Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25
NORWICH GRAND LIST $I7, ,S33.
Increase Shown in Tax Commissions Corbins Figures Just Out-55O Automobiles in Town, Valued at $17O,7O2- New London Shows Good Gain and so Does Putnam State Increase of Seventy-one Millions.

spending change in tax rate is
 bringing the same tax as if registered with the state treasurer and the town is receiving the benefit of the tax.
 which if paid to the state, it would lose. The action was a commend able one, inasmuch as the whole town of Wilmington has benefited by
 having 8 larger grand list, and the
 taxpayers to the extent of having their taxes reduced three quarters.
 The highest tax rate voted in any town in the state on the list of 1915 was in the town of Hartland; name ly, 23 mills.
 Some statistics are furnished re1a- dicate as of October 1, 1915. in the state of Connecticut was 269, Ill male persons. The voting registra- ton in the various towns as given in the report was 230,627s being 38,488 less than the number enrolled for appoint special tax collectors to col lect the personal tax. The estimat- ed total expense of assessment and collection of taxes in all the towns of the state for the last fiscal year of such municipalities was $265,- 872.S4, or about 1 1-2 per cent. of the total amount of all recipts from taxes.
 The detail of tho abe+racts of tax able property on the list of 1915 1T all the towns in the. state is given. The number of dwelling houses, barns, sheds. and adjoining build tngs, house and building lots, stores.
 mills, manufaCtories, acres of land, horses, neat cattle, automobiles, and motor vehicles are furnished, as well
 as the average values. This is the
 first year the tax commissioner has
 required from the town the number and value of automobiles and motor
 vehicles to be given separately from other vehicles. The summary shows that 31. .289 motors vehicles weer list ed for taxation on the list of 1915; F the assessed valuation of the same Is given as $15,296,469. indicating the average assessed value per mo- tor vehicle to be $4S4 The number of motor vehicles registered with the state secretary on October 1, 1915, was 34,893.
 Increases in Many Towns, Many of the towns increased their Fgrand lists during the past year, large increases being made in the following towns:
 Wilmington .................... .636.72 East Hampton .........-....... 72.l8 ] Beacon Falls ...........,..... 60.92 Pennington ................... 52.95 Chaplin ........ ............... 29.79 The average percentage of in crease by all towns over the preced- l ing year was 6.28 per cent. The pamphlet indicates that the [ smallest number of houses are in the town of Marlborough, where only l ninetv-seven were listed for taxa l atiOn; New Haven leads with the larg- ! est or 15,382.
 The lowest average assessed value 1 ner acre of land appears to be in | the town of VoIuntown, $2; the aver i age for the state being $34 per acre l The total number of buildings used i for stores. shops, saloons, theatres 1 banks, halls hotels, offices, garages l eac., is given as 14.452, their average l assessed valuation being $8268. There l were 5,384 mills listed for taxa tion 1 in 1915, to the value of $122 007 S43 1 indicating the average assessed val | nation of the same to be $22,661. It is interesting to note that a | great many people do not take ad. l vantage of the registration and pay fnent to the state treasurer of the special tax of mills which can bt paid on intangible property, but pre- fer to list the same for local taxation | in the towns wherein they reside This fact is noticeable, inasmuch as I$11.4O2.779 is returned by the towT clerks as being the assessed valua.
 ton of this class of property in the local units.
 The average assessed valuation O horses appears to be STA, wherea! S30 is the average value for cow! and other neat cattle.