The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-02

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 FREE HOLDERS Town Treasurer Hill Retains
 Lawyer to Assist Him in Re-
 covering Alleged Overpay-
 ment to Town
 Bedding, March 2-The board of relief wound up their labors on Tues day afternoon, having spent several days in considering the 200 or more appeals laid before them. In 27 of these they made changes from the figures of the assessors and the net as it came to them of a little less than $4,0e0. With further deductions representing the exemptions granted war veterans the grand list will stand at about s1,590,000. an increase from last year of more than half a million. The board disregarded the appeals of L. except for reducing the valuation Of Florence Luttgen's two acres of land from $1, 900 to $500. Her house they left at $6,000 although her father de- clared to the board that it cost only $3,000. He asked that the figures on to approximate their cost, while MT. Peck thought that his own land should have a lower valuation or the land of his neighbors a higher one. Although the Sunset Hill valuations remain practically unchanged the fig ures on Ridge. property underwent considerable revision. The nine acre lot of Henry Sanford was lowered from $2,700 to $2,250, the store being left at $1,500. The adjoining lot own ed by Sanford H. Osborn was raised to $200 per acres from $100 and his Barnes land, which adjoins MT. Os- born's, was hopped to $1,350 from $1.500 and his house to s7,500 from S8,500. J. w. Teets secured 0 reduc- tion on his house to $4,500 from $5,- 500 while his five acres were raised Osborn was raised to $3.760 from S2,- TAO, and that of Mary Osborn was lowered from $2,150 to $1,720. Mar shall Sanford's land was reduced to $1,920 from s2,400. Other changes were: Meeker Jones, land from $2,000 ? I,o s1.O0O. Theodore Adams. house from s1.500 to $1,200 and land from $40o to $2S0. Harry Lounsbury, land from $1,18O to $1,500l Mary c. Day, land from $500 to $240. Mrs. L. s. Dun can. land from s1.5o0 to $1.12o: Mar and land s5,4oO from s5,s0O. George s. Banks ,s1.5oo from s1:soo on land in Egypt" Mrs. John M. Brewster, house s1.900 from $3,000 and lal.d $1,230 from $1,025. Mary c. Hingle, house $2,OO0 from s2,5O0 and land land s1.160 from s1,S40. Dr. B. H. Smith, two acres land, $500 from s400.
 Saturday, March II, has been fixed by the selectmen as the date for hold ing the special town meeting which year. It has rather been taken for granted that the rate would be ten n'i ills as this would produce about the same revenue as that yielded last year by fifteen mills and none too much when the demands. from the State tax struction are taken into account Some, however, are declaring in favor of an eight mill rate, proposition which will be supported mostly by those whose property valuations the assessors have raised by more than 50 per cent. In some instances the raise is 100 per cent. or double, ana the property owners thereby affecteu would find their tax bills materially increased by a ten mill rate. The town meeting will also act upon @ proposition to relieve former tax col may lie against them for interest charges as figured against them by Accountant Soule Probably the only other matter in the call will be the proposed enlargement of the town house and its removal across the roa d on which it fronts in connection with such enlargement. The Center resi- dents are opposed to the remov T feature of the project.
 Town Treasurer W. H. Hill has re- tained Attorney J. Belden Hurlburt of Norwalk to take such steps as may of the alleged over payment which MT. Hill made to the town in May last when confronted with two checks for $1,141 that he had received two years before from ex-Tax Collector eSseks and rsazed 1a on These which the treasurer supposedly had not accounted for. Acting on the ad- vice of Attorney Shaw, who regards the disputed claim as one between MT. Hill and MT. Gorham, the select msn have virtually refused to turn OctCh IiiC IIIChCy tO tIlG tOWH treasurer less the $740 which he admits owing No suit has yet been brought and if one is instituted it may be against MT. Gorham instead of against the town.
 The town school board has ap- pointed Chairman Pinkney, Secretary Hazen and J. B. Sanford a commit tee to confer with the Wilton authori- ties regarding the pending bill mak- ing an independent district of district No. 10 of Wilton. First Selectman Keeler, of the latter town, thinks it would be well to leave the admins tration of the districts affairs with the Wilton officials. As the Bedding section furnishes about half the pupils and has about 80 per cent of the property Bedding feels that it is en- titled to voice in the management Another matter to be settled is whether the expense of conducting the school shall be apportioned on a per capita basis from the school enumeration or on a property basis This town will insist on the former plan.
 In the presence of the town school board and the parents of some of the pupils 8 very interesting exhibition