The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-20
FOR LONGER TERM
OF TAX ASSESSORS
State Tax Commissioner Calls
Attention to Biennial
Election Act.
LETTER GOING OUT
TO TOWN OFFICIALS
Corbin Hopes Towns May Take
Advantage of Law Passed
This Year.

The following communication has
been sent out from the office of State
Tax Commissioner William II. Corbin,
calling attention to the election OF as
SCISSORS for two rather than for sin
gle year, and calling attention to the
better service to be there obtained. The
letter is accompanied by the text of q
law passed at the last session of the
Legislature, empowering the electors Of
q town to hold town elections biennial
ly If they so desire.
The letter and law read:
Hartford. Aug. 20.
Dear Sir:-Your attention Is hereby
called to a law, enacted by the last
legislature Copy of which is enclosed),
relative to biennial elections of town
officers.
Suggestions have recently been re-
ceived here from large number of
town officials to the effect that the term
of office Of assessors should be longer
than one year. l am convinced that
such a provision would result IN more
equalized valuations and better service
to the towns.
Many towns in the state have already
secured from the legislature the priv
ilege Of electing their assessors Tor q
term of three or more years-one
member of the board being elected
annually. In the absence of a general
statute to that effect, which would be
of great benefit to the methods of as
sessment throughout the state, 1t is
hoped that the towns will take advan-
tage of the new law and will elect
their assessors and boards Of relief FOR
a term of two years.
/ am bringing this to your attention
at this early date so that you may be
able to lay the matter before the people
of your town preparatory 10 calling
a special town meeting for action be-
fore the October election.
copy of this letter is being sent
to the first selectmen and town clerks
Of the different towns. | shall be glad
to confer with any other local officials
who may be suggested, relative To the
desirability of such action, and to sup
ply additional copies OF the statute.
Respectfully yours,
VIM. II. CORBIN
Tax Commissioner,
The statute referred to is as follows:
Chapter % Public Acts Of 1907.
An Act Concerning Biennial Elections
of Town Officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General AS
sembly convened;
Section l. Any town, If the electors
thereof shall so determine by ballot at
an annual meeting of such COW l or A.
a special meeting thereof duly warned
and held for that purpose, may at the
annual town meeting next thereafter
held, ana bicnnially thereafter, eject
any or I'll town officers now required by
law.to he elected annually, to aoli Office
for the term of two years from the
date CT their election. and until their
successors sl6l1 be elected ana qu1ii-
fed.
Section O. On and after the expiration
of the term of the treasurer of the
town deposit fund and other town trust
funds now in office in each town, the
town treasurer shall be, ex-officio
treasurer Of said funds, and no treas
urer Of the town deposit fund and other
trust funds shall hereafter be elected;
and If in any town the powers OF grand
jurors therein are vested in other pros
ecuting officers, the nomination and
election of grand jurors may hereafter
be omitted in such town.
Section g. So much of sections 1900.
1892 and 2216 of the general statutes
and chapter 81 Of the public acts of
1905 as is inconsistent herewith is
hereby repealed, and all other acts and
parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed
Approved July 81, 1907. In effect
September 1. 1907.