advertised contracts of the town shall be returndable at the Selectmen' s office on a specific date and hour and shall be publicly opened and read by one of the Selectmen at that time. is