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23 The sinking fund commissioners, until said sewerage loan or loans shall be extinguished, shall each year, on or before the first day of May, beginning in the year wherein the first contribution to the sinking fund is to be made as aforesaid, calculate and certify to the Assessors of said town in writing, the amount necessary to be raised in order to meet the sinking fund requirements for the year, and also the amount required to pay the interest falling due therein on the outstanding loan or loans. The total so certified each year, includ- ing both the contribution to the sinking fund and the interest pay- ments, shall he raised during the year, in part by a general town tax, and in part by a tax upon all the REAL ESTATE in the sewer district, the same to be assessed by'the Assessors as hereinafter provided, and to be collected in the same manner as thr general town taxes. Assessments to be made as follows Twenty•five per cent. of such total, yearly amount required, shall be assessed by the said Assessors, without the necessity of anv vote of the town, in the same manner as taxes are ordinarily assessed, and shall be made a part of the general assessment of taxes for the year. The remaining Seventy-five per cent. shall be assessed by the said Assessors (at the valuation affixed by them for general taxation) on all Real Estate in the sewer district abutting on said sewers, and the same shall be . designated as the Sewerage tax, and entered as a separate item in the 'Fax bills. That the balance of Section 3, and also all of the other Sections of said Acts of 1899 shall be so amended as not to conflict with the foregoing provisions for the assessment and collection of said Taxes. And we further recommend, that the Selectmen be requested to petition the Legislature, on or before January 31st instant, to so amend Chapter 451 of the Acts of 1899, as to conform to the pro- visions of this report. In conclusion, we would urge upon you all, the, as it appears to us, 24 imperative necessity of Sewerage for this town, and the importance of the whole system being completed as soon as possible. We don't think in the foregoing that we have presented a plan that is perfect; while the method employed may perhaps be as nearly equitable as any that could be suggested, there are probably many who will feel (and your Committee are among the number) hat possibly in the division of assessments, the town will pay too little and the abutter too much. Yet with the necessity presented of arriving at some agreement whereby the much to be desired ends can be accomplished, we ask you as public spirited citizens to, with us, waive all differences of opinion and persobal considerations, and unite unanimously in adopting this report and its recommendations as your Committee have in affixing their signatures. COMMITTEE ( HIRAM G. JANVRIN, 1 ROGER 1. SHERMAN, HENRY W. LEWIS, TIMOTHY O'CONNOR, 1 JAMES F. RUSSELL, L NATHANIEL H. MERRIAM. Mr. Janvrin stated that the rel.ort was signed by six members of the committee. Two members had not attended any of the meet- ings, and one member refused to sign because he did not like the terms of assessment. Mr. G. W. Sampson explained the different acts which had been passed by the Legislature and thought this one proposed was the hest. Mr. R. P. Clapp while comparing the different plans proposed, thought a sewer was much needed, and hoped some system would be adopted. Mr. J. F. Maynard moved that the report be printed and sent to the voters, and that action he taken at the annual meeting. Mr. Janvrin said that all this meeting could do was to vote to apply to the Legislature for amendment of the act, and on vote Mr. Maynard's motion was lost.