New Britain herald., 1916-07-25
OFFICIALS PREPARE
 7OCLOSE ACCOUNTS
But Three Weeks Remain Bef6re
 s41ss Fiscal Year is Ended .
TOURNAMENT CUPS ARRIVE
Expenses of yarioussDe Departments Wills Not be Above Normal-Trllmbull
 esters Install Officers.-Briefs.

With but three. weeks of the fiscal year remaining, the selectmen and other town officials who have a part in expending the taxpayers contribu- tions to the treasury are making prep arations to close their accounts w hlle the figures have not been tabulated, reports from the different officials rather indicate that the business of the town has been handled during the year in economical fashion ana unless there- are some @5 extraordinary expenses during the next three weeks, the revenue from taxation will prob ably prove sufficient to pay the bllis.
 Increasing the rate of taxation has proven a success during the past few years and the town is now getting into a condition where it's hnanclal standing is a most gratifying improve ment The move makes 1t possible for the men chosen to fill the various offices to spend a little money for needed Improvements without feeRng that they are pushing the town far ther into debt.
 Although the selectmen have taken good care of the highways and have made some badly needed improve ments in different sections Of the town it is not thought that the road expenses will be above normal The other departments, with the exception of the schools, which of necessity cost more to maintain each year, are eX- pected to figure approximately the same as last year, the little saving made in one being offset by an 1n- crease elsewhere.
 Selectman Johnson proposes to close his books on time this year. abon- doning the custom of keeping the account open for a week or two in the hope that certain bills due the town will be paid in time to get them credited on the seIectmen's report. This year, no matter what conditions exist, it is the plan to start another fiscal year immediately after the old one closes. This idea will meet with general approval as the old method was far from businesslike and caused the auditors considerable annoyance besides making interpretation of the annual reports very difficult for the voters.
 Return Homo Soon.
 Continued improvement in the con- dition of John H. TrumbulI, who was operated on for appendicitis at the Hartford hospital a week ago, gives his many friends considerable en- couragement. MT. Trumbull has been steadily gaining in strength and his condition is entirely satisfactory | to the surgeons in attendance. It is expected that the patient will probably be able to leave the hospital Foresters Install. John J. Murphy was again inducted ] into the office of chief ranger at the meeting of Court General Lawton | F. of A., held last evening in Grange hall. With the other officers chosen at the semi-annual meeting he took the obligation from District Deputy A. J. Greener.
 Those who are to be associated with the chief ranger in looking after the business of the court are:
 Sub ChieT Ranger-John J. Skinner
 Recording secretary-James M 1 Prior.
 Senior ohm Pettinato
 Junior woodward-Leon A. Blinn.
 Senior beadle-Harry Rifchin.
 Junior beadle Samuel Gloriant. Lecturer-J. H. Cafferty.
 Tournament Cups Here.
 Silver loving cups, offered by &. S | GWillim and J. H. TrumbulI as tro. 1 phies for the winners of the tennis ! tournament now in progress under the patronage of the Plainville Lawr club, have arrived here and are now on exhibition at Byington's drus store. They are both handsome prizes.
 The larger cup is MT. Gwillims of
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