Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07


 vfdi18 lof tho a1De8gne1t and coiier. 1 I.tien of the personal tax and the ex- empt1ouas tharafrom~ s.3 The bo4fd then unanimously ap. l pointed City ShsRfn Robert 0. Snow RsfSsnel tax eollector The rest q 1 was of a routine nature, such as clean tnE up the current bills, etc.
 The list as filed by Enrollment Om- cer Costello is g complete one and | indicates thAt he has done his work well Every house h the city and that all persons between the ases oi 2l and 50 have been enrolled. While . great many in the city showed but seant kncF1edee of the new law nearly all in the outlying districts were fa- miliar with it.
 which 5es claimed exemptions, leav- ing 2 total of 3,447 liable to the per- s0nal tax
 The exemlttons were for the fol- lowing reas6ns: Certificate of dfsA- Rility and ether causes St; active fire ment l4e; active Connecticut Nation al guard a7; sk.mefnbefs National guard 1eD; government employees 22; United spanish war veterans 26; ex- United States army 2; ex-United states navy $.
 0J tAe eufoim6nt the Iact IS DfOugHt out that the town has a cOsn0politan population. Foreign born males com enrolment. Trench Canadians lead, followed by Austrians, the latter ih- ciudine P0les and Hebrews. Ansri- can born comes next, followed by those of Irish birth. Syrians and Italians are about equally divided, the latter
 nationality and Austriafls becoming residents of the town during the last year in the greater numbers.
 The most densely populated sections
 of tho city Are the Stone, Brick and
 Yellow rows. Ives, Chapman. LafAyetts
 :z1one had more between the required ages than North Windham and Wind- hain Center combined.
 The law fn regard to exemptions o1 polls is found iii section 2314 of the General Statutes, and is as follows: "The polls of the following persons shall be exempt from taxation: Stu dents if colleges and Incorporated aeadefnies; the active members of fire engine, hook and ladder and hose cofnpanieb, during their time of sefv- ice; engineers ana members Of any fire department in any city, town CT bof- ough, who shall have served as such for, nvs uonseeutive years In this state and Mh0 shan produce [ certificate of such service signed by the chief engi- neef of Such department, or by the foreman or secretary of the eofnpa- nies in which such service shall have been performed; field and staff off, cers, who being duly uniformed, arm ed and equipped, have legally per formed military service during the year preceding; any officer, musician or private of the active militia conn panies whe shall. on or before the twentieth day of October, annually produce a certificate from the com manding officer of the company to which ~he belongs, that he has per-
 formed military duty, uniformed and equipped according to law, during the
 preceding year or has been prevented from doing the Same hy any fsasona- ble cause; ptreonB who have faithfully served the fuli term of five years in the active militia since 1865 or who pay q military e6rnmutatiol tax, or who seryed Tn the Artny or navy of the United States and were honerably dis charged thertfronA or who were dis char9e4 on account Of wounds -el sickness incurred in such service and In the line of duty, or on account oi the expiration of their terms of serv- irAS