Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-02

B. Rice be and they are hereby appointed
q committee to see that town meeting is
called as soon as practicable to appropriate
some sum for the investigation of the
almshouse expenditures and for such other
purposes connected with the almshouse rs
they may think advisable to determine all
matters concerning the same.
H. 1. Boughton offered the following,
which was lost:
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed
to Immediately complete the new aims
house so that the same can be occupied as
soon as possible.
]. P. kellogg moved that at the town
meeting to be called in accordance with
Judge Roots motion all votes be taken by
check list The motion was lost. Mr.
ONell then offered the following votes,
all of which were carried:
Voted, that the appropriation hitherto
made in this town meeting of 81, $50 to
pay the salaries of the selectmen for the
current year and the other appropriation
also heretofore made of $500 to pay the
salary of clerk in the selectmen's Office
for the current year are hereby rescinded
and set aside.
Further voted, that whenever the select
men and their clerk shall see fit to prepare
an account of the receipts and expenditures
of the town of Waterbury for the year end
ing September 80. 1898. which shall be
full and accurate and classified as required
| by the votes passed at former town meet
| ings of this town; and the selectmen shall
call a town meeting to hear their report, if
| il shall be fair and accurate and classified
as above stated the legal voters here as
sembled promise that they will use their
best endeavors to pass vote making an
appropriation sufficient to pay the salaries
of the officers named for the current year.
Voted. that the town treasurer a. shall
keep in books provided for that purpose ac-
counts with the same subjects for which
| specific appropriations have been and shall
be made by a meeting of the legal voters
duly warned for that purpose; that he shall
| enter in the classification book the number
| of every claim transmitted to him, the
name of the claimant, the class of depart
ment to which it belongs and set down in
each department the amount of the claims
which belong to that department. t2l The
treasurer shall pay all orders drawn on him
signed by a majority of the selectmen in
the order in which they shall be presented
to him. When it shall happen that there
is not money in the treasury belonging to
the department against which the order is
drawn sufficient to pay the order presented,
he shall register said orders in the order in
which they shall be presented to him and
shall on no pretence pay or advance money
upon subsequent order until he shall
have money in the treasury sufficient to
pay all orders prior in number on his
register. 81 The treasurer shall on no ac-
count pay any order presented to him un-
lass there is sufficient money in the treas
ury which has been appropriated in town
meeting for the payment of that particular
claim.
Voted that no department of the town
government and no officer of the town shall
expend in any fiscal year or years any sun
in excess of the appropriations made by
the town in town meeting for such year OF
years, or involve the town in any contract
| for the future payment of money in excess
of any such appropriation; nor shall an!
accounting or discussing officer of any de
partment of the town government allow ol
pay any account or charge whatever grow
r ing out of or in any way connected will
any regular department of the town gov.
eminent or with any special or other com
mission, until special appropriation shall
have been made by a town meeting to pa,
such accounts and charges or after tn,
r special appropriations have boon OK
: hausted; and no moneys appropriated TO
contingent, incidental or miscellaneou
purpose shall be expended or paid for Off
cial or clerical compensation.
, Voted, that hereafter in the call for nj
! annual town meetings the selectmen shall
insert in the waning thereof that tn,
! town meeting will be asked TO make appro
: priations of specific sums of money for tn
! several purposes authorized by law to b.
! expended for towns for the then ensuing
) year.
\ Voted, that new bridges shall not b
: constructed unless ordered by n tow
4 meeting warned for that purpose.
4 Voted, that new work $50 called upol
4 the town highways shall not be done b,
: the selectmen unless ordered by tow
4 meeting warned for that purpose.
\ Voted, that selectmen may draw order
for horse hire in favor of themselves 70
4 use in the performance of their duties n
selectmen to the extent of $40 annual
and ror no more; the same to be charge,
d against the account miscellaneous" il
their books.
Voted, that the seleetmen shall cause t
: be printed on the first day of each mont
hereafter or the first week day following,
the first day falls on Sunday. in each o
: the daily papers published in Waterbury,
classified statements If the amounts i
their Office, showing the amount of none
appropriated. the amount of the appropri
alton expended each month in column b
. itself during the current year. the amour
: of the appropriation unexpende
and the amount expended by then
for which no appropriation has been mad
I and the amount expended exceeding tn
: appropriation which has been made, i
substantially the same form and manner i
which the city auditor now makes repol
!" monthly TO the court of common council c
the city of Waterbury.
Voted, that the selectmen and tow
> treasurer be and they are hereby prohibite
= paying or drawing any order in favor c
L the first selectmen for any sum whatevt
= in addition to the salary of twelve hundre
u and fifty dollars heretofore fixed upon
9 town meeting for his services, either &
u superintendent of the highways or surveyc
II thereof or on any other account whateve
General kellogg and L. l. Munson d,
a clared that all the votes were illegal {
q nothing concerning them was mentione
in the call and to cover this Mr. O'Nei
s. offered the following, which was carried:
. Voted, that the selectmen be requisite
II to put into the general warning for tn
town meeting all the votes passed at TIL
< special meeting.
T. The assessors were authorized to pu
q chase four books for recording transfers {
II property. The following was offered:
e Voted, that the further sum of SC, 600 b
appropriated to macadamize the tow
q roads of Waterbury and that the selectme
+ be instructed to negotiate with the boar
of road commissioners of the city of Wi
u terbury to have the same crushed at the
II plant near Cheshire.
o Mr. O'Neill said this was another ba
:, and the motion was defeated. The specif
d town meeting was then adjourned to Dr.
: cember l, at the same time and place an
n the adjourned town meeting called I
q order and immediate adjournment taken I
II the same date, when the tax rate will prof.
e ably be levied.
d ADJUSTMENTS.
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