The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-11
CITY CHARTER REVISION.
AMENDMENTS RECOMMESDED TO
 THE BOARD OF COU4CILMEN.

-fow HoWots fof the MhyOf-Ihscmcnt
 Bill Amendment-rown Consolidation
 Bill and school Consolidation Bin
 Amendments.
 The committee on charter revision made the following report to the court of common council last evening;
 Your committee have held four public hearings. all of which were largely at- tended by citizens and taxpayers. who expressed their views upon all of the acts above mentioned. Many taxpay- CTS who were unable to attend the hearings have presented their views in writing, which communications are herewith submitted.
 The amendments submitted herewith which your committee recommend for adoption are, with few important exceptions, merely corrections of minor errors and Inconsistencies The impor- some of the powers which the proposed acts confer upon the mayor; which @ make provision for the continuance of the board of councilmen; which (0 pro- vide for the election of the members of the board of education at school elections to be held on the first Mon- day in October of each year; and which
 O secure a minority representation" in the board of finance. These amend ments were all referred to and drafted by the commission and can be readily incorporated in the proposed acts.
 Your committee are unanimously of the opinion that our town, city and school government should be consoli- dated; that the responsibility of the executive departments of our city gov
 ernment should rest upon the should CTS of few officers directly accounta-
 ble to the people; that the "'town meet ing" and the school meeting" should
 be abolished; that the taxable real es-
 tate of New Haven needs a re-assess- ment; and that an equitable, practica-
 ble and comprehensive plan for the
 permanent pavement and improve
 ment of our streets ought to be devised as soon as possible. We have had
 years of discussion upon all of these
 oupJCSlS lS llS tiluC lOl dStloiI.
 We believe that the proposed acts, as
 amended, having the endorsement of
 our city government and the great
 majority of our taxpayers cannot fail
 to receive favorable action by the next
 general assembly. Their enactment,
 we believe will bring about great inn
 provement in the form of our municipal
 government.
 Your committee therefore recommend the passage of the accompanying reso- lutions.
 Dated at New Haven, this tenth day of December 1894
 JOHN c. GALLAGHER, JOSEPH T. BENHAM, R. A. BELDEN,
 FRANK s. BISHOP, E. E. DURANT.
 The following are some of the amend ments to the city charter bill:
 "On the third Tuesday of April, 1897,
 the freemen resident in each ward of said city shall elect by ballot, as pre- scribed by law, two councilmen, one to serve for one year and one to serve for two years from the first day Of
 June next succeeding their election. And on the third of each April there after. the freemen resident in each ward of said city shall elect by ballot, as prescribed by law, one councilman, to serve for two years from the first day of June next after his election.
 The councilmen chosen at the Decem-
 Der election in 1895, shall hold their
 respectiye offices until the first day of
 June, 1Ss7."
 "In case of death, resignation, re-
 moval or incapacity of any officer of said city chosen by the electors, the court of common council shall order a special election within thirty days to fill the vacancy, and the mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy by ap- pointment"
 "The mayor has the power to either approve or disapprove, in writing, every vote, resolution, order or ordl- nance passed by the court of common
 council If he approve it or fail to take action within ten days after the passage thereof, such vote, resolution, order or ordinance shall become operative and effectual If he disapprove it, he shall transmit in writing his reasons there I fore to the body in which it originated at or before it's next regular meeting, and such vote, resolution, order or or dinance shall not become operative and effectual unless passed over his veto by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the l members of each board of the court of common council present and voting, but no such vote, resolution, order or ordi- nance shall be passed over the veto of 1 the mayor except by the affirma tive ! vote of a. majority of the whole number of members of each board. The mayor
 may also approve or disapprove any part of any vote, order, ordinance or resolution, and the part of the vote, order, ordinance or resolution approved shall become operative and effectual, and the part disapproved shall be void,
 unless passed over his veto in the man. ner aforesaid" "He may also have. the power to as- sume the entire control and direction of the police and fire forces of the city, or either of them, at his discretion in case of emergency, and to exercise all of the powers conferred upon the fire and police departments in relation thereto"
 Every commissioned officer and soldier, when called into service by l J .1 -f