Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-07
COLUMBIA TOWN MEETING
 ACCEPTS COMMITTEES REPORT
Special to The Bulletin.)

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 Columbia, Nov 6.-An adjourned town meeting was held on Saturday afternoon to consider and act upon the report Of the special committee appointed to re- appraise the real estate in town. The town hall was filled to it's capacity, full ly one-half being women. The chair man of the meeting not being present, several persons were nominated for the office, but all excepting D. A. Lyman, declined and. he was elected to the posi- tion The town clerk H. P. Collins, read the call for the meeting after which he made statement regarding the work the committee had accomplished, claiming that valuations In town were on a more equitable basis than in the past, which had been accomplished by careful survey of all the property in town. He stated that 279 lists had been handed in, on which the ratio on 76 had been increased over the assess ors' values, varying from 2 to 100 per cent. and lowered on POS lists from 19 to 65 per cent. He also stated that a 12h mill tax on the full valuation should raise the required tax for the year, as> 15 mills did last year, levied on a three-quarter valuation.
 | The subject being open for discussion | Selectman Henry B. Hutehins took the | floor and stated that the appraisal was not fair market value as claimed. cit ing many cases on which the values were lappareptly unfair He was followed by Fred Abell, William Wolff, Mrs. Ethel Blakeley, Chester Lyman, Lucius Robin son, w. c. Robinson, Charles K. Hitch cock. and others, all of whom mentioned cases of apparent wrong in the apprais- al value of property as well as in the comparative value of adjoining or neigh boring property. The listed %Slues oi some places were continually referred to as being in the list for much less than other places claimed to be of | equal value.
 One man stated that he was glad tc know that his property had suddenly in creased in value to $10,000. nearly twice the previous value, while another char acterized the work of the committee a. nothing but a lot of punk.
 Scarcely any defense was made by thu committee in support of the report rend cred excepting that they considered i | fair and that an assessment on a piec' of property should be looked upon a! a whole, and not upon \the separate buildings land, etc, comprising the prop erty also that location had nothing t do with the comparation value of th property Still their report was mad
 
 and acceptance.
 After a discussion of nearly two hours Ia motion was made and carried by vote of 67 to 41 to accept the report o the committee and report f to the as sessors. with the recommendation that be made the lIasis of the next assess ment
 A motion to pay the committee S20 for their services. was, also carried, bu was stenuously objected ito by some; in cluding ladies.
 Miss J. M. Dresser and her sister, MT: Randall, who have been spending tn summer and. fall at their cottage in towT
 left last week for their home in Hart ] ford
 . Miss Fleurette Bengle of Springfield .who was the school teacher on Chest
 nut Hill last year, and member of th , grange was granted a demit at the laS meeting of the grange.
 Miss Louisa Roger, summer res dent in town, spent a portion of last wee : with friends in South Covenery,
 F. $. Russell, school supervisor fr <, r this district states that two of tf
 schools in town have already felt tt l 1 loss of the aid of school nurse,
 eradloating communicable diseases. F . also states that the teachers and supe l visor have one aim in view-Co-oper; tion Each to keep the good points ul permost as one can do his best wo1
 while fostering the spirit of good wi ever proving that unity is strength. , Mir. and Mrs chas W. Bailey of We
 street., have closed. tnelr house for tl n winter and are living in Andover ne; n their daughter, Sarah Merritt.