Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
The city of Gloucester is hereby authorized to pay from available funds, a sum not to exceed forty-six thousand eight hundred seventeen dollars and thirty-five cents in unpaid bills itemized on a schedule which is on file in the office of the city clerk, notwithstanding the failure of said city to comply with the appropriate provisions of law relative to the purchase by municipalities of services and materials.