The Newtown bee., 1908-06-19

structions to bring suit for prompt pay ment after one notice to the parties.
 4th. That the town take action to collect the accounts overdraWn on Registrars orders.
 9th. That the error by overpayment of George French. sexton of Hunting ton cemetery, be corrected by requir- ing its prompt repayment.
 9th. That the charge for recording tax liens be investigated from legal standpoint and if it be found that the town has paid for the recording of liens for which it was not liable to pay, that such sums be recovered of the parties beneftting by such unlawful pay ments.
 7th. That the town inquire whether or no excessive charg es have been made by officers serving the town in elections and in the process of making voters.
 9th. The Town Clerk has charged the Town for receiving tax lists and filing corporation certificates, procla- ma tions, etc., which charges this con- mittee believe are not justified by the Statutes. He has also charged for making out returns of election ex- penses and similar matters, the costs of which should be paid by the parties filing, and it is recommended:
 9th. That the legality of the charges made by the Town Clerk for all such minor matters be inquired in- to and where such payments were not ju u,tifed, that the overpayments be re- coverd.
 10th. That the Selectmen be censured for passing these overcharges.
 11th. That the Selectmen be in- struced to approve of no bills except such as are properly itemlzed, and that the Treasurer be instructed to refuse to honor any order not approv ed in writing by the Selectmen. ...
 18th. That no charges against the Town be allowed at any store except on the Selectmen's written orders.
 18th. That any person supplying an article on emergency shall do so on his own responsibility, but may immedi- ately apply to the Selectmen for reim- bursement, which they may grant or not as it appears to them justice to the town and to the emergency require.
 14th. That the net amount of error, $135. .25, recently found in the accounts of MT Northrop as treasurer, in his fa- vor, be credited to his account against the total previously reported due and payable from him. or his bondsmen, upon his default.
 18th. That the Town accounts in the future be itemized and summarized in substantially the form which has been used by MT Soule. l
 18th. That since it has appeared from other investigations that the money for the support of Clara A. Rev. ans in the Insane hospital can be recov- cred from the individuals responsible for her support, this Committee rec ommends that immediate steps De talk en to so recover.
 Your Committee had presented to it the record of the Estate of Mary 4. ScanIon, which it has looked into with care. It appears from the records Of the New York Life Insurance Co. that Bridget Scanlon had a policy for Sl, 900. which was written in favor of John and Mary A. Scanlon, children, with reversion in event of their prior death to the insured. John ScanlOn, one of the benefciaries. died February 10, ! 1899, and his share of the proceeds on the policy reverted to the insured, who assigned the same to Marcella K. Cor bett. The claim was paid on October 1 26, 1904, by checks drawn to the order uf Marcella K. Corbett, as Assignee, for $500 and Martin F. Houlihan, as for Mary Scanlon, for $500.
 The Conservator of Mary A. Scanlon reported to the Probate Court that he turned over to Martin A. Corbett s227.37 under an agreement with 5. A. Blackman, selectman, for the town of Newtown. This sum was half of the net proceeds of the estate. Such action should not have been taken except by l majority of the board of Selectmen md it should now be explained to the Town.