Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-05

question was called for and the resolution was adopted.
 The next resolution:
 Voted, That the Board of Relief be paid $100 year.
 This was quickly passed.
 The next resolution was:
 Voted, That at all town meetings here after called for the election of town officers the number of Selectmen to be elected shall be five, the number of assessors shall be three and the number of the Board of Relief shall be three.
 The resolution was quickly adopted.
 Professor Baldwin introduced the follow ing:
 Voted, That the town approves of the ac- ton of the Selectmen during the past year in procuring supplies through purchasing committee instead of leaving it to the town agent alone.
 Town Agent Reynolds arose here and said he did all the purchasing last year and in- tended to do it as long as he was on the Board He believed in the contract system of buying. The purchasing committee did not do anything Last July Selectman Feldman was offered the position of purchas- ing committee and 1 kicked against it." He closed with: ''While I am town agent of New Haven will not act as the agent of the Sc lectmen. will counsel with them, but will do my own bargaining Benj. R. English said of the Feldman epi- sode that MT. Reynolds said: ''He never would have any Republican have the patron age of the Board"
 The speaker continued, eff had staid there another year, I think MT. Reynolds would have found had much responsi- bility as he says he has,"
 MT. Reynolds explained the remark at tributed to him by MT. English in a more pleasing manner. The motion was finally lost
 Tho fo11nIxiT1cr wac T1aGsa6.
 Voted, That tax of 515 mills on the dol lar be and is hereby laid upon the poll and ratab1e estate of the inhabitants of the town of New Haven and non-residents on the grand list of 1884 for the purpose of paying the State tax, interest on loans and other necessary and lawful expenses of the town and that the same be payable on the first day of January, 1885. George Hotchkiss wanted the rate at five mills. MT. Reynolds said six mills was de, cided upon as advisable by the Board of Selectmen
 MT. Baldwin proposed to cut the estimates on "roads and bridges"
 Selectmen English and Beecher objected to this.
 The next vote presented wGs that fixing the salary of the town agent. It was moved that the salary be the same as last year, which was S2, 300.
 Joel A. SperTy moved that the salary be fixed at $2, 900.
 E. P Arvine moved to make the salary $1 800 per year. Then followed lively dis cussion in which Mayor Lewis, Simeon E. Baldwin and others took part. The Mayor advocated the salary of last year while MT. Baldwin advocated reduction. The motion to make the salary 8, 300 was carried by a large majority.
 When the vote fixing the salary of town clerk was reached, which has been S1 ,000, Mir. Baldwin made the claim that the town clerk-was not entitled to any salary whatever under the law as he was paid by fees. The meeting thought different, however, and voted the usual salary.
 The following votes were also passed:
 Voted, That the whole of the income by appropriated for the support of the public schools of the town, and that it be divided between the city school district and the annex school district, in the same pro- portion as the money raised for the public schools by the annual town tax.
 Voted, That the Selectmen of the town be and they are hereby authorized to borrow a sum or sums of money for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of the town and to give the obligations of the town therefor; provided that the sum or sums so borrowed shall not in the whole amount to more than ons hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars at any one time.
 Voted, That the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to employ such assistance for the office of town agent as in their judg- ment may be necessary ,and to fix the amount of compensation for the same.
 Voted, That the sum of $2, 900 be and is hereby appropriated from the treasury of the town to the New Haven orphan asylum for aid in supporting the poor children of the town for the year ending December 31, 1885.
 Voted, That the sum of $2, 900 be and is hereby appropriated from the treasury to the St. Francis orphan asylum for aid in support ing orphan children of the town for the year ending December 31, 1885.
 The usual appropriation of $1, 900 was voted to the New Haven dispensary for med ical assistance to the poor. |: vote was passed giving the Selectmen power to appoint not exceeding thirty con- stables.
 A motion that Joel A. Sperry, B. R. En- glish and John T. Sloan be appointed com mittee to represent the town before the leg islature in any matter relating to the consol idating of the city and town governments was lost.
 At 4:45 o'clock the meeting adjourned sine