Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
MILFORD, FRIDAY, JAN. A, 1929

rate. so as to pay its bills, or the
assessment values of all kinds ol
assessabIe property for town pur-
poses. will have to be made very
near its selling value, if the town Is
to even do half of what the people
want done. Dover has gotten far
ahead of Milford in it's streets, in its
lighting and its police service in re-
cent years, and that town has done
both: increased the tax rate and
also the assessed valuation. 1t is no
use to attempt to postpone the facts,
and for the welfare of the town
let's have some practical business
policy through an annual budget,
which is public to all.
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A GENERAL ASSESSMENT of all
property within the city limits of the
town of Milford, will be made during
the coming month of February, and
the Town Council to be elected next
Monday will be charged with MAX
ing the assessment, by virtue of its
having to appoint the assessment
board. 1t seems to us to be a wise
plan, that a board consisting of at
least five persons should be ap-
pointed to perform this work, which
must be submitted to Town Council.
The custom of having one person
make an assessment and then sub
nit two or more copies of his work
to the Council, is simply in accord.
with the old and outgrown system
of management of the business of
Milford, that should be wiped away.
Get board of five to do this assess
ment, and attempt to get an assess
ment for the next four years, a fair
and equitable valuation of all kinds
of property in Milford liable for
taxation for municipal purposes.
Milford needs better lighting, it
needs better system for paving and
guttering than has been practiced in
the past. It requires money to give
proper service for all the people in
all branches of town government,
and the only way to get money is
through taxation. With fair valu-
alton, there should not be need of
any radical advance in the tax rate
if any, to get the best of service
for all the people.
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CALM AND PEACE marked all
proceeding during the organization
of the Legislature of Delaware last
Tuesday, when for the first time in
more than thirty years, a session of
the General Assembly of Delaware
commenced on the first day of the
year. Another fact about the Or
ganization, is a new record for COM
pleting the organization of both
branches: the Senate calling to Or
der ,electing its officers and start
ing business at its first session, and
adiourning before two o'clock for
seven days, to permit the President
Pro Tenn to name his various COM
mittees. The House completed its
business in just few hours more '
time. and all proceedings were !
marked by harmonious and peaceful !
action in both branches, which is
contrast to some of the sessions in |
the past twenty years.
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WHEN politicians bring to COM
mon consultation and discussion of
what is best for their party organi-
cations, and agree to abide by the
decisions reached in such discus
sions, harmony prevails, and a
smooth operating machine-like pro-
gram is carried out. This is what
happened before the Republican
of the legislature met to
organize the legislature. Probably
no better men could have been Sc
ected as officers than were chosen
by unanimous action of all concern
ed. The distribution of the Offices to
was given to men COM
Detent to meet and discharge the du-
lies. 1t is now up to the people
themselves, to present such meas
Tres for action during the sessions,
It an early date, and also that the
greater problems affecting the de-
)artments Of highways, schools, and ]
moral laws, which have got to be
lcted upon before the session can !
nd, shall be presented for criticism ,
nd argument. This is true especial I
Y of the tax laws which will have to
e acted on. Try to build up bet Z
er system, and not harp on dead t
asst, and so help the legislators. l
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IF people are satisfied with the II
dvantages their town has, they are
OF likely to get many more. ?