Mayor files two tax bills in legislature
Mayor Peters introduced two measures in the legislature to raise city revenue. One bill would increase interest on delinquent taxes to six percent after two months and eight percent after four months, with a further two percent after that. The second bill seeks a 2 percent increase on taxes on intangible property as a stopgap to secure future income. The Mayor’s revenue committee, led by ex Mayor Matthews, will set the new rate.
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Bill Creates City Council of Fifteen by Districts in Boston
A House bill proposes a 15 member Boston City Council elected by district. Each district yields one member, with districts mapped by ward groupings. Analysts expect Democrats to win eight or nine seats and Republicans seven, with some districts possibly swinging.
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Boston
House
Anniversary of Old Glory Observed in Senate Prayer
The Rev Edward A Horton chaplain of the State Senate marked the 150th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes in a prayer at the daily session. He cited the flag as Old Glory and praised its endurance and guiding ideals of liberty justice and fraternity.
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Edward A. Horton
State Senate
Congress
United States
New Republic
America
Methuen Man Killed by Cake of Ice
James Toye 21 son of Edward F Toye 226 Salem Street South Lawrence was killed at Mystic Pond while harvesting ice A large cake of ice slid from the run way struck him on the head He died at Lawrence General Hospital
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James Toye
Edward F Toye
Salem Street
South Lawrence
Mystic Pond
Toye
Lawrence General Hospital
Adriatic Question Settled by Jugo-Slavs in Pact
Paris dispatch reports Italy France and Britain in accord on the Adriatic settlement. Nitti says Fiume port and Susak railways to be controlled by the League of Nations. He urges immediate settlement and notes expelling D Annunzio from Fiume will be the easiest phase.
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Belgrade
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Italy
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Nitti
Fiume
Sussak
League of Nations
Adriatic
Gabriele D’annunzio
New Guilty in Second Degree Murder Verdict
In Los Angeles on January 15 the jury found Harry S. New guilty of murder in the second degree for the July killing of Miss Freda Lessar. The verdict convicts New of the fatal act with intent but without first degree premeditation.
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Harry S. Newhere
New
Freda Lessar
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