Putnam patriot., 1916-09-22
COUNTY TAX
First Since 1903 Is To Be Levied in Windham County 10 Meet Extra,
 ordinary Expenses
Meeting of Senators and Representatives
 Vote 10 Raise s20, 600

! from the fifteen towns in Windham county met at the superior court room in Putnam Tuesday morning and rot. ed to raise the sum of s20, 900 by taxa tion. This tax Is 10 be due and pay able on or before the first of April, 1917.
 This money is needed to cover in 1 debtedness arising from expenditures previously voted for improving county | property and for increased expenses | which the state has placed upon the counties. In this latter class is 5000 | for the salary of the sealer of weights and measures, 5000 for the Windham County Farmers Association, $500 for the bar library, 5000 for tuition of children at the County Home and a quarter of the expense of fighting for sst fires.
 Unusual expenditures previously voted include sS000 for improvements at the county jail at Brooklyn and E., ,- 100 for motor truck for the jail.
 The receipts to September have been S3l ,659.7S and approximate expendi- lures of S34 C61 10 leaving a deficit of $2, ,40l B.. With other bills yet to come in, the accumulated debt will amount to approximately B, 400, added 10 the original county debt will make a total of about Sl3,O 900.
 The resolution, unanimously passed by the meeting, was AS follows:
 "Thst it is hereby determined and voted by the senators and representa- tives of Windham county that the sum of $20, 900 be raised by q county tax to meet the expenses of the county of Nindhsm already incurred, and the debts of said county, including notes and outstanding orders and for the expenses of the county to be incur. red from this date to September 30th, | 1917, including the expense of build | ing and improvement of the county property already voted; and tax of | said sum of S20, 900 is hereby imposed | upon the towns and said county of
 
 paid by each town in proportion to the | total revenue received yearly from di- 1 rect taxation in each town, including that received by all taxing districts | therein, as averaged for the three fiscal years next proceeding, is to the total | revenue so received for such time as averaged in ali towns in said Wind ham county and fully in accordance with the statute laws of this state, whatever the same may be; said tax as so apportioned to be due and payable to the treasurer of said Windham county on the first day Of April, 19f7." At adjournment County Commis sioner F.. II. Gorttis invited the dele gates to a dinner at the County Home, | the trip being made in automobiles. | Those present at the meeting were; Senator lThompson, Pomfret; Repre- sentatives Chesbro and Peckham, | Windham; Baker, Canterbury; Mac | donald and Plessis, Putnam; May and Riteh, Woodstock; Congdon, Sterling Glszier, Hampton; Ash, Pomfret; Backus, Thompson Adams, Plaintield Back, Killingly; Sheriff C. A. Gates, | Willimantic; County Commissioners Lafrance, Dady, Corltis.
 | It was stated by Representative H. E. Back of Killingly that the state had been adding more and more bur dens on the county. He deplored the situation which, he said, could not be helped. He also said that in the towns of the county which contain cities or boroughs larger tax will be paid as the city and town tax will be comput. ed in getting al the towns proportion. ate share. It Is expected that the share each town will be called upon to pay will be computed in the office of the state tax commissioner and it i, anticipated will add one.half to one. third of a mill to the tax in the smaller towns and possibly mill on towns with dual government.