Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

VaiueQ at Sf50SOSS0oI dH 1N0IcI5S Oi VAs~ 661 apiece. 6i factories are valued at $4. 226, 800. an average of $69,283. The 13,07S acres are valued at $571, ,670, or or s43 an acre, and $50 automobiles mount up to S17,702, which makes each one worth $31O. Carriages and wagons are placed at $42,875. The to- tai 1915 grand list is $17,747,933, a per- centage increase over the year pre- ceding of .92 per cent
 New London's grand list is $22,221,- 945. an increase during the year of 5.47 per cent. Salem's grand list jumped 10 per cent, and is $271,9 ,932..
 Windhams grand list increased .72 per cent, being now S14, ,457 510 while Putnam gained 9.46 per cent mount ing to $4,230,174. Chaplin shows the marked rise of 29.79 per cent, and its grand list is $237.677.
 The complete grand list for the en- tire state as returned by the towns for the year of 1915 is S1,176, ,514, ,713, an increase of $71, ,433, 300 over the list of 1914.
 The shortest time occupied by as- sessors in assessment work was in the towns of Andover, where three days were given to receiving lists an determining assessed valuation of property. In Marlborough and Bozrah, only four days were spent in service, where as the maximum time of one year was devoted to the work in Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Waterbury, Norwich, Bridge port and Stamford.
 Compensation of such officials in making up the list of 1915 varied from $131 per day which was paid in the town of Hebron to $2,500 per year the salary given to assessors | in the city of Hartford.
 Least Lists in Andover. The smallest number of individual | A Andover, whereas New Haven had the largest number of individual lists, namely 16,890.
 New Haven leads with the largest grand Iist. namely $155,681 221, while Marlborough has the smallest grand list. or $155.801. The smallest number of nonresident lists of tax able property was in the town of North Canaan. where there were but thirty-fOur. Milford seems to have 1 the largest number of nonresident l taxpavers of any town in the state, 2.A22.
 It is interesting to note that the average. number of days of service | by all assessors in the state was forty-one days; the average compen- l satiOn, $294 per day: and the total number Of taxable lists, 214,77S. The l pamphlet contains data furnished by l assessors relative to the percentages which in their opinion the assessed valuations of land and buiIdigs in | the various towns bear to fair mar | ket values of the same The aver | age alleged percentage appears to be ] 90 per cent. The tax commissioner ] however, calls ( special attention to i She fact that the percentages as i furnished in the reports are not ] considered authentic by the state, l but are those reported by local tax | officials.
 The boards of relief of the various l towns. which are required to equalize i and adjust assessments for taxation ] purposes in some instances worked l only one day. Gs in the towns of l Eastford and Wolcott. and two days | in the towns of Bethany, East Ha- ] ven, Brdgewater, Chester, Killing worth and Bolton, whereas thirty six days were devoted to this work by the board of relief of Bridgeport The average number of days Oc- i cuied by such work I'll all the towns | was seven.
 The compensation paid to mem bars of the boards O. relief for their work varies quite as much as that
 paid to the assessOrs-S1 per day
 being paid in the town of AndOver
 whereas in the city of Hartford such officials receive a compensation Ot
 S20 per day. The average cOmpen-
 sation for each official in the state ' was S318. as compared with the 2
 of $2.94 per day.
 The 1egislature of 1915 enacted Q
 law which requires all the towns tC
 pay the assessors and members Ot the board of relief at least $2.50 per
 day but this law appears to be ignored by sixty -four towns, which
 appear to be paying less than $2.5C each per day
 1 The total number of lists reduced
 by boards of relief was SIPS which
 reduction amounted to $3,S82,O21. In the equalization Of valuations it is sometimes necessary for boards
 of relief to increase assessments and statistics show that 1.440 lists 1 were increased by boards of relief tC the amount of S4.546,3 309
 ] Statistics relative to the collection of taxes in the various towns show the various dates when taxes become
 due. the compensation paid to col lectors, and general information relative to the collected and unCOl- Iected taxes, as well as to tre list of
 what year they extend back.
 Some tax collectors are paid 3
 commission for the collection ot
 taxes, ranging from Is per cent. ir
 the town of Killingly and 2-5 per
 cent in the town Of Thompson tc ? t-2 per. cent in the town of Volun-
 Eastford, Hampton@ and Woodstock
 to S4,00O in the cities of Hartford
 and New Haven
 Got All Taxes in Towns.
 The pamphlet indicates that there
 are only seven towns in this state
 where on April 1, 1916, all taxes levied on the list of October, 1914
 were collected: namely, the towns l of Goshen, Norfolk, Torrington
 Winchester, Clinton, Essex and Say
 brook
 The total amount of taxes collected
 throughout the state on the list o-
 1914 on the mentioned date
 was 93.4 per cent. or $16, 303, 966.24
 The total amount of taxes uncol,
 lected on April 1, which were levied
 on the list of 1914. was $1,135, 101.12 1 whedeas the total of all uncollecte(
 taxes throughout the state on al
 lists amounted to $2,651, ,703.94.
 The lowest tax rate levied on tht
 list of 1915 was in the town of Will
 ington. where the rate voted was bu
 mills, the lowest tax rate which ha!
 obtained in any town in the state O.
 Connecticut for a number of years
 On the previous years list. the ta1
 rate voted in the latter town was 2
 mills. Its grand list, however il
 1915 was increased 63672 per cent
 the largest increase ever made in tn,
 grand list of any town in the stat