New Britain herald., 1928-03-06
BOARD ID PROPOSE REDUCTION OF TAX Finance Body to Suggest Rate
 Be Cut to 2S 1.2 Mills SELECTMEN NAME SEVEN
Rcvaluation Committee Appointed James Farrell Drops Dead-H. S. Preparing Play-Governor To Be Honorary Pau Bearer-Bowling.

| 4 reduction in the tax rate from
 e5 to g l-2 mills will be effected if the recommendation of the board of l finance is accepted at the special town meeting which will be held in the High school auditorium next l Monday night. The finance body. which is now Tn its first year of eN- istence and which the town attorney
 has said does not possess full author
 fly to set the tax this year, met last
 night in the town hall and went over
 the matter of taxation very care
 fully. It was decided that B 1-2
 mills was the lowest rate which
 would cover the town budget and
 which it could therefore recommend. Therefore at the meeting Monday night it will suggest that the voters lay this rate on the 1927 grand list. The voters retain final decision and can reject this rate if they see fl, but as it is arrived at in a purely mathematical way it is not believed that any objection will be raised, The prospect Of a lower tax rate will be something new and welcome ! to the property owners here. al
 though q reduction could have beer 1 effected last year had it not beer
 necessary to construct the storm
 water sewer in the east end
 | The open winter has saved the town s40o. this much of the appro | priation for snow removal being lief after clearing away the few sligh
 storms of the present season. CT
 the other hand an oil heater was in
 stalled in the town hall after tn original budget was adopted. an this has created an additional am unforeseen expense. The flnanc
 board therefore made a transfer las . night. shifting the s400 balance fror
 the snow removal account to th = town building account and enablln { the town to remain within tn 7. hud~ :
 It Ei !uatinn Committee Named The personnel of the commute
 which is to bring abont a revalun 2 ton of all taxable prop arty in Plain
 vile was announced today by the St
 lectmen. This committee. author
 ized at the town meeting last "e"t : will consist of Henry Nashhurl Il Frank T. Wheeler, Charles II. Ne" a ton. Ozro l. Cooley. Edward r. Prio il William Downham, and AXel Johr
 son. with First Selec'man Jamt q Simpson a member cX-officio.
 r The committee will meet tonish
 when 1t will organize and when
 will sign the contract for revalu' " ton with the Manufacturers Al
 praisal Co. of Philadelphia.
 l. It was originally intended that 1T 'e members of the board of assessor
 and possibly one member of II le board of relief should be on tn 'e committee. but the sclectmen sal 1t today that they thought if best
 name others and have the boar members s-rve on the land walt le and other expert committees to 's appointed later,
 James Farrell Drops Dead v- James Farrell. about 50, Of Cam .y street dropped dead last eVenll l. near the Session Clock Co. iactol ,f in Forestville. where he had lu st completed his regular working df ;o in apparently good health. He W. n on his way home when he collapse c. and Dr. (. w. Moody. medical Q,
 aminer. pronounced death due 10 heart disease. Mir. Farrell had new
 suffered from this trouble before ar
 had enjoyed excellent health durir
 his life. Dr. Moody gave W.
 Bailey t& Go. permission to prcpa lI the remains for burial, but becau of all of MT. Farrell's surviving rel VI, tives are residents of New Brita :, the body was transferred to the ca ba of Jose ph A. Haffey of that city. ,t MT. Farrell was born in Cheshi' ,d the son of Mir. and Mrs. Patrick Fa
 rell, but moved to New Britain ,,, childhood. He worked at the Sta ley Rule & Level Co. there. Twen = years ago he came to Plainyille. l .l was a member of the Church of O ''' Lady of Mercy. MT. Farrell Is sl vived by no near relatives other th