TOWN OF DOVER

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WARRANT

for the

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

Monday, May 7, 2001

7:30 P.M.

Dover-Sherborn Regional School

Lindquist Commons

and

TOWN ELECTIONS

Monday, May 21, 2001

7:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Dover Town House

WARRANT COMMITTEE OPEN HEARING

Monday, March 19, 2001 at 7:30 PM

Dover Town House

ARTICLES OF THE WARRANT

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2001

Norfolk, ss.

To any of the Constables of the Town of Dover in said County, Greetings;

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dover, qualified as the Constitution requires to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Lindquist Commons Building at the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School in said Town on Monday, the 7th day of May, 2001, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening then and there to act on the following articles, to wit:

Article 1. (Selectmen) To hear and act on the various reports of the various committees:

(a) As contained in the printed 2000 Annual Report;

(b) Any other reports submitted to the voters by the Town Committees.

Article 2. (Assessors) To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1986 as amended by Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1988, in order to allow an additional real estate tax exemption of up to 100 percent in Fiscal Year 2002 for those who qualify for an exemption under clauses 17D, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 37A, 41C, 42 or 43 of Section 5, Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.

Article 3. (Selectmen) To see if the Town will set the salaries for its elected officials for the ensuing fiscal year, or take any other action relative thereto.

Article 4. (Selectmen) To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for salaries and expenditures by departments, officers, boards, and committees of the Town for the ensuing fiscal year; to determine whether the money shall be included in the tax levy, transferred from available funds, or provided by any combination of these methods; or take any other action relative thereto.

Article 5. (Selectmen) To see what sums the Town will raise and appropriate for various capital purposes; to determine whether the money shall be included in the tax levy, transferred from available funds, borrowed, or provided by any combination of these methods; or take any other action relative thereto.

1. Cemetery Department

Lowering Device

John Deere Gator

2. Highway Department</