New Britain herald., 1924-10-16
BERLIN NEWS
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VI would like 10 say word, said Miss Murray.
 "A word" echoed tho chairman.
 Miss Murray said the reports were 10 be those of the town officers The superintendent of schools is an agent Of the school committee and go the report should go from that body, instead of from the superin- tendent. It should hc accepted hy the board and then prcscu@d by the board to the towu meeting, she said.
 The report was accepted, as 1t had already been accepted hy the board ot education,
 Up Comes Budget and \lling
 The proposed budget and Mr. Al- linS came up at the samc tmc, the budget winning hy nose Mir. AL ling said the salary Of the first so- lectman should he reduced 10 $500 and made a motion 10 that effect,
 Mir. Wilcox asked that the Ques- ton he referred to tho solcctmrn for consideration, but changed this To the finance board, upon boinc re- minded that an outside party should decide question having to do with The selectmen Mir. Wilcox amcnd- ed Mir. filings motion, saying that the finance board should hc asked 10 report al some future meeting and that the business he men toned in the call.
 There was some discussion as to whether or not the two amend ments. one by Mir. AllnE and one by MT. Wilcox. had been passed. It was decided that Mir, filings amendment was defeated lt was then said that MT. Wilcox's amend rent had been automatically defoat- ed and they were back where they started from.
 "Well. we'll start again." said the chairman.
 The budget was finally accepted after further discussian.
 Frank Pinches here said that the passage Of the budget does not an- thorize the first selectman to draw st,ooo. There must he special resolution for 1t. he said.
 He was snapped up hy Major Wilcox, who said, If the town meeting can't pay the money, who cam" The resolution on the in- vestigation Of the selectmon's sal sry was passed.
 It was voted to lay a tax and the selectmen were authorized to bor- TOW a sum not to exceed SS5, 5,000 to pay the bills when due and there is not enough mopoy in the treasury.
 Reassessmcnt of Property
 The resolution was then present. ed by Bernard P. Moore, Resolved: That the selcctmen of the town of Berlin, together with a committee of six voters two from each voting district, be appointed committee to consider the advisa biity of em- poying an outside expert to re- assess property values in the town of Berlin, the committee to report their findings to town meeting called for that purpose not more than 30 days from this date.'
 Dr. R. NJ. Griswod, not under standing the resolution, said the matter was too important to be dis posed of at once. He said the mat ter would require a great deal of study and should be put off until the next annual meeting.
 The reassessment should not be postponed. It should be taken up at once was the opinion of Pasquale .Giannotta.
 It was explained to pr. Griswold that the committee was 10 be ap- pointed merely to investigate the advisability of taking the matter up in town meeting, and he withdrew the motion to put the matter off un- til the next annual meeting.
 After considerable discussion re- garding the needs for reassessment 1t was decided to have the report of the committee presented the first week in March at a special meet ing. The committee appointed con- sists of James J. Fitzsimons, Claude W. Stevens, Francis Deming, John Pinches, E. w. Mildrum and Theo- dore Savage Miss Murray asked why the women were not appoint ed, but the chairman, who chose the members, said that he did not think 6 woman would be interested in the work.
 Pay For Own Fires.
 A motion regarding fire protection was presented by Frank Wilcox, but 1t was tabled until the next annual meeting. It reads: Resolved: That when the town treasurer pays any bills from the New Britain fire de- partment for service in putting out fires in the town of Berlin, that bill or bills be presented to the party or parties benefited and collected un- der the same method as taxes are collected"
 This matter was not taken up, but ixdging by the protest that went up' there will be a warm meeting when this matter is thrashed out. The meeting did not adjourn until after II o'clock.
 Sends Tn Communication.
 Pasquale Giannotta of KenSngt on