New Britain herald., 1926-02-23
REAL ESTATE MEN
 WANT NEW BOAR[ Would Have Finance ConniS
 sion in City Government FAVOR PAYMENT TAX PLAN
Visiting Nurses Solicit Aid-Ncar East Relief Campaign-Icc Car.
 niral Sunday at Rockwell Park
Iagoon--Engagcment Announced.

mNal sunday at Rockwell Park
 lagoon--Epgagcment Announced,
 An interesting meeting was held yesterday afternoon by the Bristol board of realtors, their topic being tho city budget, which will prob ably be given final consideration hy the city council at their regular meeting on March 2,
 The estimates as prepared by inc various city departments were gone over thoroughly and 1t was the con. scusus that the city council should do everything in it's power 10 keep the taxes for tho coming year down as low as possible. II was their contention that while tho payment of taxes directly affects the owner of property, it indirectly hits tho real estate men. whose chief occu- patton is the selling of real estate In other words. q hig htuX does not facilitate the turnover of property.
 Tho work of the board of water commissioners in the preparation Of their estimates for the coming year was commented and it was resolved 10 request The city council to in- struct the other city departments 10 follow the same procedure.
 IL was also moved that the rcal estate board express itself 10 tho mayor and the city council as being in favor Of the two-nayment plan of city taxes l. was tho idea Of the meeting that this system would case the burden of the taxpayer.
 The creation of a city finance hoard was also voted favorably up- on, This would ncccssitato an amendment to the present city charter.
 The resolutions as voted upon and adopted nre as follows:
 'Resolvcd: At special meeting of tho Bristol real estate board that the action of the board of water commissioners in submitting with their estimates for 1926 an itomizod statement of expenses of this year with the last years budget be com mendCd, and that the mayor and members Of the city council be re- before they make final ap- propriations on the budget the es- inmates for which are already at hand. ask tho various boards and commissions of the city to follow the same procedure; that is. to pre-. sent with their estimates their budgets of last year and an item. izcd statement of actual expenses of their respective boards for last year.
 "Notod that: The Bristol Real Estate board goes on record as in favor of the creation of city fl- nance beard (none of the members of this board 10 he connected with the city government of Bristol. either as an appointivo or elective office holder). composed Of five dis interested citizens to pass on all ap- and expenditures con- nectcd with the city government of Bristol, and that the Bristol real estate board take steps 10 sec that such amendment of the city charter s introduced in the coming lcgis- ature.
 Motion made: That tho Bristol real estate board goes on record as ,aNortng the two-paymcnt plan for payment Of city taxes and that communication be forwarded to the mayor and members of the city council to this clfect-and that the mayor he requested 10 bring it be- ,oro the city council at the next Of the council"
 Visiting Nurse Thrift Store
 The Thrift Store operated by the Bristol Visiting Nurse association las, through tho generosity of local ;coplH, done Commcndable work since Its inauguration. but due to 'ccent storms and existing travel conditions, donations have prac- ically ceased although the present leeds are greater now than in the ,ast.
 Anything that can hc used to ad- 'antaCc by the needy in the way of household goods, scasonabIe cloth- i ng and especially anything for the 1 hildren and babies will be most ] acceptable.
 Contributions may bo left at 45I | North Main street or if the asSo- i iation is called on the telephone, a will do the rest.
 Near East Campaign
 A campaign for the Near East ! Relief fund was officially ope. ed ast Sunday morning at the Con .rcgational church, Bristol head uarters will be located in the Ma ] ional Bank in charge of Miss Huda . |. Peek, treasurer Of the local , committee, which is as follows: F. i t Tibbits. chairman; Miss Hilda NJ. l