The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
TAX SHORTAGE
 OPINION FROM TOWNS LAWYER
Collector Duncan Calls for All
 Taxes Unpaid
A. c. Barnett Falls From Load oi
 Hay and Fractures Wrist

Bedding. July 27-A second opinior
 from Attorney Shaw in reference tc
 the tax shortage of ex-CoIIector Cor
 ham has been received by First Se- lectman Sanford. It does not essen-
 tially differ from the first one which was returned for revision in the mat { ter of a more exhaustive treatment : Of the issue created by the supposedly fictitious credits on the collectors {. books If MT. Gorham receives the
 benefit of these figures. which Ac- countant Soule found to be interpol- , lations and therefore discarded, the ! town will be the loser to the extent Of several hundred dollars as the old account with Treasurer Hill, the other party to the transactions, is consider ed closed. In his first opinion MT. Shaw gave MT. Gorham credit for are undisputed and made his balance
 from the face of the returns This
 balance of indebtedness on the part of
 MT. Gorham he found to be $96O In
 his second review of the case he went
 over the figures in detail and his
 footings varied from those of MT.
 Soule sufficiently to raise the seem-
 ing Indebtedness to 1016. He advises that demand be made upon MT.
 Gorham for this amount and if pay
 ment is not forthcoming that suit be |
 instituted. Mr. Shaw says that he |
 disallowed to MT. Gorham the s1.141
 represented by the two checks which | have had such a prominent place in
 the controversy as he agrees with Mr. Soule that these checks are included in the credits on the collectors books
 Were the amount of these checks add ed to the credits already appearing
 the total would be in excess of the total shown to have been collected and the town would therefore be in Mr. Gorham's debt. While MT. Shaw doesl not set forth his reasons for allowine{ MT. Gorham the other credits denied him by MT. Soule 1t is a natural as- sumption that he believes the theory that the disputed figures are forgeries cannot be demonstrated in court and this is really the gist of the matter Selectman Sanford hoped that expert , advice would be sought on the ques-I ! ion, but has not yet learned whether he attorney went that far before com { ng to decision. The selectmen will take decisive action on the f 'ase at their meeting On Saturday ' or the purpose of bringing the long r lrawn out and complicated contro z -ersy to speedy conclusion E
 For many years taxes have been ac- z umulating on five acres of wood- r and in Hopewell which was set down II Q the ownership of the Drew heirs q HeSe arrears amount to over $50I e mich is about the value of the prop- n rty- Commodore Luttgen has offer d the selectmen s75 for the tract and n , also willing to bear the cost of the ! ,reclosure proceedings which will en- ble the town to convey title. An eff ,rt to locate the Drew heirs or any them has been unsuccessful
 Frank W. Ewing of Boston has sold
 IS place in Umpawaug to Catherine ! Drasmueller of New York It was|
 rmerly the Stephen Rider place. MT. wing bought 1t about seven years tn 70 and made extensive improve. bi ents, but has not occupied it during R e last two years. tn Miss Utler of Cornwall Hollow has en engaged as teacher of the lower or ade of the Center school for the to ming year. The Boston school will SC
 taught by Miss Irene Judd of re, 'thel. Miss Scott, last years teach ge
 having declined a re-engagement. isl ss Carson will continue at the Um- tn waug school and Miss Jennie Mc ter maid at the Ridge school. The ad- cal ion to the Hill academy has pro- az essed to the stage of being roofed do makes a decided improvement in cal appearance of the building. lar collector Duncan has issued posters me