Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-04
THE ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.

THE ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING. A Large Meeting And An Interesting
 OceasioH-LiVely Discussion And De-
 Bafes-varIous Resolutions Passed
 And Some That Were Rejected-A
 I.2 Miu Tax.
 About 250 citizens attended the annual adjourned town nesting held at hoomis' Temple of Music yesterday afternoon. Among those present were the following: c. s. Bushnell, J. D. Dewell, 0. H. Farnann, Prof Farnam, T. H. Hooker, R. E. Baldwin, H. J. Morton, Maier zunder, Otto Wall, F. S. Platt, Councilman-elect Hitler, Capt. L.. Capt. Wm. Gleason, c: l.. Ull- man, Chas. Fabri4ue, Attorney Kiernan, Max Thalheimer, Dr. M. c. White, Wooster A. Ensign, MT. William Fuller, MT. T. J. Alderman, Thomas Brinley, Professor Geo. E. Day, Gardner Morse, James NJ. B. Dwight, Frederick Botstord, Henry E. Marsh, Pest master English, Attorney Dickernan, Prof. Loomis, H. W. Gilbert, A. 0. Traeger, M. R. Enscoe, Attorney Kenyon, Louis Feldman, Rev. MT. Barnum, T. P. Merwin, Selectman Klenke, Assessor Hull, Attorney Mansfield, Attorney tinsley, Attorney T. J. Fox, S. H. Wagner, Judge Pardee, Attorney Kleiner, Attorney Green, Captain O. H. Townshend, Superintendent Doyle, Reuben E. Rice, Lieutenant Finne- gan, W. H. Wardell, c. W. Curtiss, c. T. Morse, J. A. Bishop, William Engelhardt, Attorney H. White, Alderman B. E. Brown, Charles A. White.
 m ol &I,. meeting to order and Lawyer. Charles H. Whedon was elected chairman of the meet ing and took a seat on the stage, az did also Town Agent Reynolds and Town Clerk Hugo. Mir. Hugo read the call for the meet ing, after which the reports of the town agent, of the town treasurer and of the treas urer of the town deposit fund were read and accepted, and authority asked by the latter for proper action concerning the foreclosure of mortgage on 6 piece of real estate was granted.
 When the vote for the laying of tax was read, George Hotchkiss, 2d, moved that the blank in the prepared vote be filled by five and half mills. MT. Feldman amended 10 make it six and half.
 Mfr Hotchkiss thought the people could not pay such large taxes and expenses, and Mr. Botsford called attention to the Select mems estimate of expenses for 1886, which showed a probable deficit on 8 six mill tax of $7, ,056.
 MT. J. D. Deweu favored a 615 mill tax and thought the half mill would help pay the floating indebtedness. He said that he was opposed to running further into debt, and that a less tax would only add to the indebt- edness which our children would be expect cd to pay. The amendment was adopted and the tax fixed at 615 mills.
 When the vote fixing the salary of the town clerk at $1,000 was read, MT. Zunder moved to increase to $1 500, giving as a req son the reduction of the clerks emoluments owing to the cutting of of the fee for the recording of tax liens.
 Mir. Wagner heartily approved the amend ment. He said that the fees from the re- cording of liens amounted to $900 yearly, and that if MT. Hugo were given the increase he would still be receiving $400 less than be- fore.
 H. L. Hotchkiss spoke good word for Mr. Hugo's conduct of the office, but thought that the income of the office was quite enough for the incumbent and that the salary and fees were enough for the labor done. He wanted justice done MT. Hugo, but said that the town could only afford to pay for ser vices rendered and must not be charitable.
 The amendment making the salary $1, 800 was adopted by a large majority.
 1uo uSudl SaIdTy or $S,0UU was voted the town agent. H. l.. Hotchkiss moved to amend by providing that such sum be suf6- cient remuneration also for all the services rendered by the town agent in his capacity as Selectman. This amendment created quite stir. MT. Hotchkiss said he acted in the interest of economy and of the taxpayers and he thought $2, 300 fair salary for the services required. The amendment was af terward carried by vote of 80 to 78 Be- fore the vote was ascertained rising vote was twice taken by tellers to decide the ques- tlon, and the one hundred or more who were standing up in the of the seats held up their hands to show their opinion.
 Another vote was necessary to pass the vote with the amendment and the vote was carried by 102 afirmatives and no negatives. The following vote went through easily, the chairman stating that it was in the interest of economy.
 Voted, That so much of section of the bylaws of the town respecting the registration of vital ustics, enacted in town meeting October 5. 1875 movaI permit to be paid bv the town be and the same hereby is repealed.
 Messrs Luzon B. Morris, John P. Futile E. G. Stoddard, H. M. Welch and Henry S. Dawson were appointed committee of five to act with the Selectmen of the town to i'm quire into the advisability of the erection of new buildings for almshouses, etc., upon the town farm and to report thereon with their recommendations at the next annual town meeting, or at any intervening special town meeting.
 The usual votes were passed authorizing the Selectmen to borrow money to pay cur rent expenses, the limit to the amount bor- rowed at any one time to be $123, 900; appro- priating the usual sum for the salary of the town treasurer; authorizing the Selectmen to appoint not exceeding thirty constab1es for the Annex and Westville, and to employ proper assistants in the town agents office and fix the compensation therefor. Appoint ing Harmanus M. Welch treasurer and John James E. English, Gardner Morse and Samuel E. Merwin, jr., managers of the town deposit fuud; reappointing David H. Brown, Michael Coleman, Albert Rowe, Hudson B. Forbes and George A. Lindsley a committee to stake out oyster grounds; vot- ing the usual amounts to the orphan asylums and to the dispensary, with proviso added concerning the latter that it report the amount of aid given and the parties receiv- ing such aid.
 The question of the payment or bonding of the floating debt of the town was not heard from. the taxpayers committee,- who had the matter inserted in the call for the meet ing, changing their mind concerning it.
 A paper was then read by Chairman Whe- don asking for an appropriation of $500 to Assessor Thomas K. Dunn for preparing the grand list. The paper further said that the Selsctmen did not feel authorized to pay the bill but that it was approved by John w. Lake, Philip Hugo and Samuel A. York.
 MT. l.. Feldrnan opposed the appropriation and H. l.. Hotchkiss called attention to the fact that as the matter was not specified in the call it could not come before the meeting It did come, however, and it remained there some time.
 Assessor Dunn stated the grounds of his clain, saying that he felt that he was asking no more than was fair. Upon himself had devolved the work of making out the grand list. One of the assessors, MT. Charles Ruick- oldt, died about year ago, which left the board short-handed. He had done & great deal of overwork to prepare the grand list, working extra during evenings for three months and working considerable overtime in the daytime.
 Judge Henry E. Pardee made forcible, telling speech against the appropriation, say ing that while it might be hardship for MT. Dunn in this case, men who accepted office were expected to work for the pay attached to it, and oftentimes one man in office had his brethren did. But in this case Mr. Dunn was hired to do the work of an assessor and part of the assessors duties was to prepare the grand list. If one assessor did the lions share of the work, that was a mat ter to be settled among the assessors. Judge Pardee was warmly applauded.
 James D. Dewell asked to hear what the other assessors had to say in the case. MT. Wm Hull was in the hall and all would like to hear from him.
 MT. Hull rose and replied that the extra work by Mir. Dunn was unnecessary, and that he gaw no inst reason why Mr. Dunn