Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-19

Aug. 90, 1e16
 To take into consideration the ad- visibility of authorizing the selectmen to publish their report before the an nual business meeting of the town.
 To appropriate and provide a sum of money sufficient to maintain and SUD- port the common schools of the town according to the statute laws of the state relating thereto.
 To authorize and direct the select men to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to keep the highways, private ways and bridges in said town in good and sufficient repair for the ensuing year.
 To hear and act upon the petition of Joseph Smith and others for an ap- propriatton of $50 to J. F. TrumbuH post and $50 to Han ok post, G. A. R., to aid in observan Memorial day; also to act on a ike appropriation for the same purpose to Williams post, G. A. R.
 To hear and act upon the petition of Arthur N Nash and others for an pa propriatfon of $25 for Robert Bruclzer camp, U. $. ". w., to aid them in ob- Bervance of Memorial day
 To hear and act upon the petition of William J. Lord and others to dfscon- tinue the office of highway commits sionerS
 To elect a highway commissioner, if required.
 To hear and act upon the petition of Warren e. Randall and others: Re- solved, That the number of the town school committee be three members in place of and instead of six Snernbers as now constituted.
 To act upon the matter of the formal d1scont1nuance of a small parcel of land oD 3he north side of the highway near the Harbor schoolhouse
 To hear and act upon the advisa bil- i11cr 4r, regulate the salaries of the patro1men.
 To grant and levy tax on the as- sessment list of said town, next to be completed, to pay this towns propor- tion of state and county tax, and for the support of it's common schools ant for the repairs of the highways, pri- vate ways and bridges, and for the support of the towns poor, and for all other incidental and necessary ex- penses incurred by said town
 To fix a rate for collecting said tax
 Also to have the full tax list printed in book form for general distribution,
 To empower the selectmen to nego- tiate loans sufficient to pay the neces- sary expenses of said town
 Sele%tmar Fred BoUlter called the meeting to order and Henry A. Stahle presided. Town Clerk Elias B. Hinck- ley read the call for the meeting. Whish included the foregoing ptupos1- tions. All were adopted without op- lIOSIuon unLlI the 18th was reached, the proposition to discontinue the high way commissioners. James E. Lord who headed the petition, spoke in fa- Vor, declaring that the commission was a failure and that 1t would be better to have the duties revert back to the selectnnen, as the five years work by commission was a proven failure. Andrew Fallon also spoke in favor of abolishing the commission, and cited instances in support of his claim. The 18th proposition was then put on it's passage an1 carried. This action made unnecessary a vote on the election Of a highway commits sioner.
 There was more discussion when the 18th proposition was reached. which provided for the reduction of the mem bership of the school committee iron, six to three. Alfred G. Martin moved for indefinite postponement. but the moticn did not prevail Andrew Falron made a long and 2 strong talk against the proposition. He declared that the school work could he best done by a committee of three and that it had l been demonstrated beyond question l that committee of six could not do | the school work with satisfaction to | themselves or the people Ellery | Mawson favored the continuation of ! the committee as at present consti-