Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-22
TOWN TAX OF IS MILLS
Voted in Annual Town Meetng-s Same Rate as Last Year Care of Highways is Left to Selectmen-Annual Re ports of All Town Officers Accepted Meeting Was SIimly Attended

In the Preston town hall on Mon day afternoon the annual meeting or the town was held with an attendance of about 30. Everett F. Barnes was moderator and Georve V. Shedd was clerk.
 The annual reports of the selectrnen, treasurer, school committee, tax col lector, and health officer for the year sented in printed form and were all accepted.
 Matters in the call for the meeting were next taken up in order and It was voted to put the care of the high- ways in the hands of the sefectmen, the same as had been done in the pre- ceding year.
 E Upon the matter of abatement of taxes on the 1914 list, it was voted to defer this to the next annual town meeting of the town.
 Laid 1s Mill Tax.
 A tax of IS mills, which was the same as last year was laid and the compensation of the town officers was made the same as last year.
 The selectmen were authorized to borrow such sum of money as they needed to conduct the business or the town.
 One school matter was brought up regarding the schooling of the children in districts Nos. 4, 6, and 12 in which there are frequently children from the town of Ledyard attending school while at the same time there are Pres ton children who go to some Of the Ledyard schools.
 The schools affected are at Poque- tanuck, Brewsters Neck and Preston Plains. Some time ago the town or Ledyard appointed one of its citizens to confer with Preston on this ques-
 
 proposition would probably be made that the two towns allow the children to attend the convenient school, with out either town making a charge against the other.
 The town meeting left the whole matter to the town school committee and ofter this business had been transacted the meeting adjourned SeIeetmen's Report. In the selectmen's report 1t was shown that their total expenditures Of ss,2s1.33 had included $3.4S3.69 on highway and bridge account $775.08 on poor and insane account, $192.SS on sal aries and expenses of town officers and S3,229.63 on miscellaneous account. In the highway and bridge account the largest item was the sum of $1,167.23 to the state of Connecticut on Tryon road account; $924.S5 was paid to the town of Ledyard for repairs to Poque- tanuck drawbridge. The selectmen, Walter McCImon. R. A. Peckham and William A. Service, also reported that they had abated s14013 and that the bonded debt of the town was $45.o00. at per cent.
 Tax Collector.
 B. F. Bentley, tax collector, made the following report: Collected on list of 1912 after Sept. 1, 1913, s65s:I; amount of tax on list of 1913, $10, ,447.S8; abate- ments. $13S.3S; amount to be collected, $10, ,3O9.55; amount collected and paid to town treasurer. s9,719.35; interest collected, S25.15; amount due, $615.35. There were 57 names on the delin- quent tax list, of which the largest amount. $270. was represented by the Norwich Compressed Air Power com pany.
 Town Treasurer. Town Treasurer George ". Shedd made a detailed report which was summarized as follows: 1913, Sept. l. cash on hand, $4,6s9.s2: 1914, Sept. 1, cash received. s2s,517.11; total. $33.- 186.93; 1914, Sept. 1. to payments, $2S,- 725.40; Sept. 1, balance cash on hand, | $4,461.53; total $33, ,1S6.93; town deposit | in Thames Loan and Trust company, | $3,144.75.
 from Thames Loan and Trust company | to Thames National bank. June 29. 1914. a note for $2,000 was given to the Thames bank, the money | to be used for current expenses of the | town.
 The actual cash balance on hand Sept. 1, available for present use, is l $1,316.7S.
 | Town School Committee. The town school committee. Apple | ton Main chairman. Charles c. Za- | briskie secretary, and Everett P. I Barnes, reported expenditures in the districts as follows: No. 3, Palmer | $3s5.45; No. 1. Peduetanuck, $1,275.37 No. 5. Haskell, $271.65; No. 6, Brews- l ter's Neck, $31S.99; No. 7. Preston City $3f1.10; No. 10. Kimball, s2S6.05, and miscellaneous account $730.71. The past year has brought about l changes helpful to the efficiency of our schools, said the report by Charles C. Zabriskie, secretary. | Needed repairs have been made iu l some of our school buildings, nnaps placed where needed, so that now all | our schools are provided with a fail equipment.
 | The school building in the Fourth district has been completed. to the l satisfaction of the teachers employed l there. as well as the people of oul l town.
 Our corps of teachers have laboree diligently and faithfully and in mos, instances progress and success have attended their efforts.
 Though our schools are not under q state supervisor, they compare very