The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-28
SPECIAL TAX MUST BE LAID
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next year, but if the tax laid for next
year would be the same as though no
special tax was laid now, it would be
more money out of taxpayers peck
ets''
Mayor Farnsworth-''This school
meeting is not authorized to lay tax
for next year. The common council
is to do that"
Commissioner Mansfield asked If any
one was sure whether one-mill or a
four-mill special tax would be suffi-
cient.
Mr. Troup-"We were told at the dis
trict meeting that there would be no
money coming from the town, but now
we hear that $4,000 is coming"
Commissioner Mansfield, after figur-
ing a moment, said that as he figured
it, $4,000 was about equal to the pro-
ceeds from a one-mill tax. He said:
THE question is as to whether or not
We have anything to do with the school
| tax until we make the annual appro-
priations.'
| Mayor FarnsWorth-"Wel gentle
men, / will tell you what / know of the
sGilooi ulolIlCt. SuCCtSuluS pUdlu a VI
education for sixteen years have SEEM
ed afraid to lay tax to cover all the
expenses of the district, so they laid
enough for the ordinary expenses with
out the cost of new buildings, to pay
| for which floating debt was contract
| ed. When we finally got a board of ed
ucation with a finance committee which
had sand enough to make known how
much was really needed, some of the
citizens of New Haven jumped on them
and charged them with contracting the
whole of the debt. That is an instance
of the ungratefulness of the public
| Mr.. Atwater asked if in those years
| to which the mayor alluded the board
of education did not recommend to the
district meetings a higher tax than the
meetings voted
Mr. Troup asked If money appropri-
ated by the board of education in those
years was not used for different pur-
poses from those for which 1t was APP
propriated.
| Mayor Farnsworth--"I think the pub
| lie now will say that it is better to
build grammar schools if we need them
and to let high schools go, If only one
of the two can be built"
Mr.. Troup-"I think it is better to let
the high school go, anyway, if we don't
get from It any better results than we
get now. Up at the Hyperion, at the
| Hyperion, at the last commencement
exercises of the high school, some of
the young gentlemen sat behind the
scenes and said, To hi with the
board of education and the superintend-
| emit If we get no better results than
those from the high school we had bet
ter let it 60"
Mayor Farnsworth--"Mr Troup ]
would not be surprised If the boys who
said that We're brought up under the
tutelage of your paper rather than that
of the high school. ] have no doubt
that we understand each other, MIR.
| Troup."
Mr.. Troup-"No doubt of that"
At this point Mr. Mansfield again re-
ferred to section 1O7 of the charter.
Mr.. Troup remarked that he had no
doubt that section 107 was put in by
the MAYOR and the corporation counsel
when they had a private dig at the
charter after the public got through"
Mayor Farnsworth-"I am sorry, Mr..
Troup, that you didn't serve on that
committee when / asked you to. Ger
tain gentlemen promised to call upon
me if they discovered any back-door
business in the charter"
Mr.. Troup-"You were smarter than
we thought you were
| Controller Brown asked Mr.. Troup
how he explained the first part of sec
! ton 113.
IL i- hox ny,1 nv,
knowledge The gentleman can go to
the statesmen who framed it; they may
tell him; l can't"
The gentlemen of the committee then
retired. thanking the board for its
courtesy in hearing them.
Commissioner Dove suggested that
the district meeting be referred to Sec
ton 1O7 of the charter, and that the
hoard Of finance throw the matter off
it's hands.
Commissioner Mansfield said that if
n three-mill lax would be sufficient
that matter should come before the dis
trict meeting, which can lay whatever
tax is needed He said that whether a
four-rnill or a three-mill tax is needed
is for the district meeting to discuss
as has always been done in those meet
ings.
Acting on the suggestion made by
Commissioner Dove. Commissioners
! White drew up the vote which was
passed and which is quoted above. The
board then discussed the petition of
fered by members Of the board of fire
commissioners to make transfers from
the unexpended balances in their de-
partment. IT was finally decided to re-
quest the FIRE commissioners to state
definitely Inc accounts from which they