New Britain herald., 1916-10-10

motion was that the selectmen be per mitted to take an amount not in ex- cess of $40O or not more than fif teen per cent. of the highway apprO priation and use the same in helping to defray the expense of building new sidewalks, the town to give property owners making such improvements T sum equal to one-fourth of what they have to pay for the work
 MT. GWillim explained that first come will be first served, providing the improvement they contemplate has the approval of the selectmen, and when the money is used up, oth CTS who want to lay sidewalks will have to wait until the next year. He believed that such an arrangement would go a long way toward getting the extension of cement walks
 John E. Lamb, John Larson, N. E. Clark and A. H. CondeH expressed similar sentiments and all made pleas for the passage of the resolu- tion Mr. Larson had some minor ob- jections but favored the general idea. P. J. Prior also liked the plan of having more sidewalks laid but he didn't agree with the method sug gested. He thought the matter should be left with the sewer district which could order the construction of walks and lay a tax to cover the amount expended for them. MT. GWillim's resolution, he said, would make it possible for some one in Mountain View or other outlying sec tions to get the town to help pay for walks in front of their property while others living in different districts would be left in the cold because of their tardiness in making application. This, he thought, might cause some ill-feeling.
 The resolution was adopted by 9 substantial vote.
 MT. Larson offered a resolution that the first selectman's salary be made $1,O00 a year. MT. Prior contended that the motion could not be properly acted on at the meeting as no men, tion of the matter was contained in the call. Se1ectman Johnson was Of the same opinion and anyway, he said, he didn't know as he wanted any raise this year Chairman Gwillim ruled the motion out of order
 On A. H. Condell's motion it was voted to defer consideration of the tax rate question until January 8, Chairman Gwillim reminded the meet ing that no action had been taken on the police question but no one VOL unteered to start something'' and a motion of MT. Larson to adjourn was carried
 The Special Meeting.
 After the annual meeting had ad- journed a number started to leave the hall but they were called back by leaders of the opposition to the voting machines. When the returned to their seats Postmaster Prior offered a reso- lut1on permitting the voters to experi- ment with machines at the election of November 7, assembling again on November 20 to register as to whether the mechanical system will be per- manent here.
 He explained how many voters are dlsfr2nch1sed annually because of the complicated ballot now in use. He also called attention to the possibili- ties of crooked work and argued that both objectiOnal features would be eliminated if the voting machine was adopted. He read letters from many places in which the machines are in use in which praise of them was given
 Joseph T. Mccarthy moved to ad- jouCn and Chairman Gwillim pre- pared to put the suggestion to a vote when A. H. Condell advised that according to his interpretation of par liamentary law a motion to adjourn is not in order when sufficient time has not been given for proper con-