Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-15

included in the s9,500 appropriation and | which must be paid. The mayor said 1 there was no way to take care of it ex- cept by special meeting or by the con- tingent fund and he felt that the con- tingent fund was not in shape to take care of this extra item.
 Who has charge of the court house2 asked John McNiliams. Isn't there some committee?
 It is my belief that the court house comes under the mayor, seectrnen and county commissioners, answered Mayor Lerou.
 MT. Fields moved that the court hflse appropriation be increased to $l2,s0o to take care of the si,oee extra and the s2,4oo insurance item. The ap- propriation was voted as increased. s1,So0 for Election Expenses. The next increase voted was for the | item for election expenses, which was 1 made S1,300 instead of $1,0o0 as listed in the estimates. Touching on the matter or election expenses the mayor said i there has been an overdraft for | number of years. Last year the over l draft was $so and he said he under | stands that this year the bill will be about $1,300.
 l Charles S. Holbrook, town clerk. moy | x
 and it was so voted.
 | All the items in the finance department with the exception of the contingent | fund item, were voted at one time the contingent fund being taken up separate | ly.
 Joseph T. Tanning. corporation coua- 1 sei said petition had come to his atten- tlen for an appropriation for the play- grounds and he suggested that $500 might | De withdrawn from the contingent fund 1 10 provide the appropriation asked for. l It IS settled in my mind that the present amount of the contingent fund is
 not sufficent said the mayor and he ar5d- ed that he would entertain a motion to 1 increase the amount
 MT. Tanning moved that the contingent tund be increased to S13.00O and inc | increase was voted by the meeting l Increase For Firemen and Police. The regular appropriations being dis. posed Of the meeting took up the extras
 The first on the list, S30,000 for the 1 North Main street and Boswell avenue
 roadway, was indefinitely postponed A
 motion was made to indefinitely postpone
 the S7,O0O appropriation for an Elgin street sweeper. Charles F. Wells wanted 10 Know what the reason for the motion was. You will save the price of that -' e'N sNdAS' HH Sdlu. IT there was ever time you need a sweeper. ii
 IS now. A vote was taken on the mo. ton to indefinitely postpone, and the motion was lost Mir. Wells moved that | Sf,00O be appropriated for the sweeper
 and the motion was carried
 An appropriation of S10,455 was voted 1 to provide an increase of one dollar q
 day for the policemen and ;lother ap. propriation for S9,S55 proviC.ag an in.
 crease of s1 a day for the fremen wa also voted
 On motion of Joseph A. George an an
 propriation of s1,2Oo was voted to pro
 vide public comfort station for women
 and motion by Joseph T. Tanning te
 the effect that the sum of $500 be useC
 for maintaining playgrounds, was car ried
 1 John Barry raised the question as t,
 why the supernumerary policemen do
 not receive the same pay as the regular, m
 when they perform exactly the same
 duties in substituting for the regular men. MT. Barry said that heretofore tn,
 regular men have been receiving s4 ;
 day while the supernumeraries received
 put $3,T5. He felt they are entitled tS
 the same pay as the regular men. John McWilliams moved that the in
 crease for supernumeraries be the sam,
 as for the regular men. There was som, | --ONNSNOAN
 whether or not an increase had beer
 provided for the supernumeraries. MT
 Tanning informed the meeting that tn,
 city charter provides that the nav e
 policemen shall be fixed by the court O
 common council and said the matter
 could be safely taken care of by tn,
 council. It was finally decided to leav,
 the matter with the council. opinion eyi
 dentlF faVoring the same salary for su
 pernumeraries as for the regular men.
 The following resolutions presented
 by MT. Tanning were adopted:
 That a tax of eighteen and three-a1ar r
 ters mills on the dollar be, and the sam l is hereby laid on the list of the City 0 Norwich last made. payable to the cit collector on the 11th day of Octebe , 1920, to meet the expenses of the cit , for the current fiscal year upon the esti
 mates approved and the appropriation
 authorized at this meeting That the compensation of the tax col } lector be one per cent of the tax collect ed by him.
 l The following resolution introduced b
 MT. Tanning caused some discussion be
 fore it was finally adopted: That the grant from the City of Nor Wich to George E. Pitcher of a sma , parcel of land on North Thames stree said grant being dated June l, 1927 signed by J. J. Desmond, mayor, an sealed with the city seal, be and tn same is approved.
 n MT. Pitcher explained the matte
 briefly.
 t MT. Wells asked what the considers s tion was and was informed that it ,. S75. MT. Wells said he had looked tt d land over and it is worth more. q F. Q. Aubrey said s15o was a ia d price
 MT. Pitcher said that SIS was abo, f three times what the land cost the cit, - MT. Tanning said he was not familis t with the value of the land c The chair maintained that the dii l. cussion was on the adoption or rejectic e of the resolution and not on the walt v of the land The resolution was the 2 adopted.
 2 The adoption of the following resol, r tions introduced by MT. Tanning con Q pleted the business before the meetir
 which adjourned about 9.S0 o'clock: il That the sum of $500 to be used f. : maintaining playgrounds as voted, < paid from the contingent fund e That the court of common council ,t the city of Norwich be, and it is heret = authorized to make the appropriation d requisite to pay the expenses of the cf e in accordance with the estimates al 'I proved by this meeting.
 That sanction is hereby given to u '' borrowing for the gas and electrical d
 pertinent, in anticipation of it's ordinal , revenue, of such sum or sums, not e ceeding in the aggregate fifty thousaI ?, dollars, as may be necessary from tin u to time to pay the running expenses rt satd department, the sums so borFowe
 principal and interest to be repaid fro
 said revenue, before the end of the city