Smyrna times., 1898-05-25
TOWN COUNCIL.
An Adjourned Meeting to Grant Appeals
Tax Rate Remains the Same.

Council met in adjourned session
last Friday night with all present ex-
cept DR.. L. G. Moore. A bill of the
Brady Steamboat Co., for $4,000 was
read and allowed. On motion of COun-
Gilman Reynolds, the president appoin-
ted a committee to procure a summer
uniform for Policeman Garner. Mes
sers Reynolds and Anthony were
named to serve on the committee.
The rest of the meeting was taken
up mostly in reading and granting ap-
peals on the recent assessment made
by Geo. M. Stevenson. They were as
follows:
W. G.. Pierce, house, store and stable,
corner Mt. Vernon and Main streets, tenure
of self, assessed at Sc, 900; asked that it be
$4,000; Council placed it at S5, 800,
g. II. Pierce, property on east Commerce
street, assessed at 81 200; asked 81 ,OOO
Council granted no change.
David Richards, property on Frazier
| street, assessed at 81 800; asked 81 OO0:
| Council placed the assessment at 81, 500.
w. M. Bell, dwelling and stable, tenure
OF self, Mt. Vernon street, assessed at
| $4,7OO; asked $4,000; Council granted no
change. Double dwelling on Mt Vernon
street, assessed as $4,000; asked 50, 300;
| Coucil granted same. Mill Pond lot, assess
ed at $500; asked $275 Council granted
same.
Mrs. Lucy Stockly, store property, ten
ure of w. Z. Hall q Son and John Wick,
assessed at So, ,50O asked S., 900: Council
granted no change. Lot ON East street, as
sessed at $500; asked $3.50; Council placed
assessment at $500.
Clarence Prettyman asked that the shirt
| and hosiery factory, assessed to himself, be
changed to Clarence and Edwin Prettyman.
Council granted the same
Mrs. Susan L. Garman, property on west
South street, tenure of self, assessed al
$4,000; asked $4,000. There was lot ad.
joining her property which was not assess
ed. Council added this to her property al.
ready assessed. and let the amount stand
without any change.
ii. b. Grleves, property on Main street
tenure of self, assessed at $4,000; asked
| 81 500; Council granted no change
Miss Lizzie Reynolds, property on Soutl
street, tenure of self, assessed at 81. 600
asked $1,000; Council granted no change.
Mrs. 5. Is. Reynolds, property, corner O
Commerce and Market streets, tenure ot
Mrs. L. r. Chance, assessed at So, 400
asked $4,000; Council granted same. Prop
erty on Commerce street. tenure of Norri
Truax, assessed at $1,000; asked $500
Council granted no change.
w. M. Lewis, peOperty ON Mt. Vernon
street, tenure of self, assessed at S4 1000
| oohCO ROs tuO; OOuuCll granted same,
). IL. Garner, property on Union street
tenure self, assessed at 5000; asked S4OO
Council granted no change.
Mrs. Maria F. Smith, hotel and stable
on Mt. Vernon street, tenure of self, assess
ed at $4,000; asked $5. 500; Council gran
ted no change. Property east Mt. Vernol
street, assessed at $400; asked 5000; Coun
Gil granted the same.
>. E. DefOrd, store on Main street, tenur
self, assessed at $4,000: asked So, 500
Council made assessment $3.50.
Edw. u. Walls, store Main street. assess
ed at $4,000; asked SO, 500: Council mad
assessment $4,000.
W. IL. Carr, property tenure self, assesse
at $3, 600; asked 1000; Council granted n
change. The property on which the stabl
ana Ice house Is situated, assessed at 5000
he asked $4OO. Council granted same.
The following names were added t
the assessment list: Perkins Brown
Charles Boyer, Roland Bell, Charlie
W. Collins, James A. Collins. Samne
FAIRIES Jr., G. Virgil Gorden, A. c
Price, and Joseph E. Williams.
On motion the tax rate was fixed q
40 cents on the 500, the same as here
tofOre. Councilman Walls wanted tn
head to be So. so instead of 81. 90 as here
tofOre, and even went so far as to max
motion to this effect. This idea {
an increased poll tax did not seem /
!, meet the approval of the other men
! bers of the council, and it died fc
want of a second.
/, On motion May the 9th, 2Sth, an
! 31st, were settled upon as Discour
Days, between the hours of 8 and 1
o'clock A. NJ. and 1 and 5 o'clock p. n
All taxes received before June the Isl
will be allowed a discount of pc
cent.
; A short talk on the extra police sys
: tenn by Councilman Walls, motion t
adjourn was in order, and carried bt
fore any action could be taken on th
: matter.