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ORD 56-52 EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES ORDII~ANC~ }~0. 52 AN EMERGENCY 0RDINANOE declaring an emergency and authorizing expenditures to provide therefor. ~rw~REAS, the severity of the 1955/1956 winter weather and the dam- age to streets and roads therefrom could not be reasor~ably anticipated at the time of establishing the 1956 budget, and WB]EP~S, the mint chance of streets and roads is in the bounds of necessity and in the interests and welfare of all citizens; NOW, THEPa~OPa, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Winslow, Ws shingt on: That an emergency exists resulting from unusual weather conditions. That maintenance of the streets and roads in usable condition with perm.nent repairs when practicable is a duty of the Council and in the best interests of its citixene. That the maintenance costs and repairs to the streets in 1956 ex- ceeded the amount budgeted by $1,000.00 for each of those items. Th~.t authority is hereby given for the expenditure of $2,000.00. in addition to amounts previously budgeted for the Street ~und to meet the emergency herein declared. PASSED by ,~nimous vote of the Town Council and approved by its Mayor, this ~ ~ day of/4/~ , 195 & · Attest: