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' SELECTMEN'S MERTING JANUARY 23, 1934. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at'the Selectmen's Rocm, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, January 23, 19349 at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Trask, Ferguson, Gilcreast, Lyons and O'Connell were present. The Clerk was also present. 1 1 At the request of the Board of Selectmen the Board of Assessors came before them to discuss the matter of re- valuation of preperty. The Chairman explained that it was not within the pro- vince of the Selectmen to dictate to the Board of Assessors, but the Selectmen must have the expenditures of the town and the tav -Rte in mind when appropriations are made, and therefore d,asired to get the opinion as to whether or not any revaluation is to be made. The suggestion of reducing the buildings 10% was dis- cussed and the Board of Assessors stated that this would reduce the rate $2.00 and they felt that a reduction should be made in the whole piece of property rather than on the buildings. Mr. Potter state_ that an entire revaluation would be a stupendous job. He stated that the assessors have abated about $150.000 on requests and that the new M n Revaluaton of prope ty building valuations have just about offset that amount. 250 requests for abatements have been received and there are 4113 tax payers and 2489 houses in the town that are assessed. Mr. Buc'.rley felt that it would not be well to have word around that the Board of Assessors were to make a gen- eral reduction of 100, and he felt that a great many houses should have the asc,essment increased as they have never been touched. A great many people are now making requests to the Board of Tax Appeals and most always secure an abatement. Mr. Slocum expressed the idea that those who are ag- grieved by their assessment have the opportunity to request an abatement, and apparently the others who pay their taxes f are satisfied. He felt that some adjustment should be made but wondered if it wasn't t* best way to continue in the manner that is now being done. The question of an appraisal of the ,ntire town was discussed. Mr. Gilcreast called attention to appraisals made by Henderson & Ross. Other members of the Board were of the opinion that local men knew the conditions and could make a better appraisal. Mr. Buckley called attention to the fact that the block plan should be continued as it is of tremendous value to the Assessors. Attention was called to the fact that Rubin & Seligman have employed Mr. Custance to survey their property and it