Milford chronicle., 1922-01-20
new ASSESSMENT
OF ALL PROPERTY
IT,. SALMONS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL
TO MAKE GENERAL ASSESSMENT
OF.TOWNiOF MILFORD.
NAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE
COUNCIL PROPOSES TO HAVE FAIR and
JUSTIASSESSMENT MADE FOR BASIS
OF TAXATION FOR 4 YEARS.

The Town Council of Milford last
week appointed Thomas James Sal
mons, of South Milford, the Assessor
\ who will have the making of the Cen
, eral Assessment of all taxable prop
erty in the incorporate limits of the
town, which assessment when COM
pleted and accepted by Town Coun-
Gil, will be the basis on which the
tax levies for all municipal purposes
will be based for the next four years
in accord with the Charter and Or
dlnanceS of Milford. The Town COun-
Gil also appointed to serve with the
Assessor in the capacity of a review
and advisOrary committee, on the val I.
ues wrote by him and submitted to
them on separate sheets, showing the .
location Of the property, its area and .
character, with all information to de-
fine the actual value of the property
assessed; the committee named was
John w. Herring, G. Thomas Reed and
c. T. w. Williams.
The Assessor will be required to
conform to the requirements of the
law which make it necessary to show
the location of the property by num-
Der or adjoining other property on the
street named; keeping the real, per-
sonal and poll in separate columns.
The real estate is to show approxi-
mately the number of square feet in ]
the lot, the kind of buildings thereon,
their condition and value, so that the {
ADVISORY committee can recognize the +
property and get an idea of what the I
conditions surrounding it are. This t
viii be done by the street unit for
both North and South Milford. +
The work of each day will be hand n
ed over to the Advisory Committee at t
the end of each day, so that they may S
Keep abreast of the work of the as t.
SCISSOR. After the adjustments are fl
completed by the committee, the As C.
SCISSOR will make three complete CO. b.
pies Of the assessment alphabetically W
arranged, and submit them to Town
Council; one of these will be retained fc
BY the Town Council, and the other
WO be hung up in public places, one OF
n North Milford and one in South m
Milford, for public inspection; for 20 m
lays, when the Town Council will sit F.
IS a Court of Appeal to hear any ap- H
'eals from the assessment as made, M
nd make any additions or transfers, 81
T correct any errors, before adopting
he assessment as the General Assess pr
lent for the next four years. Gu
AT the Council session last week, it
'as the expressed desire of all the We
lembers, that the new assessment FIR
nall be fair and equitable to all the no
eople.
Ihe Town Council re-organized last Ja
eek, each member taking the oath of pri
lice and Obligating to carry out the all
.ws as made and provided by the moi
larter and ordinances, as follows: sic
Frank Reedy, mayor, 1 year. tina
Harry Thaw, secretary, 1 year. sec
FINANCE Ommittee-Harry Thaw,
ines L. Davis and Norman Windsor. FIJI
street Committee-James L. Davis,
AIRY Thaw and Leonard Matthews.
Light and Water COMMUNICATIONS
an Windsor, William Murphy and I
~ Pettyjohn. bef
Public Building Committed Council bur
cOmmitte of the whole. age
COmmittee-Frank Rec Mil
, Leonard Matthews and William has
lrphy. into
The Council re-appointed James reta
urtney as chief of police and Robert cate
Wis as night patrolman. fire.
oscar Alderman was re-appointed The
pervisor of streets and special Of stu
er.
resolution was presented and dis Milf
'sed, and then adopted, which set Milf
Tn that all members of Town Coun- Gem
are in favor Of enforcement of all AL
laws, and especially against "boot- amo
ging" liquor traffic. pane
70 permanent plans were adopted fire
10 slreet improvement, but this will to e.
taken up later-after the assess shou
Mt is properly disposed of and other to VI
srests started. hons
was the general opinion of all the whic
nbers-that the Charter and By main
VS. must be revised and be brought on d
to-date and then be printed in to an
lphleI form for the information mess
guidance of all the people. The We
'etary will be directed to assist the new
n attorney, Henry Ridgley, in MAX Fren,
the compilation of the ordinances, the fl
costing rewriting new laws and ly els
lnating all that are now conflict pets
with the Charter and laws of the We
e. This has been needed for sew gest
years, and if the new inspiration ever
not wither, will be performed in ads il
year 1922. III
COURT
OLD IN A FEW LINES firm