Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-10
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT
 EXPERT TO EPEAK HERE

The directors of the Chamber of Com rnerce held a meeting in the Wauregan Hotel Friday at 1915 p. m., nine di- rectors being present as well as Pres ident Lucius Briggs, of the Norich Ro- tary Clubw.
 Preparations are ping made for stock taking week, so-called, to be made by the American City Bureau during the week commencing September 19. Officials of the bureau will come to Norwich to make an investigation of the activities of the Chamber of Commerce during the past year, as the local chamber was reorgan- ized by the bureau last September Plans will also be made to secure new members for the chamber, as well as to investigate the delinquents during the past fiscal year. The fiscal year of the Chamber of Commerce begins October first, and a re- port of the years activities of the Nor l wich Chamber of Commerce will be made public within a short time
 The engagement of the United States Marine Band by the local chamber in conjunction with other organizations, was
 discussed duNng the meeting The 1 United States Barine Band is to give a
 concert tour through New England, the | first in nine years, for a limited time. | and an engagement has been made for
 Monday evening, October 24. This band is engaged purely as civic effort, it Ibeing the purpose of the local Chamber of Commerce to give the people of this | community an opportunity to hear what
 is considered without question, the finest | band in the country at exactly cost price. The United States Marine Ba1k Is the presidents official band, and is maintained by the government at a large expense. No musician can join this band l,Y., l. ments and the average term of the mu.
 sicians in the band is nineteen years
 As was stated before, the prime pur
 pose is to give the people of Norwich
 an opportunity to hear this first clasi
 band at cost price, No effort whatever
 being made to make any profit.
 , Lawson Purdy, former president of tn
 National Municipal League, for clever
 years president of the department 0
 taxes and assessments of the city O New York, and now general director o the charity organization society of Net York City has been engaged by the di rectors to deliver an address on req estate assessments on Tuesday evenin. September 20. It was voted that. thi : meeting should be an open meeting, UT
 der the auspices of the chamber in orde 9 that every interested taxpayer in tn f city and town of Norwich can have tn opportunity of listening to Mir Purd, t who is universally acknowledged through out the country as an authority on rel estate assessments. The meeting will, i all probability, be held in the town hal = and all interested in this sui S7ct are if l vited to hear Mir. Purdy.
 Through the recommendations of tf = street. committee of the chamber the d . rectors have, on several occasions, II ). quested that the loaded garbage teSn q should be covered while passing throua d the streets to the dumps. This matt, r is still being considered by the Board
 directors and the public works conmi - tee of the common council.
 e Arrangements are also being made f. l. the election of six directors for the el e suing year. The election will be ca $ ried on on purey democratic lines, il e membership making their nomination n and elections by ballot. At the ele lt tion of the present board of twelve q y rectors, the six highest under the co 'f stitution and bylaws will serve two yea
 thus necessitating the election of z j. new directors during the next mon W who will serve for a term of two year l. President Charles F. Wells was q ,. powered to employ a competent audit er to audit the books of the chamber duril l. the past year. so that an authoritati
 financial statement will be made to [
 membership and the public at large. T
 American City Bureau officials will COT n to Norwich on Monday, September and remain the entire week which is pa so of their contract with the board or re rectors and which will entail no c D. pense of any nature to the local organiz aS tion.