§ 61. Commissions abolished. Every separate board of commissioners is\nhereby abolished, except fire district commissioners, and commissioners\nof districts created pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred\ntwenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred seventeen and chapter five\nhundred fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-six, and the\ncommissioners of any district which shall have adopted a proposition\npursuant to subdivision ten of section three hundred forty-one of this\nchapter. The town clerk shall forthwith notify the members of such\nboards so abolished and they shall deliver to the town clerk within ten\ndays, all the records, books and papers of such boards or commissions\nand, within the same time, shall deliver to the supervisor all funds,\nand to the
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§ 61. Commissions abolished. Every separate board of commissioners is\nhereby abolished, except fire district commissioners, and commissioners\nof districts created pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred\ntwenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred seventeen and chapter five\nhundred fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-six, and the\ncommissioners of any district which shall have adopted a proposition\npursuant to subdivision ten of section three hundred forty-one of this\nchapter. The town clerk shall forthwith notify the members of such\nboards so abolished and they shall deliver to the town clerk within ten\ndays, all the records, books and papers of such boards or commissions\nand, within the same time, shall deliver to the supervisor all funds,\nand to the town board all other property in their possession or under\ntheir control, and make complete and proper accounting therefor to the\ntown board. All powers heretofore exercised by said separate boards or\ncommissions so abolished shall hereafter be vested in and be exercised\nby the town board.\n Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of\nthis chapter, districts now existing shall continue as now established\nuntil such time as the town board may otherwise determine, pursuant to\nthe provisions of article twelve. The town board shall have authority\nto, and may exercise in and for such districts all the powers permitted\nby section one hundred ninety-eight of this chapter, and such additional\npowers as shall be necessarily implied therefrom for the operation and\nmaintenance of such district or districts, including but not limited to\nthe employment of personal services and the purchase of required\nequipment. The town board shall annually prepare a budget for the\noperation and maintenance of each such district, including therein the\namounts necessary for the retirement of all bonds or other obligations\nand for the payment of interest upon all outstanding indebtedness\nbecoming due during the next fiscal year, and the supervisor shall\nsubmit such budget to the board of supervisors of the county at the\nannual session thereof, and the total amount of such budget shall be\nassessed and levied upon and collected from the taxable property within\nsuch district or districts.\n