Chap. 805.
Section 2. For the purposes set forth in section one, the town of Franklin may borrow from time to time such sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two million eight hundred thousand dollars and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Town of Franklin Reservoir Loan, Act of 1967. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such loans shall be payable in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under the provisions of this act shall be outside the debt limit as fixed for the construction and enlargement of reservoirs by chapter forty-four of the General Laws, but otherwise shall be subject to the applicable provisions of said chapter.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the town of Franklin.                                    Approved December 20, 1967.
Chap. 805. An Act authorizing the city of Springfield to appropriate MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF, AND TO PAY, CERTAIN  UNPAID   BILLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Springfield is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the payment of, and after such appropriation the treasurer of said city is hereby authorized to pay, such unpaid bills incurred by said city and totalling sixty-three hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-two cents, as are set forth in a list on file in the office of the director of accounts in the department of corporations and taxation, said bills being legally unenforceable against said city, by reason of having been incurred in excess of available appropriations, and as are certified for payment by the following departments, boards or committees wherein the bills were contracted; provided, that the money so appropriated to pay such bills shall be raised by taxation or made available from unappropriated surplus funds of the city: Celebrations — Columbus day committee, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; city planning board, one hundred and seventy-four dollars and twenty-five cents; mayor, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents; off street parking garage, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-eight cents; personnel department, sixty-five dollars and seventy cents; police department, one hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-five cents; public buildings, twenty-three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty-five cents; public parks, twenty-eight hundred and seventeen dollars and thirteen cents; Springfield retirement system, fifty-six dollars; streets and engineering department, eighty-five dollars and fifty-one cents; bureau of traffic engineering, one dollar; sealer of weights and measures, sixty-five cents.
Section 2. No bill shall be approved by the auditor of said city for payment or paid by the treasurer thereof under authority of this act unless and until certificates have been signed and filed with said city auditor, stating under the penalties of perjury that the goods, materials or services for which said bills have been submitted were ordered by an official or an employee of said city, and that such goods and materials were delivered to and actually received by said city or that such services were rendered to said city, or both.
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Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate required by section two, which is false and who thereby receives payment for goods, materials or services which were not received by or rendered to said city, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance during the current year by the city of Springfield.    Approved December 20,1967.