New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
REJECT PROPOSAL
 BUT CHANCE MINDS
Voters About-Face On Water Rents-Lay 25 l-2 Mill Tax
CHAIRMAN BREAKS A TIE
Two Boys Arrested For Thcit-pri,- CTS Fined in Court-Rcpuhlicau Caucus MondaN-ie sup per-PlainNille Items,

tax rate of 2S 1-2 mills was laid on the grand list Of 1927 and & i committee Of three 10 confer with the Ilalnvilla Water CO. with view 10 fixing new water rentals was ap- ihorIzed at q special town meeting in the High school auditorium lst evening amid indeciSiOr and yae,'l- ton even more pronounced than is usually the case with town meetings here. One tie vote was recorded dur ing the evening and it Tell 10 the very man sponsoring the 2S l-@ mill tax to break the tie in is favor, while on the water propoSl- ton the voters first turned down the suggestion to appoint a committee and then, completely reversing I themselvcs. adopted the proposal unanimously. Slightly moro than lu0 voters were present.
 First Seleetman James Simpson 1 called the meeting 10 order at $ o'clock and Plainvlle's perrstua. chairman, Stanley <. Gvulim. was . named to tho chair. Town ClerE . William H. Wilson read the call for the meeting and AIr Gwillim pro- . ceedpi to talo up the items ot uus,- no>s as listed therein.
 AIr. Simpson moved that q tax Of 2S l-2 mills, payabla April I. 1928. ha laii on tbo 1927 grand list. and Joseph r Mccarthy seconded The . motion Mir, Gwj.llm turned ;bz chair over to tho town clark and spoke 70 the meeting IS chairman or the board Of finance. He said that the board would have the duty Of laying the tax in future years and that it had been called in hy the sa- loctnen to act in an advisory ca Nacl'y iN fixing fhN rn, sont rate, Tn5 towns approved InG-et. incluljrg tto adirt appropriations for s,art ata road hnililinG and the purchas, of 7 naN tractor totausd StN1.- 491.g5. bc said, while the grand Nst stood at S7,A77.ft9 after tho board Of relief had finished it's slininc. A 22 1-2 mill taN world bring in $1S5., f247I, the slight ,Ncess being rrob- ably needed for increased vs-ar rent after May 1 and for interest on th, loan covering the cost of ravalua- ton. As tho state requires ny statute that the town lay tax which will coTer eNNensos. tha board endorsed tho motion of tfa selaC,m,n. Mir tWlllim s@id. as il was the lowest which would pay fHe towns bills H. then resumed the chair.
 Mir. Robbins raised tho question . regarding items in the town report. saying there was &950oo cash on hand at the beginning of tho fiscal year and that S2f.6Ho was due in , unpaid taxes. some &S.u5n Of which hai since been paid Charles E. sherman asked f the rl'e hal not been more than ample Inst y,ar and Mr. Simpson ronli ] it had been just about right while Mir Wilson an ~Wcral Alr. Robbins query hy say ing he cash on hand was used for 1 current cNDcneas "Tt hes boon uy rontontion,' said t1- clerk and town . treasurer, "tEa' the town should have almost enough money on hand 1 to carry on until May without hor- rowing money and then proceed as l tho taxes begin to como in" Mr. Robbins suggested revising tho fiscal year. and tho town clerk said it would he advisable f taxes could he made payable a month later in order that thnro would be time for making out the rate book.
 Ehort to Lay o3 Mills
 An unexpected effort 10 .ka q l tuttAcr tax reduction WAS }a4le hy ! Assessor Schuyler I. Williams. He said that 4,5no acres os land ana about as mGHy building lots were not increased by the assessors this year and would not pay th.r share Of 1 taxes this year. Ky another year