Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-02

The tranquility and harmony of the adjourned annual town meeting held Monday evening in the town, hall re- ceived a decided jold about ten min utes after the meeting had been call- ed to orderby Chairman Henry H. Pet tis. when an, alteration arose be- tween Herbert M. Lerou and Michael J. Curran. clerk of the board of as- sessors. over. certain, sR tements and intimations, which Mir. Curran claimed Mir. Lerou made on the floor while explaining his course in introducing an amendment to a resolution intro duced by Charles D. Moves. This res golution fixed the salaries of the as- fsessors at $1,00o each with $500 extra for the clerk of the board. Mr. Le- rous amendment fixed the salaries of the assessors at f$1,e00 each with an extra $200 for the clerk. making the and forth across the room thick and fast :. and in several instances Mfr. Curran and Mir. Lerou were taking at the same time necessitating interfer- ence on the part of Chairman Pettis.
 Mir, Curran contended that MT. Le- l rou, in the couse of his remarks. had | ''insulted" the committee appointed by authority of the annual town meeting l last fail to investigate conditions in  l and salary and to report their recom- mendations at the adjourned annual town meeting held Monday night, by 1 intimating that the salary recom- i mendation embodied in their report was for the benefit of the clerk. MT. Curran also took exception to Mir. Le- rou's statement that if the committed s salary recommendation and MT. Moves resolution on the salary question went through that the harmony in the board of assessors would be seriously dis l turbed over the question as to who would serve the board as clerk.
 l. As there appeared to be no abate-
 nent in the altercation which on the contrary grew in inte tsity. while the voters gathered in meeting watched with undissuised interest the course of events. the chair finally took a hand in the matter. reminding the two gen tlemen at odds that the question be. fore the house was the adoption or re- lection of the :aniendrnent. When tht question was put the chair and every hody else were decidedly in doubt as t, the result of the exclamation vote and
 1t was decided to appoint tellc-s ant
 count the vote as the voters r 4 d ir front of the desk. The amendmen
 was lost and NIT. Moves resolution
 was at once, adopted. The only othel matter before the meeting was th'
 laying of the town tax which wal
 fixed at F IA mills. three quarter
 of a mill less than the tax of last year.
 With a fair sized representation O the voters of the town in attendance the meeting was called to order at
 o'clock by Chairman Pettis. towf
 counsel. and the first matter taken ul
 for consideration was the report of tn,
 committee on the neers of the assess iors oTce which was read by Towr I Clerk Charles &. Holbrook. The meet 1 ing accepted the report of the com
 nittee which consisted of Town Clerl
 Charles S. Holbrook. Charles D.
 Moves, Thomas H. Beckley, Arthur E
 Story. ad Barnet Davidson. The re,
 port has already been made public through the columns of The Bulletin.
 Charles D. Moves then introduced
 and moved the adoption of the follow } ing resolution which was seconded:
 Resolved. That the salary of tn
 board of assessors shall be $1.000 each
 and an extra sum of $500 for clerk o
 said board. which clerk shall b chosen by the board from one of thei II own members. Said sum of $500 t
 cover all the clerical duties necessar to be performed by said board. ant
 said clerk sfnall be on duty durini the business hours of, each bushes day. of the year.
 Resolved, That a sum not to excee
 $1 900 be. and the same hereby Is ap
 propriated for the hoard of assessor
 to purchase the equipment and neces sary supplies for the office of tn board, as recommended by the specia