The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-12
MISTAKES OF
TAX COLLECTORS
ARE CLEARED UP
Alleged Tax Delinquents Show
Receipts and Officials Will
be Asked to Settle
Twain Library Receives Is Pic
lures From Authors Daughter
Other News of Redding

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gress was made by the selectmen last
Saturday towards clearing up the book
in which Accountant Soule had enter
ed the unsolicited back taxes of sew
eral years. For quite a number of
the claims appearing on the book, the
nominal delinquents presented re-
ceipts showing payment and these
therefore the former collectors will be
called upon to make good In all
these cases the amounts were trifling
and the failure ito. credit payments
plainly due to carelessness. The most
interesting case considered was a tax
claim, secured by-lien, against the ses-
tate of Mrs. George Read. The estate
was closed up and the property sold
several years ago, it being now own
ed by Mrs. Grace Arnory. The admin
istrator was E. E. Bramhall. Select
man Rowland informed the board that
Mr.. BramhaH had explained to him
the circumstances of the case ,alleg-
ing that he had accepted the appoint
ment of administrator at the urgent
request Of the Judge of Probate who
assured him he would have no respon-
sibilfty and no trouble beyond signing
various papers relating to the settlei
ment. For performing this service
Mr.. Bramhall said he had received
no compensation and he thought it
hard that he should now be held az
countab1e forN the unpaid tax. After
hearing this statement the board look
ed up the probate record and found
among the charges against the estate
one OF $50 for services Of the admin
Judge and also one for the taxes rep
resented by the still unsatisfied lien
or liens. The se1ectmen regard Mr..
Bramhall as legally holden for the
taxes, but did not decide what action
to take In the matter. Another UNI
satisfied lien is one for $54 against
the former Frank Lee farm which
Mark Twain bought Of the Carmina
brothers for his daughter, Jean and
which, after her death, was sold to
Arthur Nash, the present owner. A
bill for this claim has been sent to
the Clemens executors. The board
abated quite number of uncollect-
able poll and military taxes and d.
rected Collector Duncan to advertise
for sale several small pieces of prop
erty which are liened to about their
full value. Several hundred dollars
were received at the session from
parties who had no protest to make.
The board will hold. another session
for the same business on Saturday Of
this week.
There have recently been hung in
the Mark Twain library twenty-five
pictures presented ny MTS. Clara Cd
brilowitsch, who last fall also made
a gift to the same institution of most
of the volumes belonging to the pri-
vate library Of her recently deceased
father, Mark Twain. The pictures In
clude q fine old portrait and large
Photographic portrait of the library's
founder, the latter from Albert Bige-
low Paine and also a portrait Of the
late Jean Clemens, which is hung over
q desk that belonged to its original.
The library association feel that the
collection will be incomplete until
there is added to it portrait of Mrs.
Gabrilowitsch, thus completing the
family group. The library catalogue
now in preparation will show col
lection numbering about 1880 volumes |
Another dance is to be given at the
library tomorrow friday evening.
In the death OF Patrick Green. which
occurred last Friday at his home on
the Ridge. there passed away one hav-
ing the record of q good citizen and
good soldier. The funeral was large
ly attended on Monday from the
Catholic church in Bethel The de-
ceased was 7s years of age. His sur
wing children are John and Thomas
of Danbury, Daniel living at home, |
and Miss Nellie, residing in Bridge
port. He enlisted at Danbury In the |
early days Of the Civil War as MEM
Der Of Co. A., Eleventh G. ", and re-
enlisting on the field when his three
years terms was up served until hist
command was mustered out at the |
end of the year. His period of active |
service was practically unbroken, as |
his health remained good and the |
only wound he ever received was not /
a disabling one. A sharpshooter wing
ed him Just as he dropped in a field |
OF oats, obeying an order given his
command to seek cover from the en-
emys fire. The ball struck his shout
der and glanced thence to his hip and
ankle, leaving hardly more than an
abrasion Of the skin. Once when his
regiment was falling back from the
closely pursuing enemy a conrade
Morgan, a Bethel man. fell
severely wounded. Green sprang to
the side of the helpless man whom he
loaded on his back and carried to a
place Of safety. These and other acts