New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
II cost about S3,OOO.


 There will be no eypense con nected with the sewer installed be cause of the fact that all the none, due on this project has been pai, out with the exception of s1,00' which is being held by the town of metals as a guarantee that the street. Of the town. torn up when the sew CT was being laid, be fixed up prop erly again. This amount is includ cd in the appropriation made fol this purpose.
 The town appropriated s12.nnr foS this work and the project va. kept nearly within the bounds of tn, appropriation. The exact cost of tho work was sl2.226. exceeding the ap. l propriation by only s226. This in. cluded all the drawings, s,irveyine and inspecting necessary to the work.
 | Finding either the money to mee, the increases or raising the tax rate el'her two. four or five mills, is a problem that confronts the incom ing set of officials following election next onth.
 The board Of assessors will be fac cd with the task of attempting to boost the grand list to the amount required and if they are unsuccess- ful, if will be up 10 the board of snlectmen to raise the tax rate to cover the expenses.
 In looking over the expense ac- count. several other small raises may be seen in the estimates for var,ous departments. These, how ever, are insignificant compared with the increases in the school and treasurer estimates.
 That the question of raising either the grand list or the tax rate is q serious matter. can well be ascer- tained by the fact that many of the voters in the town are anxiously studying ths proposition at the pres ent time. Whether there will be any solution 10 the problem, remains to be seen. According to the select men. there is little possibility Of re 'NN'iiS any VI iilF ittllIS III lllS fIilE- et and it appears very probable that Plainville will be paying a higher tax rate on it's next grand list.
 Opinion on Taxes
 First Scloctman John !. kimmol. following the recent town meeting al which the citizens of Plainvillc voted to accept the legacy left by George Nastin Of his residence and property on East Main street as a site for a public library. stated that under the 1927 tax and exemption. the ate would be required to pay taxes on the property until a lease given before MT. Mastin's death. would run out
 Many at the town meeting failed to understand if in the same light as the first selectman and 70 get an expert opinion on the matter. he wrote 10 State Tax missioner William IT. Blodsett about the mat ter
 Mir, Blodsett wrote the following letter bearing on the subject 10 Mir. Kimmol:
 Dear Sir
 Your letter Of September 20 has hcen received. While such a ques- tion as this should properly be re ferred to your town counsel. since this department does not assume 10 deliver opinions as to the intnrpre- fg1lnn 0F the n f1r may say that I believe your claim to be correct interpretation Of the statute to which you refer. Sub section ,. Section 1. Chapter 31a Of the Public Acts of 1927, indicates that real estate devised AS in the present case, is exempt so long as it is used by the public for public pur- poses. To the same effect are the words In subsection 5 on Page II of Taxation Document, No. PA It would not seem that the real estate should be exempt while used by private individuals and not by the municipality.
 Yours truly,
 'WM. H. BLODGETT.
 "Tav Commissioner.
 Blues vs. Red Sox
 The feature baseball game of the year will be staged tomorrow aft crnoon at o'clock on the High school baseball diamond when the Norhin Rcd Sox of New Britain and the plainville Blues. champiors Of their respective communities, clash in battle for supremacy.