The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-05
WILL PAY SIXTY DOLLARS
HAMDEN VOTERS RESCIND THEIR
 TOTE OF JUEY 10.
Big Special Meeting Held Last Night Wiu Pay New Haven Board of Educa- . ton $60 Each for the Twenty-tyyo This City-Vote stood 1D7 For and 92 Against R RescInding.
Against RescInding.

At special meeting of the town of
 Hamden last night, held in the town
 hall at Centerville, it was voted to re-
 scind the vote of the meeting of the
 town on July 10, 1899, which provided
 that thereafter not more than thirty dollars ($30) be paid towards the tuition
 fee of any child that attends a high
 school in another town in any one l year." The vote stood 107 in favor of
 resembling and 92 against it. The
 meeting was Very largely attended, the
 back of the hall being packed five or
 six deep. It was called to order at S:15
 by First Selectman Charles w. Warner
 and the first business done was the ap-
 pointment of moderator. George P. l Morton and William Smith were nomi-
 mated, but MT. Morton withdrew his
 name, giving the chair to MT. Smith without the necessity of vote.
 1 Rev. MT. Clark spoke very strongly | for resembling the vote of July 10 and said that if contrary vote were taken the town would be in danger of numer- bus legal entanglements and would be exposed to those who were only too willing to bring trouble into the town He read the opinion of Lawyer Henry G. Newton and also part of the opin- ion of Corporation Counsel A. Heaton
 Robertson, which in full will be found in another column. He spoke of the &C., tion taken by the board of education
 with regard to the legality of the meet ing of July 10 and brought out other. points that have already been in print several times. In conclusion he said:
 Tt seems to me then, Mir Chairman, that we should speak for ourselves and should take action to remove mmedi- ately all possibility which might ex- ist for litigation of the town''
 MT, Farrell said he couldn't see why the town should be put to the expense of resembling an illegal vote. He said it costs $75 to hold town meeting and that he thought the money could be better spent. A motion was then pre- scented by MT. Hendinger as follows
 That a certain vote passed at town meeting held in New Haven on the 10th day of July, 1899, which reads as fol- lows, viz. Voted that hereafter not more than thirty dollars ($30) be paid towards the tuition fee of any child that attends high school in another town in any one year be and the same is hereby rescinded"
 James Fl Webb said: Tt was unfor- tunate for q town to be barred from any saying as to how much money should be spent on tuition, but such is the case with us. He said he was very strong ly in favor of rescihding the vote of July 10 and hoped the matter would be settled at once. George P. Morton, Robert Mcconnell, Mr. Straine and Dr. Swift were others who expressed their opinions on the subject. The question was finally called for and the vote taken resulting as given above.
 There was considerable discussion on the matter of how the vote should be taken. It was finally decided to vote | by the old check list way, the voters passing in front of the clerk with the full list and as their names were check | ed they dropped their ballots in the | box The voting took over an hour.
 This was the only business transact | ed at the meeting, but it was learned | that guarantee would be given by the | town of Halnden to the New Haven | board of education whereby they would | receive the full S60 a scholar for the | twenty-two Handen children attending | the high schools in New Haven. The Hamden pupils are now attending | school here, which opened last Tuesday. The meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock.