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Article 3.7 Reversion of Specific Appropriations to the General Fund Section 3.7. 1 Definitions: As used in this Article , the following wards shall have the following meaning: "General Appropriation" - Any appropriation made by Town Meeting which is not a I specific appropriation within the meaning of this Article . I "Specific Appropriation" - An approproation made by Town Meeting which is described within the vote making the appropriation as being "specific" , and is otherwise a specific appropriation under the law. i Section 3.7.2 Reversion of General Appropriations to the General Fund General apprapriatians made by the Town i Meeting shall continue to revert to the general fund at the close of the fiscal year for which they are made , as provided by law. Section 3.7.3 Reversion of Specific Appropriations to the General Fund Unless otherwise provided in a vote of the �. Town Meeting making a specific � appropriation , or unless a specific appropriation has been encumbered by contractural obligations, specific � s. appropriations shall have a normal life of three (3) years from the commencement of the fiscal year in which it was approved. i At the end of the third fiscal year , any funds remaining in that appropriation shall revert to the general fund. A vote making a specific appropriation may provide that the appropriation shall revert to the f general fund at the end of any fiscal year . Section 3.7.4 The Town may, at any time under a proper article in a warrant , extend the date on j which a specific appropriation would i otherwise revert to the general fund. j Section 3.7.5 The reversion of the balance of the funds in the specific appropriation account shall include any subsequent transfer of -41-