Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-03

avenue, from Columbus to Kimberly avenues, be paved, was referred to the Committee on Streets.
 Application of Mrs. J. H. Beecher to erect @ building on State street was referred to the Committee on Buildings.
 Petitions for 8 lamp on Grove street, be- tween High and College streets; of J. B. Bowditch to open street on his own land; of Charles Audley, for 8 lamp on Winchester avenue; of John B. Crockett, for sidewalk on Whalley avenue, between Winthrop avenue and Norton street; of Thomas B. Baggote, for abatement of assessment for opening Veto street; of Msrk Bailey, for lamp on Temple street, between Trumbull street and Canal railroad, were referred.
 Communication from the road department recommending 8 new pavement and sewer on Union street, between Wooster and Court streets, was referred, that part in relation to pavement to the Committee on Streets, and that part relating to sewer to the Committee on Sewers.
 Petitions for lamp on Tyler street and of George Gabriel ct al. for relief from assess ment for sewer on George street, from Dwight to Day streets, were referred.
 Report of Committee on Building Lines for 1879 was read and referred to the Committee on Annual Reports.
 Petitions for sewer on College street, be- tween, Grove and Wall streets; of Peter Stan ford to be appointed Sunday watchman at St. Bernard cemetery, were referred. Of Robert o. Bradley to be appointed inspector of lumber for 1880, passed by unanimous con- sent.
 Report of Committee on Nominations ap- pointing J. Murray Fairchild and many others (previously reported) special constabies was read. The following names were added : John J. Skinner, Patrick McGinniss, William Sullivan, John De Forest, Peter Stanford, Nathan A. Myers, George Umberfeld, George H. Jackson, Daniel Lovejoy, Henry w. Por- ter, Andrew J. Kennedy, w. W. Stowe, James Q. Ford, Lewis Chandler, Frederick B. Feuter, William H. Futile.
 Petition of George N. Thomas to be ap- pointed inspector of lumber was read and passed by unanimous consent.
 Report of street department for 1879 was read and referred to the Committee on Annual Reports.
 Report of Committee on Nominations rec. ommending the appointment of joint standing committees for the year 1880 (previously pub Gshed) was read and adopted.
 Petition of Robert Stevens ct al. for pave ment on east side of Stevens street, between Davenport and Sylvan avenues, was read and referred.
 Alderman Farnam, from the Committee on Revision of the City Charter, reported that the committee desired to make report this evening SO that the charter might be brought before the Legislature for their action. AL derman Farnam then read the proposed changes, which were substantially as follows
 The only change of boundary line is that which takes in about 600 feet west of Dixwell avenue, and brings both sides of the avenue into the city. Previously one side has not been assessed for public Improvements while being benefited thereby, and the change is to reme- dy this condition of affairs. About thirty houses are taken in.
 The title of the Road Commissioners is oho ko 1E cover all their varied duties. The Mayor is made the chairman of this and all other boards. The Board of Public Works is given power, by the revision, to fix the pay of laborers and powers equal to other boards in their respective departments.
 In the police department an important change is provided for. The present super numerary force is to be abolished, and the new force, which is to consist of fifteen men, is subject to this regulation that each man appointed shall be from this force, but that the Police Commissioners may know whether he is good man, irrespective of the recommen- dations of any one outside of the Board he is not to be considered as appointed for life until he has served one year on the regular force, under probation While thus serving he is to receive the regular pay and have the privileges of other patrolmen. He can be put back on the supernumerary force at any time. This latter force is always to be Kept 1ull Dy appointments on prOmOtlOnS to the regular force.
 Concerning the Board of Health it is pro vided that the Board shall have the power to appoint any number of sanitary inspectors that the exigencies may, in the opinion of the Board, require. The Board may also incur extraordinary expense. when judging fit, with out the vote of the Common Council. The committee say that the powers should be those of boards of other cities. The name of the Board is changed to s'Board of Public Health" In cases of contagion any number of physicians may be employed that the Board shall choose.
 The name of the Commissioners of Build ings is changed to ttBoard of Public Build ings."
 The Common Council is given power to pass ordinances ''to prevent any and all per sons from lettering on the streets, sidewalks and spaces between the sidewalks and build ings and in or about the entries to public or private buildings.'
 In the City Court the judge is given power to use his discretion in taxing witness fees. There has been suspicion that often family rows have been concocted for the sole purpose of ''raising the wind" and this was apparent to the late Judge Peck, who commented on it. On suggestion of Judge Pardee, the following is also incorporated: 'tIn case of the absence, inability or desirability of the judge and as sistsnt judge of said City Court to discharge the duties of the office, the judge of said court shall request in writing any judge of the Court of Common Pleas or of any City Court in this State to act in the place of and shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction and power conferred on said judge and assistant judge of the City Court until their return or such inability or disability shall have been re- m oved."
 The prevailing opinion among the members of the Board was that the amendments should be printed and placed before them so that they could act intelligently, and it was so ordered.
 Alderman Baldwin presented the following resolution:
 Resolved That the Committee on Revision of the Charter be and hereby are instructed to take into consideration the subject of salaries paid to the Mayor and other officials of the city, and report whether any change in the amount of said salaries is proper and desirable, and said committee are desired to make their report on the subject at the next meeting of the Board of Common Council.
 The resolution was adopted.
 On motion of Alderman Baldwin it was vo- ted to ask the New Haven Representatives in the Legislature to present the proposed char ter to the Legislature, and to provide, if pos sible, that the legislative committee make no mon Council have accepted the report of the Common Council committee. Adjourned. Connecticut Pharmaceutical Associa-
 tiOn.
 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association will be held in this city tomorrow. Dr. s. R. McNary, of Hartford, will tell "What can be done to en- courage our young men to become better pharmacists ?" P. W. Newton will ask, What is the best inodorous disinfectant for sick rooms, etc., saleable in bulk ?" J. G. Rathbun will talk about ''The proprietary preparation for the market-what are their constituents ?" and Captain J.. K. Williams will give some Practical hints on dispens- ing"