The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-27
NEW CHARTER ADOPTED.
ACTION TAKEN AT SPECIAL ALDER
 MANIC SESSION LAST NIGHT.

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 mittec on Railroads and Bridges in Ref
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 So great was the interest taken last evening in the consideration of the proposed new charter for the city. that despite the Inclemency of the weather, all the members of the board of alder men except one were present at last nights meeting of that body The ab- sentee was Alderman Flynn of the Third ward. There were also a large number of citizens present, among them being ex-Mayor Peck. Plumbing Inspector John D. Eldridge, Eli Whit ney, jr., Clarence B. Deming Commis- sioners William Maley. James E.. Me- Gam, Joseph R. Manning. Prince and Doolittle, Frederick L. Averill. An thony Carroll, Sherwood S. Thompson and others.
 After the meeting had been called to order Alderman Macdonald of the Tenth ward, in an eloquent and able speech, stated that although he had been accused both by some of the mem- bers of the board and also by several newspapers of the city of using dilatory tactics in dealing with the new charter in wanting 1t considered section by sec ton, so that 1t would be eventually killed, such accusations were not true. That he was strongly in favor of charter revision and that he did not in the slightest degree intend to kill the new charter, but that on the other hand he did not intend to do as the board of councilmen had done when that body adopted unanimously char ter which practically wiped them out of existence He also said that despite the fact that the charter commission had reported a proposed charter, he did not understand that the rights of the representatives of the people were to be curtailed by any such report. He closed by stating that he was first, last and all the time in favor of charter revision and that any intention to kill it was farthest from his thoughts.
 After this explanation the charter was taken up and considered section by section from the place where its con- sideration was left of at the last meet ing. This was at the twelfth section. which provides for the appointment of "a corporation counsel by the mayor. At this point Alderman Macdonald in troduced an amendment to tne effect that the corporation counsel be elected by the court of common council as at present. In support of his amendment he said that the corporation counsel should be untrammelled. He argued at length in favor of his amendment, but despite the strong points which he advanced, the amendment was lost by a vote of 8 to 13 The original section of the charter was then adopted almost unanimously.
 All the succeeding sections of the charter were read and unanimously adopted until the section was reached which gives the city clerk the power to appoint and remove the assistant city clerk. Alderman Reyes here in troduced an amendment to the section qualifying it so that the assistant city clerk should only be removed for cause. After short debate the amend ment was lost and the original section adopted.
 When the section relating to the sealer of weights and measures was reached Alderman Macdonald objected to it on the ground that it opened too many loopholes for possible dishonest actions. Alderman Reyes also objected on the ground that it gave that official too much power. He said that any Of his assistants could be removed by him simply by his preferring charges in writing against them and that such unlimited power should not be &C., corded him. The section as amended by the committee of the court of com- mon council was, however, adopted.
 The next amendment was offered when the sections were reached relating to the department of public works. Here Alderman Macdonald offered an amendment providing for commits sion of public works, to consist of six members, no more than three of which shall belong to any one political party and stdll further for the election of these commissioners by the people in- 1f I>x, fhk, hoo or1 nf al The proposed new charter provides for a department of public works, which shall be under the charge of one di- rector, appointed by the mayor. After a brief discussion the amendment was defeated.
 At. this point Alderman Hitler stated that while he and other members of the board were not in favor of the pro- posed new charter as a, whole still in order to facilitate matters and ensure the act reaching, the legislature in season, he would move that the report of the committee on charter revision be accepted and the recommendations adopted. This motion prevailed, there being but two dissenting votes and the discussion on charter revision for 1894 was at an end.
 The following report from the com mittee on railroads and bridges and signed by Councilmen R. A. Belden and c. F. Levere was read and unanimously adopted: Ordered that the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company be and they hereby are ordered to run their cars out Derby avenue every twelve minutes Yn accordance with the nre,,,oua aoroomenf with the city Of