Municipal Warrant
A Municipal Warrant is an authorization for an action.
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- Example(s):
- A town meeting warrant establishes the matters that may be acted on by that town meeting.
- A treasury warrant that authorizes the treasurer to pay specific bills.
- An assessors’ warrant authorizes the tax collector to collect taxes in the amount and from the persons listed, respectively.
- See: Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting, Open Town Meeting, Representative Town Meeting, Town Meeting Member, Operating Budget.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_(town_meeting) Retrieved:2016-10-5.
- In New England, a warrant is a document issued by the Board of Selectmen to call a town meeting.
Warrants essentially list an agenda of items to be voted on by those present. In towns with an open town meeting, those present would consist of any and all registered voters in the town. In towns with a representative town meeting, anyone may attend, but only town meeting members (elected representatives) are allowed to vote.
Items on the agenda generally vary significantly, from the annual operating budget of the town to adjustment of by-laws, and anything else that may legally come before the meeting.
In Massachusetts , residents may place articles on the warrant without approval by the Selectmen by petitioning to insert the same. Petitions to insert an article on the warrant for an Annual Town Meeting require ten signatures. Petitions to insert an article on the warrant for a Special Town Meeting require 100 signatures or the signatures of ten per cent of the registered voters in the town, whichever is less.
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- In New England, a warrant is a document issued by the Board of Selectmen to call a town meeting.
- (City Council of Barnstable, 2016b) ⇒ Town of Barnstable. (2016). “Town of Barnstable Adopted Operating Budget - 2017."
- Warrant: An authorization for an action. For example, a town meeting warrant establishes the matters that may be acted on by that town meeting. A treasury warrant authorizes the treasurer to pay specific bills. The assessors’ warrant authorizes the tax collector to collect taxes in the amount and from the persons listed, respectively.