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§§ 3729-a2-3740. CITY HALLS. Tit. XIII, Ch. 15.
3 not to exceed two mills for the purpose of providing a fund for the
4 maintenance or employment of á band for musical purposes.
[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 1.]
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SEC. 3729-a2. Petition for levy.
Said authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by ten per
cent of the legal voters of the city or town, as shown by the last regular
municipal election. Said petition shall be filed with the council or commission
and shall request that the following question be submitted to
the voters, to wit: "Shall a tax of not exceeding (here insert number)
mills be levied each year for the purpose of furnishing a band fund?"
[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 2.]
SEC. 3729-a3. Submission of question to people.
1 When such petition is filed, the council or commission shall cause
2 said question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general
3 municipal election.
[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 3.]
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SEC. 3729-a4. Duty to levy tax.
Said levy shall be deemed authorized if a majority of the votes
cast at said election be in favor of said proposition, and the council or
commission shall then levy a tax sufficient to support or employ such
band not to exceed two mills on the assessed valuation of such municipality.
"[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 4.]
SEC. 3729-a5. Revocation of authority.
1 A like petition may at any time be presented to the council or
2 commission asking that the following proposition be submitted, to wit :
3 "Shall the power to levy a tax for the maintenance or employment of a
4 band be canceled?" Said submission shall be made at any general
5 municipal election as heretofore provided, and if a majority of the
6 votes cast be in favor of said question, no further levy for said purpose
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[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 5.]
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SEC. 3729-a6. Disposition of funds.
All funds derived from said levy shall be expended as set out in
section thirty-seven hundred twenty-nine-a one of this supplement by
the council or commission.
[39 G. A., ch. 37, § 6.]
CHAPTER 15.
CITY HALLS.
SECTION 3740. City hall.
1 Cities and towns, including cities under commission plan, shall
2 have power to erect a city or town hall and to purchase the ground