New Britain herald., 1926-06-24
TAX OF 4l,4 MILLS
 IN FIRST DISTRICT
Budget for Schools Adopted
 After Lengthy Discussion
NEW BRITAIN DRIVER FINED
Albert Kirk Assessed $50 for Evad- ing Rcsponsibility-Little Interest in Building Code - Charge of Reckless Driving Nollcd.

Seventy voters attended the an nual school meeting of the First School District held last evening in the auditorium of the Federal Hill school. Samuel J Large opened the meeting as acting chairman in the absence of Judge Newell Jennings, who is spending vacation in Europe. Upon Mr, Larees request that a chairman be appointed, Miles Lewis Peck was elected in that ca- pacity and William Muir as clerk.
 The report of the district commit- tee. together with the annual report of the treasurer, were both read by Mir. Muir and accepted by the meet ing. Principal Thomas H. Patterson, who has been the head of the school for tho past 40 years, presented an annual report covering the various phases of school activities of the dis trict. The total enrolment for the district for the past year was l-07 pupils. 1Qt Of which attended the Federal Hill school and 50G the John Jennings school OH Burlington aven- Uc. All of the 12 rooms Of the Jrn- nings school were occupied and all but one of the 2Q in the Federal Hill building. The vacant room was oc- cupied as a sewing room on part time basis During the year, Mr. Patterson reported, it was necessary to send GA pupils fro nthe Jennings school north of the railroad tracks to the Federal Hill school on the south side, on account of lack Of facilities This he declared was only temporary arrangement and he warned the voters that they must look ahead into the future. Eleven teachers of last years force will not return when the fall season opens and new teachers are 10 he engaged to take their places. He also read the names of all pupils of the First Dis trict who had perfect attendance during the year
 Samuel J. Large, on behalf Of the district committee presented to the voters the 1926-27 budget, totaling SG6.460. which will be utilized as follows: Teachers salaries WeD I$lS,oN0; text books, $500, stationary supplies, Sl,500; other expense, 1 SS00; wages Of janitors, $4,6uD; op- l eratiyc supplies, Sl.5Oo: repairs, ] $2.500; insurance. S7.5o: promotion --health and supplies, $1,500; new grounds. $l00: new equipment, | $i,50o: payment principal and in terest. $32,lG0; salaries and expenses Of district officers, S1,250; sundry, Sl0o. The amount of this budget is $j30 more than the one originally prepared for last year while the to- tai expense incurred last year was $6Q99o. However. with the tax laid last year, only $56.490 was raised and it was necessary for the district 10 make a temporary loan Of $lU.oo0.
 MT. Large, after completing his report, announced that it would re- quire a 4i4 mill tax 10 raise q suf- ficient amount of money to take care of it and moved that such q tax be laid. This motion was amend ed by Thomas A. Tracy to 3 F mills. which was followed by a discussion in which stephen NJ. Wells, Fred erick G. Hughes, Elmer l.. Stock ston, Miles Lewis Peck and Mir. Tracy participated. Mir. Wells want cd an explanation for the amend ment and wanted to know how the i budget could be decreased. Mir. 1 Tracy replied that he wanted the 1 district to reduce expenses and thought that the expenditures should 1 be adjusted to meet the amount raised by the S12 mill assessment. ] He also criticized the purchase of ! the oil burner at the Jennings 1 $2,445. Samuel J. Large read a number of statistics and other data showing the cost per pupil in that ! district as compared with other cities and pointed out that the 3 r mill tax laid last year was insult flClent to meet the needs Of tho dlS-
 trict.
 A vote was then taken on MT Tracy's amendment and lost and the
 original motion for the 4l4 mill tal was passed,
 The election of officers was ther
 held and the following reelected
 Newell Jennings, chairman; Samue J. Large and Mrs. Betsy $. Tong
 district committees clerk and treas
 urer. William Muir; collector
 Charles 1T. Cook; auditors, Richarl
 H, Beamish and H. B. Wilcox
 Dividends Declared.
 The regular quarterly dividend o
 2i. per cent has been declared b,
 the directors of The American Trus