The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-27
NEW DIVISION OF TAXING DISTRICTS
 IS RECOMMEND

Following is the substitute report originated by the committee on Cit ies and Boroughs on the much moot ed Bridgeport tax district conso1i- detion. The report, as will be seen,s provides for considerable enlarge ment of the second district, in sections that have been built up in recent years. The report will be presented to the Senate today.
 Section Tine city Of Bridgeport shall hereafter consist of two dis tricts. The first district shall consist of the territory in the northeriy DOT ton of the city, bounded and de- scrfbed as follows, to wit: Northeast lines of the towns of Trunabull and Stratford; souther1y by a line com mencing at 8 point upon the division line between the towns of Stratford and Bridgeport, 250 fet north of Bos- ton avenue; thence extending westerly parallel with said North avenue to a point 250 feet easterly of Asylum street; thence norther1y parallel with the said Asylum street and 250 feet distant tl1erefrom to point of 250 feet north of Cedar Lane formerly; thence westerly parallel with said road and now or formerly of Horace E. Sco- field; thence northerIy along the east ern boundary of said land and in the same direction to the northerly limit or the c1CY or 6IEQSSPOTI, In04tCC WCSt- erly following the division line be- tween the city of Bridgeport and the town of Trumbul1 to the Housatonic railroad, thence southerly following said Housatonic railroad to aL point 250 feet northerly of the north line of Lindley street; thence northwesterly 25O feet distant from and parallel with said Lind1ey street to the south shore of Seeley's pond and following the said south shore of seeley's pond in a northerly direction to the land of Anna J. Sherwood; thence northerly and westerly upon the division line be- tween said land and the land of Park cemetery and the land of George French to the land of Frank N. HIg- gins; thence northerly along said boundary lines between said Frencn and said Higgins lands to the north east corner of the land of said Hig- gins; thence northerly from the north east corner of the land of Said a1g- gins by a line parallel with Beech mont avenue and North Main street and equally distant therefron to the center Of the Frenchtown road; thence westerly upon said road to North Main street and extending in the same d1- rection 25O feet west of the west line of Main street; thence southerly 25o feet westerly of and parallel to Main street along said Jewett avenue and in a. straight line therefrom to the Fair field line and westerly by the Fairfield town line.
 Section 2-An of the remainder of said City of Bridgeport shall be the
 Second district.
 Section 3-Said First district shah bear the proportionate part which it's grand list bears to the grand list of both districts of the expense Of caring for the town poor, the schools of said town, the public library there of the board of assessors, the town clerks office, the expenses of cleo ton, the city court, the salaries of the registrars and their expenses, all of the original debt of the town Of Bridgeport, and such debt as has subsequently been incurred by the First district of the City of Bridge port, and in addition thereto shall pay for all moneys expended upon the highways within its limits. and for lighting and sewering the same, so far as it shall be done, and shall
 receive credit for it's proportionate credited to said first district as it now exists, and in addition thereto the receipts from the City court.
 All of the other expenses of every sort and nature of the city of Bridge port shall be borne by the Second dis triet, provided that no portion of the city annexed to the Second district by this act shall be obliged to pay a greater tax rate. than the First dis trict, hereby created, until the streets in front of the property in said an nexed portion shall be graded and worked, lighted, severed and furnish ed with fire protection and provided none of the ordinances of the present city of Bridgeport shall apply to or have any force in the First district hereby created.