The Newtown bee., 1907-11-29

tors books necessitated reference to the Assessors book, to determine the correct total of the Grand List, and l find that the Assessors book for the years, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906 Grand Lists is not complete, inasmuch as it does not contain the Military Con- mutation Tax or the "Sum Total of each Persons Tax as given to the Col lector of Taxes." The Assessors book is arranged with proper columns to show the above and they have been en- tirely disregarded. In my opinion it is very important that the Assessors book should be complete, and in full detail of the amount of each persons tax from which the Tax Collectors book should be made, an exact dupli- cate.
 The method of including the amount of the "Ten Per Cent Additional" in the column Property for Assessment for Grand List" on the Assessors book is, in my opinion, wrong, as the "Ten per cent Additional' is not a part of the Property and the arrangement of the columns on the Assessors is in- tended to show same separately.
 The Tax Collectors books do not prove to be exact copies of the As sessors' books, as shown in report on Tax Collectors accounts. Great care should be taken to have the individual and total amounts exactly equal to the amounts on the Assessors book.
 The method of payments by the Col lectors to the Treasurer, without the filing of monthly list of the collec- tions, as prescribed by law, has been a gross mistake on the part of both the Collector and Treasurer. Had such lists been filed, this examination would have been determined to certainty the standing of the items entered by the Treasurer as received on account of taxes, in excess of amount claimed paid by the Collectors before referred to.
 The matter of interest on taxes: T have considered only the amuont en- tered on the Collectors book as inter- est collected. Where taxes have shown collection after interest bearing date, without payment of interest, have not considered it necessary to this ex- animation to make any statement of interest due and not collected
 l would respectfully call attention to list. under separate cover, of liens filed and released. The town records do not show any liens have been filed on 1905 taxes, and there are number of taxes paid, for which the release of lien is not recorded.
 Statements of Outstanding taxes con- tain all amounts on the Collectors books not collected, and therefore in- clude such amounts as the selectmen may have agreed to abate. 1 would respectfully recommend that an abate ment book be kept with the Town re- cords, on which all abatements be en- tered by the Selectmen giving reason of abatement over their signatures.
 1 would also recommend that the Treasurer show in his report in the printed town report each year a state ment of the outstanding taxes.
 Respectfully submitted and attested to, Frank E. Soule.
 At this point A. T. Nettleton arose and spoke for c. M. Beresford. If it should appear, said MT Nettleton, that on further examination the sum of S223. 69 is due as alleged, MT Beres- ford will promptly pay it. Everyone in this room regards Mir Beresford as an honest man and he a ks an exten- sion of time that he nay further in- vestigate the matter.
 J. Albert Blackman moved to extend the time for MT Beresford. There is not man in the room but thinks MT Beresford is an honest man, said MT Blackman.
 City Attorney J. A. Marr of Bridge port, on behalf of numerous taxpay- CTS, asked MT Soule several questions. Why didn't you go back farther and investigate the sum of $422.59 in MT Northrop's report?" said Mir Marr.
 Mir Soule replied that in his opinion it wouldn't do any good to go farther back as to this item.
 "So far as the account of Robert A. Clark, collector, is concerned, did you go back into the examination of the J Continued on Page Six.)