Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-07
Board of Selectmen.

Increase of Petitions for Abatement of
 Taxes-DiscussIon Over Bill from the
 Town Clerk - Licenses Recomm ended
 and Bills Approved.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held last evening. Present, Selectmen Andrew (presiding), Reynolds, Cooper, Feldman, Hugo and Crawford.
 Petitions for abatement Of taxes were nu- merous and as follows William Motley BPS. .84; James Manns, $14.S6; H. c. & W. H. Lord, $25.10; Edward c. Billings Gin part) $3o6.9O.
 MT. Billings, who is judge of the United States District Court at New Orleans, stated that he was not resident of New Haven although he was here about three months in the year. The house on which he was taxed belonged to his wife, and should not be in cluded in his list of taxable property.
 Talcott H. Russell, receiver of the National Life and Trust Company, asked for relief from unpaid taxes on the grand list of 1876, 1877 and 1878, amounting to $5, 5,991.7G. He set forth in his petition that in the years named the property was in the hands of the National Capital Life Insurance Company from whom the taxes should have been col l60b6U, ana GldG II GuS 6dIuG WdS COllOCU0u from the receiver the present policy holders would suffer thereby.
 All of the foregoing petitions were re- ferred to the standing committee to inquire and report
 Town Clerk Shuster appeared before the Board regarding bill of s21 96, which he had charged the town for copying list of regis tered dogs for the information of the Select men. He said that he had been informed by competent authority that the charge was le- gal one.
 Selectman Feldman took the ground that under late amendments to the constitution of the State it would be illegal to allow the claim, from the fact thaA salaries of public officers could not be increased He said the town paid Mir. Shuster a salary of $1 ,OOO for variety of duties and this might properly be considered one of them.
 Town Agent Reynolds said that Mr. Shuster's salary as Town Clerk was for attend ance at town meetings, assistance in making voters and assisting citizens in search for information from the town records.
 Selectman Feldman favored a reference to legal counsel, and Selectmen Reynolds, Cooper and Hugo thought such action un- necessary. The matter was finally left to Selectman Andrew to inquire and report at the next meeting.
 Licenses were recommended IS follows : Lawrence Eagan 165 Congress avenue Robert Hayes, 229 Hamilton street Patrick s. Ryan, 119 Saltonstall avenue R. Vii liams, 192 State street Daniel McNamara, 102 East street James Morgan, POS East Grand street.
 Bills were approved as follows: Interest on municipal bond sinking fund, $45693; inter est on City Hall sinking fund. $364. 0S gen. eral account, $1, 553. 92; outside poor, $1, 055.5 road and bridge account $1s7.75 physicians salaries for six months, $569. 75 official salaries, $312.5O almshouse account, l $597. 1s medicine for outside poor, $5S3. 49 general hospital, $1,S16.49; Home for the Friendless, $65; Danvers Insane Hospital $780, Vermont Insane Asylum, $3S. 9 Trinity Church Home, $3O; Assessors sala ries, $675; interest on Air Line railroad bonds, $15, ,OOO; interest on war loan bonds, $1, PAP. Adjourned.