Chap. 577.   An Act validating certain proceedings of the town
OF WINCHESTER AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TO ACQUIRE LAND AND BUILDINGS OWNED BY MARYCLIFF ACADEMY, INC., TO REMODEL AND EQUIP SAID BUILDINGS AND TO BORROW MONEY FOR SAID PURPOSES, AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR STATE AID IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Winchester is hereby authorized to acquire for school purposes certain land and buildings in said town owned by Marycliff Academy, Inc. and after such acquisition said town may remodel, renovate, equip and furnish said buildings. For said purposes said town may appropriate and expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million ninety thousand dollars.
Section 2. For the purpose of raising a part of said appropriation the treasurer of said town, with the approval of the selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow on behalf of the town from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their face the words Winchester School Acquisition Loan, Act of 1969. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of any limitation or requirement contained in section seven thereof.
Section 3. Said treasurer with the approval of the selectmen may also make temporary loans under the provisions of section seventeen of chapter forty-four of the General Laws in anticipation of the proceeds of the bonds or notes authorized by section two.
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Section 4. Upon acquisition of the land and buildings referred to in section one, said town shall be entitled to receive a state school construction grant, provided the school building, after remodeling, meets the standards required for an approved school project under the provisions of chapter six hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, as amended. The estimated approved cost of said project shall be deemed to be eight hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. The final approved cost of said project shall be determined by the state board of education and shall include the actual costs to said town of acquiring the aforesaid land and buildings and the cost of equipping and furnishing the same.
Section 5. The vote passed by the town of Winchester on June fifth, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine appropriating the sum of one million ninety thousand dollars and authorizing the borrowing of one million fifty thousand dollars for acquiring for school purposes certain land and buildings in the town and owned by Marycliff Academy, Inc., for remodeling and renovating.said buildings and for equipping and furnishing said buildings, is hereby validated, ratified and confirmed in all respects.                              Approved July SO, 1969.
The Commonwealth op Massachusetts, Executive Department, State House,
Boston, July 30, 1969.
The Honorable John F. X. Davoren, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State House,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Secretary:—I, Francis W. Sargent, pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution, the Referendum II, Emergency Measures, hereby declare in my opinion the immediate preservation of the public convenience requires that the law being Chapter 577 of the Acts of 1969, entitled "An Act validating certain proceedings of the town op Winchester and authorizing the town to acquire land and buildings owned by marycliff academy, inc., to remodel and equip said buildings and to borrow money for said purposes, and also providing for state atd in connection THEREWITH/' and the enactment of which received my approval on July 30,1969, should take effect forthwith.
I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emergency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as follows:
The town of Winchester desires to purchase the land and buildings owned by Marycliff Academy. However, the option to purchase such land and buildings expires on July 31st and postponement of the operation of this act would deny the town the right to purchase this property which will be used for educational purposes by the town.
Sincerely,
Francis W. Sargent,
Acting Governor of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, July 30, 1969.' I, John F. X. Davoren, Secretary of the Commonwealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement was filed in this office by His Excellency the Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa-
Acts, 1969.—