The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-21
OLNEYVILLE.
MeetIus of JOhnstOn'S Town
COuncilmen.
A Disputed Point in the Local Taxa
ti0n Question.

The Johnston Town Council met in
the Council chamber, Odd Fellows
block, last evening. Previous to the as
sem bling OF the Board an executive ses-
sion was held with every member pres
emf, to hear q statement from Mr.. Samuel
T.. Groves. chairman of the Board of AS
SCISSORS, regarding the remission Of tax
assessed against the Bristol Hosiery Com
pany. After hearing the cbairman's
statements in relation to the case, the
Councilmen entered the chamber and
were called TO order by President Beane
John ii. Morris was appointed constable
with full power. The question OF q re-
mission OF the tax of the British Hosiery
Company proved perplexing question
to,act upon. The assessors this year, as
has been the custom OF previous boards,
specified the property OF the corporations
OF the town "reaW and personal
Decisions of the courts were quoted,
which would indicate that a further de-
scription than the word personal is
necessary when applied to the machinery
OF a corporation.
Ii is on this technicality that the Brit
ish Hosiery Company has their claim
that they are illegally assessed.
Town Solicitor Tiliinghast stated that
ii was questionable whether the Council
had right to rebate taxes il they desired
unless "ilegally assessed Over assess
ment was not considered illegal.
Councilman Luther was inclined to
believe that the Council should not in
terfere with the workings OF the Board
CT Assessors, az they We're elected by the
people and are directly responsible to
them. After considerable discu ssion the
matter was referred to the town solicit
tor with instructions to arrange with the
British Hosiery Company TO have the
matter submitted to the Supreme Court
on al agreement OF facts.
The board OF assessors recommended
the abatement OF tax on $1,000 assessed
against A. Is. Patton, $1,000 against Mary
Flood, and $4,000 against r. j. San Souci.
The latter was abated under the ruling
that taxes illegally assessed could be
abated.
Patton and Flood were given leave to
withdraw their claim for abatement Of
taxes.
POSSIBLE RESULT OF THE TAX CoNTRo-
vERsY.
Should the Court decide that the per-
sonal property assessment against the
British Hosiery Company is illegal, moth
ing would prevent any corporation in the
town who have not paid their tex or who
have paid ii under protest from seeking
redress on the same grounds and secur-
ing rebate on their tax.
Upon q motion to take from the table
the report OF the commission on health.
Councilman Hughes and Sheldon alona
voted in the affirmative.
About O'Clock this morn ing a horse
attached to a grocery wagon, belonging
to Philip Marromville OF 29 Delaine street,
rsn from near Springers square down
Westminster street to Olneyvlile square.
Opposite Mowry's market the team col
lided with a wagon belonging TO Rice 81
Hayward and sprung an axle. At this
point the horse cleared himself from the
shafts and confined to the square, where
he fell and was secured.
Mr.. Alfred Underwood OF Celaine
street, who was injured by a runaway
team belonging 10 Palmer & Msdigan, is
in a critical condition.