The Salisbury Water Supply Co. v. Town of Salisbury

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• all sums expended under a twenty-year contract to supply water to the town need not have been appropriated at the inception of the contract; contract authorized by special act of Legislature
• § 31 does not prohibit a town department from contracting for services extending beyond a single year, despite the lack of appropriations to cover subsequent years, since otherwise it would be very difficult to contract for, e.g., water service
• § 31 does not prohibit a town department from contracting for services extending beyond a single year, despite the lack of appropriations to cover subsequent years, since otherwise it would be very difficult to contract for, e.g., water service

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