Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-28
FOR CONSOLIDATION.

The Majority of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce Arrive at a Definite Plan-The minority Will Also Present n Report.
 The Chamber of Commerce will hold a | meeting on Wednesday evening to hear the ] report of the special committee appointed to | take into consideration the making up of a | plan for town and city consolidation. The ! majority, consisting of John 0. Gallagher, \ Nathan Easterbrook, T. Atwater Barnes and Frank H. Spsrry, have decided in favor oi one plan, which will be submitted at the l meeting of the chamber on Wednesday. The ! minority of the committee is composed of James M. Townsend, E. l.. Mix and Select | man W. H. Beecher, and they will also make
 a report. The report of the majority is: | A PLAN FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TOWN, CITY AND SCHOOL. GOVERNMENTS. l. Abolish the town government except in ! so far as the State constitution requires it to be retained. Abolish the borough of Fair Haven East. Extend the boundaries of the | city so as to include all town territory. 3. Transfer the property and debts of the l town and borough to the city. 5. Transfer the powers and duties of the | selectmen concerning roads, bridges, etc., to | the board of public works.
 4. Establish city department of charities and corrections under a non-partisan con- mission of six members appointed by the Mayor in the same manner as the board of public health. Transfer all the powers and duties of the town concerning the dependent and defective classes to this department. 5. Provide that all financial business, such as appropriations, taxes, etc., hereby trans l ferred from the town to the city government or to any of it's departments, be regulated in &1ao ,;- la, | the present city charter.
 6. Transfer the duties of the registrar oi l vital statistics to the department of public health.
 ! 7. Make the assessors, board Of relief, col lector of taxes, treasurer and registrars o1 voters, city officers.
 8. Let the office et town clerk remain as il is.
 9. Empower the Court of Common Coun- cil to appoint all the minor town officers, such as constsbles, grand jurors, wsighers. haywards and pound keepers. 10. The transfer to the board of finance and the Court of Common Council all the financial functions of the board of selectmen
 not otherwise delegated.
 II. Unite the town and city elections. 12. Give the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards the same representation in
 the Court of Common Council as the present city wards now have.
 10. Let It De enacted that no property out side of the present city limits shall be taxed over five mills on the dollar for city and town purposes (not including school taxas) and provide that said property shall receive no city improvements, such as sewers, pave ments, lights, sidewalks and curbing, nor any police, fire or other protection not fur nished by the present town government, pro- vided, however, that whenever a majority of the voters in any portion of the outlying wards adjoining territory, which receives improvements or protection from the city government not furnished by the present town government, shall petition the court of common council for other city improve
 ments or protection, said court, after due hearing, may order that such increased ser- vice shall be rendered by the city government and that the rate of taxation on property af- fected shall be increased by such an amount
 as said court may deem just, which amount shall not exceed the rate of taxation paid for
 the same service on property within the pres ent city limits.
 14. Abolish the school meeting of the New Haven city school district, but retain the school election. Provide that the appoint ments be made and the taxes be levied in the same manner for the department of education
 as for the fire, police and other city depart-
 ments. Give the board of finance the same
 school district that it has over those of the
 other city departments. Confer the other
 functions of the school meeting upon the
 board of education.
 New Haven, Jan. 26, 1889.