Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-11

prevailed until today and we have been | coming here year after year and appro- l priating s2.100 for the first selectman's | salary.
 MT. Moves spoke of the city manager plan which is being put into effect in | New London and said he had heard of i no salary less than s10,000 named for l the city manager in that town.
 The first selectman, he said, has great power. He employs his own clerk. This calls for a capable clerk and you can't get capable clerk for Cess than $500 8 year. How much does the first se- lectman get? Figure it out. The first selectman doesn't get a living salary. You must have confidence in him or you wouldn't have elected him. I move that the first selectman's salary be S3,000, said MT. Moves in conclusion, his mo- tion being an amendment to the original resolution. The amendment was carried after which the original motion as amended was voted.
 By a resolution introduced by T. c. Murphy and adopted by the meeting, the town authorizes the selectmen to borrow a sum not to exceed $325,000 in such sums and at such times during the coming twe've months as may be necessary to defray the debts Of the town in anticipation of the town tax.
 
 ing and closing of the polls in the sev- eral voting districts at future town cleo tions was next taken up. The chairman called attention to the present hours which were from 5.30 a. m. to D. m The chairman said that his understand ing of the statute Is that the meeting could shorten the hours but could not lengthen them after o'clock.
 w. W. Ives moved the polling hours ho f~@ e kl1Ns- 11N1st ening the polling period one hour and half. The motion was carried.
 Deeds Are Accepted.
 The next matter on the list was that l regarding the acceptance by the town of deeds of certain parcels of land on 1 the GaHows Hill road, the property of Daniel Shea, John D. Nolan, Arthur A. Mitchell and Charles P. Bushnell | George N. Beardow of Taftville pre- sented a resolution by which the town accepts the deeds. Chairman Pettis ex- plained the matter by saying that the state highway department has taken over the Ga,lows Hill road and is put Hing in a state highway between Taft | vile and Norwich Town. The layous of road has been changed somewhat, mak- ing it necessary to take over certain | small parcels of land. No money is ne | C6SSdTy as the cost or taxing over the and has been paid out of last years highway appropriation. Chairman Pet tis, said he thought it only fair for the meeting to know that Selectman Charles P. Bushnell has deeded several parcels | of the land necessary for the improve ment and has not charged the town a cent (Aprjlause.)
 MT. Beardow's resolution was adopted.
 Extras Are Voted.
 By resolution introduced by General William A. Aiken the meeting appro- priated the usual s4,5O0 to assist in the maintenance of the Otis Library during the coming year.
 1 The meeting then appropriated a sum not to exceed S27.00 to relieve the par ents and guardians of pupils residing in the town and attending the Norwich Free Academy from payment of the customary term fees at the Academy during the school year, 1921-1922
 Favorable action was taken on the petition requesting an appropriation of a sum not to exceed S30e to provide supplies for the use of Taftville Fire Company No. 2. Corporation Counsel Edwin W. Higgins presented resolu- tion which he said is similar to the res olution passed in 1899 with reference tc the Yantic fire department, It differs from the Yantic resolution in that the
 Yantie resolution is unlimited, the mat
 ter of approval of expense items being left entirely with the good judgment Of the selectnen. The resolution intro | duced by MT. Higgins provides that ir December of each year the town
 through the selectmen. shall provide fol
 Taftville Fire Company No. g. sucf
 supplies as may be necessary, up to ant
 including SSoo. The resolution wa.
 voted. Hereafter the $500 item for tht
 Taftville fire company will appear witi
 the list of estimated expenses of the
 town.
 For Memorial to War Veterans.
 By a resolution introduced by Dr.
 John s. B,aekmar and adopted by the
 meeting a sum not to exceed s3,500 i
 appropriated for the purpose of provid
 ing a memorial for the veterans of tn, World war. The same resolution au
 thorizes the selectmen to appoint g committee of not more than five voteri to select and erect the memorial.
 Medical Inspection in Schools. The s7,5oO appropriation for medica \ Inspection for the children of school az residing in the town came up next. Rev Alexander H. Abbott introduced reso
 lution authorizing the appropriation
 and moved it's adoption. The appropria tion is $2,000 more than last year.
 G. Warren Davis spoke in oppositio, to the s7,500 appropriation, not on tn
 basis of a tax increase, he said, but be cause, as he looked at the matter, 2 steady increase in medical inspection
 appropriations, would bring into tn , home a tendency to destroy the initia
 tive in the care of children by tn A father and mother. MT. Davis said h 1 was not opposing the Red Cross in thi
 matter, either.
 MT. Davis spoke of the origin of mil inspection in Norwich Norwich neve , had adequate milk inspection, he saic When you do it will cost s10,000 O
 e20,O00. I don't believe you need fl Norwich, so far as I know, never ha n an epidemic from milk. Speaking c . medical inspection he said: On wha ! basis is the child put when we emplo a private physician? We invite the ph, ,. sician into our home and he gives U e hls best advice, We accept it Or re .- jeet it. Health inspection in school Y permits a greater power than that l. the private physician. The private ph,
 sieian says, You should do this" IT ,- public physician says. You must d l. this" Let me see these children" 70 am not discussing this matter on tt
 basis of tax increase. It is terrib
 thing to come here and oppose a Re y Cross project. Nevertheless there is e still greater result to come from tn medical inspection. You bring into u ls home a tendency to destroy the initi; II II tive in the care of the children by tf father and mother. I object to the fl II crease in the appropriation.
 Rev. MT. Abbott in support of h