Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-17
CHARTER REvlsERs STILL AT WORK.


The charter revision committee met
again last evening.
Section "a, relating to the appoint
ment of prosecuting attorney, and Sec
tions 50 and So, defining his powers,
duties, and the appointment of an assist
ant prosecuting attorney were adopted.
Section 50 fixes the salary of the
judge of the court at 81 200 per annum,
prescribes that the deputy judge shall
receive So for each day he holds court,
fixes the salary of the clerk at 81 900 a
year and in addition $3.50 for each copy
made by him for the superior court and
makes the prosecuting attorneys salary
81 800 a year. The section was adopted
with the addition of the clause, ''the
assistant prosecuting attorney shall re-
ceive So for each day he shall appear
and prosecute before said court to be
paid by said city"
Section 80, 100 and 101, relative to the
amount of costs taxed by the court Ser
vice processes and the commitment of
persons to different criminal institu
tions, were adopted.
Sections 102 ami 103, defining the
| powers of Sthe members of the police
force and the duties of the chief of
police to suppr, SIS tumults. ii IS a ID un
Lawful! assemhlages, were adopted.
Section 1O4, regarding police accom-
modations, was adopted.
, Section 105 is new and provides that
whenever the city sees fit it can provide
"A city prison in which to make prisoners
work out their fine without sending
them to New Haven Jail. Adopted.
Section 1O5 provides the terms of
office of the various city, officers elected
at the city meeting held on the first
Monday of October, 1891. On motion
of Mr. Smith the section was amended
to read that the shall hold office from
the above date until the first Monday of
January 1894, except as OtherW Use pro-
vided In the charter.
Section l07 provides for the appealing
of all acts and parts of acts Inconsistent
with the acts of the new charter so far
as they may be applicable to the city of
Water bury, except the act of July IA,
1868, relating to the Bronson library
and on amendment the act relating to
the collection of taxes, HIGH latter W as
referred to Mr. Burpee. The section was
adopted.
Section 10S is the last section and pro
vides that the act may be altered.
amended or repealed at the pleasure of
the general assembly. Adopted.
The sections that were tabled or re-
, ferred back to the sub committee were
then taken up.
Section 80 was then real by Mr. Terry,
as he had amended it, The section de
fines the way of making appropriations
and the duties of the board of finance.
: Section 70 was striker out entirely
r A new section embodying the fire and
t police departments into the board of
public works was tn, n presented by the
, subcommittee and adopted
Section "a police commissioners, was
; stricken out.
In sections -, IS, - and IS, police de.
partment, every thing inconsistent with
t the departments being managed by the
board of public works was corrected
1 and the sections adopted.
| ST elton II, regarding the baIloting foI
officers in the gift of the common
! council, was then taken up and adopted
L without change.
} Sections 1 and ?, relating to the
S division of the city into wards and
t voting places, was laid over until tn,
2 next meeting.
4 Section A.. board of public works
7 was then taken up and the following
+ amendment TALKED on: 1.-The mayor O
said city, by and with the advice anC
: consent of two-thirds of the board o
Y aldermen, may remove any member o
/ the board for cause" The section wa
D adopted.
: E. A. Smith then brought the com
: mittee back to section &c, which haC
e been adopted and by which the city il
: authorized to issue water bonds to the
e amount of $400, 900, to be paid for with
t in siXty-fve years at the rate of So, OOi
a each year. Mr. Smith amended the sec
d ton by making the time forty-five year
e and the rate of payment $4,000 year
!. The section thus amended was re
d adopted and the committee adjourned
e to next Monday night at 1:30 o'clock.