Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-10
Board of Selectmen.

Dispute About the Registry List Bills
 The Cost of Regtstrataon and Election
 Other Bills Considered and Approved.
 The Board of Selectmen held regular meeting last evening Present Se!ectmen Andrew (presiding) Reynolds, Cooper Hugo, Feldman, Beeeher and Sperry.
 The question of putting two the registry in violation of law was brought up by Registrar E. Bald in. One the parties had been State prison while the other was in the county jail charge of were put the list in the objection by the Republican registrar the bill for printing the lists
 L. P Derntng and Registrar Merris objected to the payment of the bill atho gh the former thought the bill would have to be paid eventual y by the Be- lsctnasn.
 Registrar Keefe said it was his opinion that the men had been voters the previous year and their names should be placed on the list. The bill of the Stafford Prr ting company, on which the question arose. signed only by Regis trar Oksefs, when it should also have been signed by
 L. P. Deming thought the bill could without doubt be co lected by the printing company notwithstand- Deputy Registrar Merrill claimed that the printing company had business print the lists until both registrars had agreed to the list as being correct and that the bill could not be paid until both registrars \ The bili was laid on the table temporarily
 solomon Mead appeared before re, the @ Board and that they der obligations to him for delays l in his work of straight~ning West hiver. He was informed that no written or formal claim had been made to the Boari for damages, and there fore the Board could Lot act upon it. surveyor Butler lid inst the work of laying the side rak on North Quinnipiac street proceeding sa isfactorily- He said that Mrs Mou throp had de cided to let the town y her walk ard put lien o1 her property she did not feel able to do the work The whole subject was referred to the Town Agen 1 with power to act.
 ! Report of the tax committee in favor of abatint the taxes assessments of Mary J Stanley, Patrcl Bree Henry D. Barnes, John Gibbons, He ry Storer Michael Gilligan, Thomas Colwell. Eliza Cook ane l Charles F. Futile were approved as recommended. l Bills were approved follows Registration 0 wards S5 532 prtntpg list dn part), $S6l 86 ren of rooms for registrars meetings, $7O; election penses S522 20 registrars supplies. s764O; balanc of city school district tax $l9 S97.77 interest East Haven bonds, Sl SO0 roads aud bridges $42019 general account, $7025; construction $786 0S out sde poor, $4uS new farm, S4 60 anshouse. S2, ,56l 10.
 I The following resolutions presented an ! adopted
 Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Board tha all bills against the town of New Haven and all plies ussd for the several departments of the tow government should h~ created by under the dtrec ton of the Board of Se1eotmen.
 | Resolved, That the Town Ag mt be and is hereb ! requested and empow cred to act the pnrchasin
 agent for the purchase of all supplies and erpsnse
 required by he several de ~rtments of the to gov l ernment not otherwise provided by law. and that
 copy of these resoutio be sent to the different de partments for their guidance.
 The matter of further indexing of the town record ! by the Town Clerk, commenced some time ago. wa ! referred to the Town Agent and Selectman Feldma ! to investigate Adjourned.