Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04


 apport of poor ..l.s.s....... 5000 l Ospital appropriation ...... 500 ri1taAg and advertising . 100 1 are shade trees ss.............. 200 l tate tax 19,000 ! aterest ...,......5 ............. 25,000 l miscellaneous .... 5000 sssessors plat ........... 500 Highways ....... s........... 45,000 Total .......... ...s..... s235 ,20e The annual reports of the school
 otnmittee the treasurer, ovefseer of he poor and water commissioners fere received, fully audited, and. were | ccepted and approved by the meet 1g The financial report on schools
 ,howed total receipts of vi, ,S05.08 and expenditures. $77,253.3l, . leavihg jalancs of $5t47 The committee lsked for an additional appropriation f $ZS 600, to be expended in the nain to meet the revised schedule or teachers salaries There is urgent 1 leed of additional quarters at Pleas l mt street, at Bradford, the Industrial l sthool and Elm street. A speciai ap- erupriation of s5000 was asked for a w0- roofn portable building at Pleas | int street.
 The report of Treasurer James M. oendleton showed receipts of s1,a53,- l l6929, and expenditures ;- of 31,21s,- I,H, with a balance of $19,2s5.72 The l -otal debt is $75f, ,12s 4s. the increase 'or the past twelve months being l sf21, ,o75.86.
 James M. Pendleton, for the town council, presented the budget as pre- l pared by the council. On motion of l 3eorge A. Dolan the items were act 4d upon separately. All passed with put objection. Tn behalf of the South County Rod and Gun club, Mir. Do- an moved for an appropriation of | $500 for bounties on foxes, wood ducks and hawks, killed within the ] lmits of the town. The motion pre- vailed.
 A vote was passed authorizing the town council to exempt from taxation l for period of ten years, new indus tries located in the town. A resolution was presented chang .ng the tax rate from 19 mills to 25 mills. George B. Utter said there ought to be some discussion on the tax rate. He declared the valua tions were not what they should be, and spoke in, favor of actual valuation and lower tax rate. With proper val uations. there would be no need for a assessors. The valuation is all. too
 
 erly, but at Watch Hill.
 James N. Pendleton, without enter ing into the merits of. the case, said if we raise property to full value we could not raise enough money to meet the appropriations made tonight. He said no action could be taken to com pei assessors to raise valuation, but the meeting can fix the rate. He fa- vored giving the 25 mills trial. es- iQ Il c q Sary. If property was taxed above it's value, the owner could have legal redress.
 The town meeting frequently makes appropriation and makes no provision 10 meet it.. He favored the 25 mill tax. The resolution passed f.
 rally without dissenting vote. A vote was passed authorizing the treasurer to have such monies as may l he necessary.
 In the matter of the sale of River 1 side park to the Ninigret company, 1 a resolution was adopted in favor of l the transfer, for the sum of s600U, the l land to be used for nanufa curing 1 purposes; and that before the deed is l delivered it shall be approved by the town council and shall contain such l provisions and stipulations as the town council shall deem necessary
 and proper
 It was also voted that the $6,ooo I shall be paid to the town treasurer Il and be kept as a separate fund and I that the sum be expended under the I direction of the town council, and be
 subject to its order for the purchase 1 of other land and used for the same purposes as is Riverside park, the same as the property is designated in | the transfer of the land from the 1 Westerly Playground association to
 the town of Westerly.
 The project was explained in de-
 tail, Harry B. Agard, representing the
 Ninigret company. stating in stib-
 stance that Charles s. Fowler has
 said in regard to the new industry. He said another tract of land, better
 adapted for a playground, was in i view, and could be purchased at a sum less than $6o00. There was no
 objection to the proposition.
 Arthur NJ. Cottrell representing the Old Home Week committee, offered a l resolution, giving to the town in trust i the linexpended balance of s1592, as l the nucleus for a suitable memorial to
 the men who served in the armed forces from the c6mmunity in the world war. The resolution prevailed.
 A resolution was passed in favor ef
 daylight saving; and that the dele
 gation from Westerly be urged to ia i vor the passage of such a measure by the state assembly.
 The Washington Trust Company,
 administrator of the estate of Louise l D. Hoxie, made it's first and final
 report to the Westerly probate court, l Judge Edward M. Burke Tuesday af-
 tefnoon. The estate showed a valua-
 ton of s1,156, ,2S7.s1 The report wa s approved and ordered recorded. The will of Milo M Clarke was as- | rnltted to probate and his widow. Clara Vincent Brand Clarke. who is i sole beneficiary under the will. was confirmed as executrix. Bond SIP .eeO, l Eug rene B. Pendleton was appointed appraiser. The will of George r. Barbour was continued to Thursday
 and the wills of Thomas McNeeney
 and Walter Bennett to Feb. r. The petition for the appointment of a guardian of the person and estate l of William LuBban. and also peti- 1 ton for the appointment of a guar dian of the estates of these minor
 children, Florence, Louis, Josephine
 and Paolo Ginliano, were continued to Il Feb. IT.
 Inventories were received and or
 dered recorded in the estates of Gill; bert Cutler and David F. Stillnaan. Ednah E. Toilette was appointed as ] administratrix of the estate of MArx
 A. Perry. Bond sS0ao. Eugene B.
 Pendleton, appraiser.
 To make way for industrial increase
 on a big scale, that will double the "a Ta cifF If thA Pa sra fIick rlaDt of tLS