Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-17
WATER AND PAVING.

Bills Providing for Bond
 ing The City In The Sum of $35O,-
 OOO-The Citizens To Have
 Chance To Vote On Inc Ques-
 tion-Other Matters of Interest
 To The Brass City.
 HARTFORD, April 17.-Yesterday after noon the house was called to order at 1 o'clock, Speaker Perry in the chair.
 The joint standing commltte on fin ance reported unfavorably on house bill No 223 authorizing the city of Water bury to issue water bonds and recon mended the passage of the following sub- stitute bill: That the city of Waterbury be authorized to issue bonds under the corporate name and seal of said city to an amount not exceeding S250 900, bear ing rate of interest not exceeding per cent. The principal of the bonds shall be payable at the office of the city treas urer within sixty years after date of issue and the interest shall be payable semi-annually. No less than $5, ,00O in amount shall mature and become pay able each and every year after the ex- piration of ten years from the date of the bonds. The date of the bonds shall be July, 1889 and be for the amount of $500 each. The proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds shall be paid to and received by it's treasurer and shall be expended only in the purchase of and increase of the present supply of water for the use of the inhabitants of said city under the direction of the court of common coun- cil of said city. This act shall not take effect unless the same shall be ap- proved i'll the manner herein prescribed. A special meeting of the freemen of said city shall be called in the manner pre- scribed by law for the purpose of eX- hx,h hollnt fhair oy,nrnvol dis approval of the act. If a majority of the ballots shall be i'll favor of issuing the bonds, then the act shall become ap- erative.
 The same committee reported unfavOr- ably on Mir O'Neills bill providing for the issuing of bonds for paving pur- poses and reproted a substitute bill which provides:
 That the city be authorized to issue paving bonds to an amount not to ex- ceed S1OO, ,OO0. bearing a rate of interest mature and become payable each year. The bonds shall bear date the 1st day of July, 1889, and be for the amount of $500 eacn. All monies received by the city from assessments laid upon property holders by reason of the paving or macadamizing of any street shall be and remain separate fund in the hands of the treasurer of the city to be held, invested and reinvested by him, under the direction of the board of finance of said city, for the purpose of paying said bonds whenever the same become due and payable; and no portion of the fund shall be used or expended by the city for any other purpose whatever. The ques- tion of issuing the bonds shall be sub- mitted to the people the same as in the case of the water bonds.
 Both bills were tabled for printing and calendar. The resolution committing the sen tence of John H. Swift was called from the table by Mir Hickox. of Litchfeld, and at his request was ordered sent to the office of the secretary. So far as the legislature is concerned the Swift matter is ended.
 MT Wolfe, of New Haven, made an at tempt to have the bill passed Thursday dividing the town of Derby into Anscnia l and Derby reconsidered. After a long debate by those in favor of and opposed to the biil it was discovered that the bill had been passed by the senate Monday, that it had become law. Reconsider ation was rejected by a vote of 90 to 67.
 The question of submitting the pro hibitory amendment to the people was the order of the day in the house this morning. The liquor interest did not want the matter referred to the people although few believe that prohibition would be carried. After considerable discussion the amendment was rejected | by vote of 135 to "A.