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Page 26 Annual Town Meeting March 6, 1972 I 'I Article 33, Ctd: i Mrs. Amelia Bingham: In 1969 the voters created the Ma pee Histori- cal Comi9nission. Until this year e have put In no request for ex- pense o ey . We have needed funds for materials, stationary, stagy ps, �I etc. I believe that $250.00 is a, reasonable amount f money to I operate our Commission. I don' t think we are trying to overdo any � expense account.. It is a tight budget. I lope you will vote this article as read. It was moved and seconded that article 33 be accepted as read o voted® Article 34. To see if the. ToiTn will vote to raise and appropriate r tale from available funds the sum of Eight Thousand ( , .0 dollars for further restoration of the Avant House, or take any other action thereon. Submitted by the Historical Commissiong 5e va : I realize e are trying; to hold doim. the tax rate. I aim in sympathy with the Finance CorLmitteels efforts to do so. We have made good strides i this direction, and I hate to see the momentumn stopped. As a compromise amendment, Why could we not vote to raise and appropriate $2,000.00 toward further restoration. Garland® We have wasted a good deal of money on this project as It is. Our former contracts were not suitable. We are now trying t compromise from $8,000.0 to 2,000. 0. For the next four or five years we are going to be asked for 2, 3, 4,000 dollars mar something. I fee`. we are doing the Towni an injustice to do it this way, We ' should have concrete plans for flinish-ing before going farther. € We were going to have $21,000.00 in funds contributed toward this restoration at some point. I am confused as to -w e we are going 'Co reach that point r Be a : Mrs . Bingham does have information on the cost of com- pletion. Papers may be fiW and requests made but of course no one can ay exactly when the Government -.-ill recompense. Mrs. Bingham: We simply seek to establish one complete area to demonstrate our heritage. The Federal Government has put $21,000.00 in escrow for the Town. We get It in steps . - on completion of differ- ent phases. We have presently completed phases one and two - which