Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
COUNTY TAX BOARD
ACTION MAY FORCE
APPROPRIATIONS
Defamation to Fix Tax Rate May
End Middle in
Orange.

In the absence OF efforts by the
officials OF Orange to end the con-
troversy over the sums required by
the Fire Commission of the city, it
was currently reported in Orange to-
day that the County Board of Taxation
viii on Monday take up the problem
of a tax rate for the city and settle
the much-mooted question. It is like
TX the board will need the urgent plea
of Mayor Arthur r. Seymour for a
sum sufficient to INJECT the department
needs and a tax rate In the neighbor-
hood OF W to provide for raising
enough funds this year viii probably
be fixed. The rate will be n substan-
tial Improvement over last year when
the property assessment was fixed at
$2.14. The city OF Orange will bene1t
by the new legislation that gives the
city relief from the blunder on the big
Graves tax assessment that was err
roneously included in the city budget
a year ago.
The decision of the county board to
act is considered due to the urgent re-
quests of citizens for a settlement OF
the row over the fire funds. Laurence
It. Fell, of the county board, is a resi-
dent Of Orange. and he passed a busy
time In Main street his morning. and
while a reporter for the EVENING
STAR was in the neighborhood Mr..
Fell was seen in conversation with a
number of citizens. Mr.. Fell seemed
annoyed when asked il the men were
discussing the appropriation muddle
and curtly declined to discuss the ques-
ton.
Mayor Arthur r. Seymour today said
he had heard nothing OF a proposition
to have a special meeting of Common
Council to take up the question OF re-
opening the tax budget for sufficient
funds for the fire board, excepting that
he had been asked If such an arrange
ment vas contemplated.
Il will not call a meeting unless
the matter is requested by the finance
committee or other MEMBERS said
President Andrew j. Heberling, of the
Council this morning.
The delay in fixing the tax rate due
to the Councils failure to ac-
cede to the fire boards wishes has
aroused much comment. The attitude
of the County Tax Board in deciding
to fix a rate sufficiently large to pro-
vide for rho department needs will end
what has in Orange become a political
question, it IL said. The Republicans
in control OF the Council are anxious to
keep the rate below 81 and are charged
with the Intention to issue temporary
notes to pay the moneys that are re-
quired 10 complete the years service.
then the notes will go owe to next.
year. when it is expected a Democratic
hOdV NAV hava Ontrol
AT "A meeting on Tuesday night.
when the Democrats had temporary
control, Councilman Daniel Coleman
refused to vote with his colleagues on
the Democratic side, and as a result
the earnest recommendation of Mayor
Seymour that the money needed by. the
department be given them was shelved.
AS there will be no meeting of the
Council. unless a special session Is
called, until September 10. the Council
will not be able to settle the matter
before that time. even III effort TO
amend the tax ordinance would not
help very much now. as it could not
reach flnal reading before October. The
county boards method of settling the
matter on Monday is therefore, well
come one to the city.