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Show CLAIMS FALSE TEETH ' EXEMPT FROH POLL TAX NEW BRITAIN, Coa.; Aug. . I a man with false teeth exempt' from paving hi poll and commutation taxeat This question will 'bo decided by the Connecticut court this -winter, having been brought up bv a claim of exemption exemp-tion filed by a New Britaia farmer. According to a curious law which, baa been oa th statute books sine the civil war. a man with false teeth is not liable to military duty, aad under that statute the farmer claims exemption exemp-tion from the personal tax which is levied lev-ied ia lino of military service. If exemption ex-emption on that head da upheld by the local authorities, there are thousands in th stat wb will escape paying personal taxes. ' |