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.Wionment and. taxation.
m... M ":2 3'3 WP"?
spprov as ii men
taxation rd and the latter
and we iliSht‘ III" “
thought the vote was all right.
men1 Keith put the vote
one ”i"
y a most on u . vo e.
“Assessment
”I ,
The next subisct brought up was
the matter of increasing by $100 the
sum allowed John 'W. Curnow as clerk
the board of assssors. in making
up the assessment list of 1007.
Christian Swans said this matter
had oorne up before' the board of ap-
portionment and taxation. and had
been turned down.
Nonactiou was taken on the matter
of $200 for extra work of the assessors.
The project was laid on the table.
Thomas l. Raymond made a motion
that when the meeting adio n it ad-
iourn for two weeks from sat night.
This was carried.
Mr. Hurlbutt then moved that the
meeting adjourn at once, but there was
a diilerence of opinion when the yes
and us vote was taken, and the chair
that the noes had it.
Mr, Merrill said the meeting could
take no action regarding the appro
printing of money. Every year for the
past 40 years. with only one exception.
the town had gone into debt, and had
to borrow $26,000, “0,000 and 350.000
to make up deficiencies. The new
board of apportionment had decided
that this must stop, and the law made
it obligatory that. all proposed appro-
ould come before the board
t.
Mr.,llurlbutt said it
ave everything for two weeks until
the board could act anthem.
Attorney John J. Welsh moved that
the collector of taxes comply with the
law regarding the collection of commu-
. tation and poll taxes.
Tax Collector Sidney Guthrie said
the reason they had not been collect-,4
in the past was Mcsuse ii
a corral? lislt’.‘ Du ‘ rt
yearstepo and 'mu
had doubled, but 66m
of disease and to
it. the disease itself should be treated
in a scientidc way. When one has used
lekey. beer or other attend
a long time, the none cells
coins accustomed to the fleets
stimulants and demand liquor
der to perform their duties. it the
nerve cells are properly treated. the
craving for liquor will be destroyed.
it is in this way that Orriue cures
alcoholism, by supplying to, the nerve
needed, thus.des-
troylng the desire for liquor. it erad-
icates every particle of the terrible li-
quorcraviug. imparts new, strength
and vigor to the whole system and res«
he suspected that; it
or idea :0 make it drum ants for cor-dad la the police book. his lies
blVOhO- m g
oithe |n
the amount of money
each rear. Ha had nothing in that
to complain-about. but said that
if the taxation board and the law
means anything we should keep within
ap ropriations
. are had been some question
rewarding the legality of the appropria-
tion of money by the meeting and he
had secured the opinion of 'llown 'Couu-
eel lievi Warner, which he gave to the
clerk and which was read as follows:
gain
* Hawkins, so. and Fred Draw. 70, was
woebythsiatterbythecioesecore
m of 70 to 72. Referee. Wilirsd Smith:
Field; tally, John F. Stsd~
score:
Mr. Frank H. Merrill, ,
Board of Estimate and
, South
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Replying to your. inquiry as to
whether or not any appropriations can
i lly nomads, at the town meeting
to hold on Wednesday. the 22nd
lust, would say, that we have exam-
ined the act establishing the board of
estimate and Taxation,» and are of the
opinion that none can be made.
Section 0 provides that the estimates
made and recommended byyou should
be submitted to the adjourned town
meeting for business purposes. to be
held in October, and that such a meet-
ing shall have no power to increase
any item thereof, except by the aiilr-
mative vote of 'at least three hundred
lmlwoters. This section also pro- f
rides, that neither the board of select-
men, town school committee,
of school visitors of said town, nor the
town in any special town meeting shall
incur any liability or expense, by con-
tract or otherwise, for which said town
shal be responsible, in excess of~the
appropriations so made ‘ by said
~ in Section 7 of the act, provision is
rig additional appmprim,
would any occasion arise
whereby more money will be actually
needed for any department or branch
of the town affairs than has been up,-
propriated as provided for herein, the
board of .seiectruen may notify the
board of estimatepind taxation of such
fact. and the ilrsi. selectman shall
a meeting of the board to con
matter of an appropriation f
icct. and the board may
, after due in
exceed one thous-
7 i only be appropriat-
in a meeting called for
money it Orrine fails to effect a cure.
Never before was a treatment for the
liquor habit sold in this way. A guar-
antee like this shows the faith of the
discoverer of Orrine and the agents
who handle it, the leading druggists
Orrine is in two forms, No. 1, which
turn be given secretly in food or drink;
No.2. in pill form for those who de-
sire to be cured. Eitherlform costs $1
per box, and both are sold under the
liberal guarantee that your money will
bore-funded if Orrlne fails to cure.
Orrine is for sale by Edward W. Kel-
ley. Jr" amulet. 8-. North Main St.
South Norwallt. ..
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. Moscow
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nyen .Augrrstex-
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. _ I. S. cordially invited.
Mills
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Tonight's game will be between Wil-
liem Hubbeil, 75, and John Murray, 05.
MAY'LOWER H. d. L. POOL.
Three games were played last- night
in the pool tournament of Mayflower
Hook and Ladder Cornpany, resulting
——_
. moon; with The
bylslspllens please do it in
spam... 1a
regard to business. 7*3
is"‘it’i3a wt. to
isrlsstlrlscillcsandss-
ettsrrti
a resin neuritic.
the result of the town meet-
‘sight. was disappointing to
y of voters present, it is
every one of the nearly .
lien assembled there
, gone for the widening of
dust at the bridge, and the
oi the new steel bridge
~- on thepnrtof the rail-
peny. it, is realiwd. however,
hoard oi apportionment and ~*
, is a good thing to keep down
' ls expenditures, and from the
of some of the members last
it is their intention to do this.
that the voters have started on
matter in the right way, it is hop-
4 , ‘good will come out of it dur-
t two weeks, and that there
‘ tuily enlarge and unanimous
‘ her of voters present at the
'li'ebruary 5.
erasure overt aicr-r lSLAND.
Halt-e of American Discoverer Claim
Them, As Also Does Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 23.—Disputed
ownership of Areas Keys, Gulf is«
lands, 80 miles oil the Yucatan coast,
worth 870,000,000. gives promise of a
spirited legal clash between the United
States and thevMoxican Government.
The heirs of .l. W. Taylor say they
have acquired full title from Pasquale,
Quinan, who. they say, held the is-
lands by right of discovery. The Mexi-
can Government says that the proper-
ty is government territory. While the
islands themselves are nothing more
than masses of rock. they are rich in
guano deposits, which Prof» Hadley.“
Yale University, estimated at three
George Sprague. telly; W. Gehr-
menn, scorer; ll. Waterbury, referee.
made for maki
e correct names
”d “drumming not be obtained.
Some 0! The parties were men sixty
9 .-ot , some were
mbers of the state militia and some
active firemen, and out oiseverai hun-
dred bills sent out, he had had ilfty or
b‘ sixty returned because of improper ad-
He wanted to do his duty as
i a collector and was willing to do it. but
'could not from the list submitted to
- him. A few years 9-50 wells; amount-
ed to $600, but last
creased to 81.556.
Mr, llurlbutt tlr
tablect was to find
of the Town of Norwalk wanted the
collector to proceed to get the taxes,
involving as it did some drastic fea-
tures. as some of thctlelinqucnts could
be taken to Drill
infants, some
quiry: but lithe so
and dollars, it s
ed by the tow
4M! it had lil-
w. Behemoth ' .
4...; we sections of the act must
together and must be con-
as‘not'to‘be inconsistent with
each other. it was the intention of this
act to restrict the expenditures that
could be made by town oilicers and
town meetings. and putrthese matters ‘tow
entirely in your charge. if this meet;
the correct construction of the act. of
what use is your board? if town meet-
ings could be called to approprin
money at any time, without having the
matter acted upon by your board, the
town would be'ln no better position
tiaan before your board was establish-
e
(her the voters
The story of the islands dates back
28 years to the time of their discovery
by Quluan an American, and the sill-
latter are on tile with the
State Department at Washington.
ies of these have
Cop- ruary 20, at t p. m., for the purpose
bell sent to Mexico.
They show that Quinau landed on the
largest island in the group on January
12, 1880, hoisting the stars and stripes.
The Mexican Government sets forth
that; the islands because of their prox-
imity lo the coast of Yucatan. are a
dependency of the Republic.
VERDICT AGAINST RAILROAD.
trout-d [while
ill of expense.
ight be arrested
town would be
y‘ 1
there, making quite a b
A great many men
and the costs to t
iiudy ostrich plumes shading
, say. purple to fawn color, though
’igbt very possibly tire of them
Mind to wear them long, are
' rich trimmings for mid-
, inery and are seen in a
“list; of combinations. The dyers' -
”warrants women in indulging in
', sort of fancy, for the feathers .
" bemedenewandireshagain
e discriminate selection
Y , .
Mr. Walsh said trouble was not.
wanted. and it was not the desire oi
the voters to send their to jail. but the
law should be carried out.
had been running behind in revenue
for forty years, and the taxes should
be collected or a larger rate would
have to be laid on those who did pay
Our opinion therefore is that all of
these matters should have been con-
our board. You have the
ow any sum to be expend-
ed not bxceedlng one thousand dollars.
if you refused to do this, your action
would be ilnal, unless changed by an
adlrmative vote of at least three hun-
dred legal voters.
necessary to be expended ‘ exceeded
$1.000 you should recommend that the
appropriation should be made. to a
town meeting called for that purpose.
if you refused to make such recommen-
dation, your action 'could only be
changed in‘thc above manner,
As we understand from you that the
matters to be acted upon at the town
meeting were not considered by your
board, we would have to advise the
I seiectmen as stated in this letter, it
called upon by them.
WARNER a 001.
Attorneys for Town of Norwalk.
Lineman Mehoney Killed at Riverside,
and Estate is Awarded $2.000.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 23.—-A verdict
against the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company for $2.000
has been rendered,» ' the Superior
Court, this being ”the
decided against the road under the
new trial by jury law.
The plaintiff was Phillip J. Smith.
administrator at the estate oi Thomas
Mahoney, who was a lineman residing
Mulroney was in the em-
ploy of the Connecticut Company at
Riverside, near Greenwich, on Septerm
her 14, 1907. While climbing a pole
and pulling a wire a current of elec-
tricity,vconipntcd at 2,300 volts, came
in contact with the climbers he was
using, and the current, passing through
his body, killed him instantly.
in the trial of the case it was con-
NORWALK CLUB POOL.
One game was played last night im
the pool tournament of the Norwelk
Club. Marcellus ll. Bennett, 00, quite
easily defeated Dr. W. H
who had the same rating, by the score
of 00 to 57,- The score of the game
it was voted that the poll and corn-
mutation taxes be collected. ,
Attorney Walsh alluded
that it was a l rge liee
hoped no adjou
e other cases
ad skill; the ilrsi.
selected design.
it: the fashionable plum
dry often find it possible
by the insertion of deep
‘ L' ., tmdsrslecves of white and
, ' J lb! much white in the trim-
oirssroicer the lace blouse in nilk
enter of the sitirt is to make it
elegant. and if both thelace and
proof the heavy order now so
vogue. the stunning effect of
~prodnctisoutofail pm'
to the labor involved.
kimono sleeve that is suggest
if the ,amount
men would be taken
until he had prose led his little
scheme, which was for a public dock in
East Norwelk, and he offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That it lathe sense of
this meeting that one of the highways
at the Benedict Farms, East Norwalk,
ought to be extended suiliciently far to
the westward into the harbor to enable
the inhabitants of this town to land
at the same at low water, and that it
be recommended to the board oi esti-
mate aud taxation that said board
meet and,cousider this matter, and
make a proper appropriation to pro
wide for same.
rst action to be
T. c. Baiconr was referee
leopard scorer.
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lug sultan, Inlet Redd, lost six hun- m w" you the
tired men in his encasement with the
henchewesksgoetSettet. aim tellipcrstirrest siltkncs
portsdnowthetllachldhsssentenur- .'
vent the disbandirig of his army.
NEW rm. or t ‘
WW... .. if“ Charles ll. Dow,
Violin, mun, ditto. Barrio ' . " .
W’ Etc. its wismzxtmn.
VVLAtlhnnummun, ‘ "mutt.
Ode!!! will“
pm...
grub appeal to Hand, ssyin that his - ' . I
preschools imperativsin to pre- both lil “Id 0'“ doors.
were are”. r ' '
”$333133": 9" we have a lull stock ot sums
W. SALE Phonograplis and
4 _ . .. . Records.
-. s'rm. GOING mum ml W W“
, stockiwe have ever carried.
W H; [guru in
D. GOTTLIEB. “um at m my
“ Will “not.
Board of Relief. , The
Board of Relief of the Town of Nor- O -
walk will meet at their oilice, Assem- R h t
t... m... 10 ¢9
gatugday,rlv‘le)b.ll, 1908, 2 to t p. m. ,
oney. e.‘0.2totp.in. ‘ W ‘
Wednesday. 12th, 7 to 9, evening. 0 ff
Monday. Feb. 17.2 to 4 p. m. * . o ee’
Thursday. 20th, 2 to It p. in. ‘
The meetings are for the purpose of \
hearing and determining any and all
» T be cofi‘ec tiiatuit takes
appeals made to them from the doings less of to get satisfying re-
of the assessors on the list of 1907.
They will also meet with the asses- Stills from, at the price, '5
sun, as a joint board, Thursday, Feb-
of abating the polls of sick and dis-
abled persons.
CHARLES W. BELL,
J. STURGEB RANDALL. berry is picked until rto’s
' JAMES BUTHERLAND, handed to you. litercs .1
ill 28" 3“" °‘ 39"“ lot in the roasting, and our
“ " masters are the best made
South Norwalk and the men that do um
" . ' Werlc are‘tlre highest skiii~
Board Of Relief. ed in the business. It is.
Notice is hereby given that the
our 25c 3 lb. Mocha and
Java blend. We prepare it
frilly, from the 'time the
said on the authority of
Board of Relief of the City of South thousands 0‘ Willow“
Norwalk will meet on Wednesday.
January 29, and on Wednesday, Feb:
wow 5, 1008, at 7:30 o'clock to 9 p.
m.; Saturday, February 8, 1908. from
2 to 5 o'clock p. m.; Friday. February
14, 1908, at 7:30 to 9 o'clock p. m., 35¢ 3 Pound-
in the Council Chamber in Haviland
street, in said city, for the purpose
of hearing and determining all appemis
from the doings of the assessors of
said city on the list of 1907. , Q
”Dag; at Smith Norwalk January Tc. Co.
JOHN r. M'MAHONi Phone 542-3. I
mammw coasrm‘.
that it is impossible to find
the equal of this coffee in
other stores ior less than
The Union Pacific
{22 2“ Board of Relief :36 WW 8'" 80. NM
. Chairman Keith said the voters had tended by the plaintiff that there was
neatly more becoming than
Mr. Hurlbutt said he was sorry to
a faulty insulation in the wire that .
heard the opinion read. and he said
they appeared to be up against a
rather hard proposition. but he would
finally carried out; for
_. adeep square tab running down
= ”rt of the arm from a wide
PAll'llLD CO. IAVINOO IANK.
Directors end ”are Elected Vet
differ with his brother attorney in this
matter, but provision had been made
for two public docks. but South New
Mahoney was using. and that therefore '
the railroad was negligent and liable .
for damages. The sriit'wns for $5,000: ' /
entertain any motion that might be
Corporation Counsel John Belden
Hurlbutt, of the Cit of Norwalk, said
we should observe he opinions of the
town counsel, whether we all agree
with them or not. and in order that the
elect of the mating, one of the lug
est ever held, mi
moved that we
:‘ hides the lines of a good lig-
then a sleeve cut on the origi-
walk had one of these, and he thought
Norwaill‘ should have the other. The
board of apportionment should invec
tignte this matter, and first act on it.
end then, if deemed wise. allow the
people to‘act. He would not consent
to withdraw his motion to adjourn. but
as it had not been seconded the chair
ruled it of no avail.
Mr. Walsh said he only asked for
the same privilege that had been ac-
corded to Mr. Hurlbutt and that was
today
The annual meeting of the corpora.
tors of the Fairneld County Savings
Society was held yesterday afternoon
They elected directors
Asa B. Woodward. James
0. Gregory. J. Thornton Prowitt, Arv
thur C. Wheeler, Josiah Kelli)“.
ry W. Gregory, John P. Treedwsil.
Seymour Curtis, Winthrop ll. Perry._
After the enan meeting, the new- b
l! elected directors organ
elected ollcers for the ensuing yeer
President-Asa B. Woodward.
Vice-President-Jaiues 0. Gregory.
Secretary and Treasurer—Seymour
Curtis.
Teller-ulloy Montgoruery.
Llillflii vaLLav curs seam.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
MIETING. .-
An adjourned annual meeting of .'
the South Norwalk
Church will be held at the church this -
evening. The reports of the business .
committee and the treasurer of buei- 4.
ness tunds will be received.
ports of the music committee and the .'
committee on the week night services, .
which were presented at the meeting -
a week see. will come up for consid-
eration. These two comm ttses have .-
rnede important r -
Thegenersiplensfortheworkoiths'
coming year will be laid out at the .
meeting this evening. ' -
Congregational
t not be lost, be
e a vote of semi:
merit regarding the Meadow street
ssmimuuortnomm
amusements.
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