Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-15
BOARD OF sELEcrmEN.

Am Indian Woman Of the PequOt Tribe Wants the Town to Pay Her Back Ninety-EIght Dollars Taxes Because She is Exempt From Taxation. At the regular meeting the Board of Select men held last evening Selectman Treat pre- ! sided in the absence of Selectman Tyler, who has gone South to spend a portion of the l coming winter.
 The clerk of the Board was instructed to obtain copy of the votes passed at the town l meeting from Town Clerk Hugo, as they 1 were a good thing to have for reference Town Agent Reynolds reported that of late l there had been more discharges at the aims ! house than people received and up to date there were 215 inmates.
 The pay for the First ward moderator is generally $15, but this year the moderator, Attorney John c. Gallagher, spent three days recounting the votes, as there was some | trouble about the justices of the peace. He | wanted $25 for his work. The Board fixed
 the matter by voting to pay MT. Gallagher $l5 for his services as moderator and $lO for | extra work, making the total of $25. Mr. A. Rotschild appeared before the Board and stated that he sold some property | in Grand street last December to MT. Ed ward Gamble and the latter was to pay the
  him and he wished to avoid the payment of them He also wanted the taxes abated on some property owned by his mother on ! Broadway on account Of her being very poor. The matter of the mothers taxes was referred | to the committee on the abatement of taxes, and in the first matter the Board decided they had no power to act.
 ! Judge Sheldon appeared before the Board and stated that he thought the Board ought | to refund the taxes of Lucy A. Sarvant of the Pequot tribe, because she was a member \ of that tribe and 80 exempt Miss Sarvsnt | was before the city some time ago for the | same purpose and the Committee on | Claims refused to pay it back, on | the grounds that she paid them voluntarily. | She also appeared before this Board and the Board abated the taxes of 1883, after having | received letter from c. H. Brown, the over seer of the tribe, stating that she was reg istered member of the tribe and as such | could not be taxed. The judge wanted all | the taxes abated, and said he should bring suit against the town and city both if neces- sary to recover them. He claims that the | town owes her $69 and the town $156.
 Town Agent Reynolds said that as the | taxes as far as the town was concerned had
 been abated, he thought the judge might | look to the city first for her money. | The Board took no action in the matter, but gave Judge Sheldon to understand that
 if the city paid over the money they would, | put ln GnelI OPl1lon AIlss oarEaA' "oulu uafo l to look to the State for the payment of her claim, as neither the town or the city was re- sponsible for it.
 On the motion of Selectman Beecher Se- 1 lectmen Reynolds and Treat were appointed
 to attend the hearing this evening for the laying out of streets on the old town farm. Bills as follows were approved: Outside poor $471, interest $3, ,270.27, election $788.- 30, salary $28 84, roads and bridges $550. 12,
 assessors $16.20, new farm $2O5.5O, general
 321.8O, temporary home $31.98, construc- ton $112 .02, almshouse $2, 2,300.46. | Selectmen Treat, Klenke and Feldman ' were appointed committee of three to see if
 the town could be benefited by the renting | of the town ice house and pond on Spring side farm to the highest bidder.
 Sylvanus Butler showed the Board map of the proposed new highways on the Spring 1 side farm, after which the meeting adjourn 4 ed.