The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-26
TO-DAT'S VOTING.
What the Consolidation Act Says.

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 The consolidation act provides that that portion of the town of New Ha- ven which is not now included within the limits of the city of New Haven, is hereby annexed and made part of said city, and the boundaries of said town shall hereafter be the boundaries of said city. All the powers, duties and liabilities of said town respecting high ways, private ways and bridges and re- specting paupers shall on the first day of May, 1896, be transferred to and inn posed upon said city, and all the pro- visions of the charter of said city concerning highways, etc., shall be ex- tended and made to apply to all terri tories which this act brings within the jurisdiction of the city.
 The act also provides for the estab- lishment of a department of charities and corrections in said city under the management and control of a board composed of four members, who shall be residents of said city and who shall serve without pay. The members of the board shall be appointed by the board of aldermen upon nomination of the mayor. After May 1, 1896, this de- partment of charities and correction shall be charged with the care of the poor belonging to said city, and shall execute all laws relative thereto, which would, except for this act, apply at any time to the selectmen of said town. It is also provided that all powers and duties of the selectmen of said town concerning the appointment and super vision of conservators, guardians and overseers, the commitment of persons to the Connecticut School for Boys or the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, or insane persons and indigent imbecile children to the proper insti- tutions, the indenture of apprentices, the giving of children in adoption, the education of children, the collection and return of statistics concerning the deaf dumb and blind, and concerning all other matters affecting the defective and dependent classes shall be taken from the selectmen and vested and exer- cised or performed by said board of charities and corrections.
 The remainder of the act which is of special interest at this time is as fol- lows:
 The town clerk of said town shall con- tinue to discharge all of the duties re- pensation, in addition to the fees of his office, shall be $1, 300 a year, which, to- gether with the expenses of his office, not including salaries of his assistants, shall be paid by said city. On or be- fore the tenth day of December in each year, beginning in 1896, he shall submit to the mayor an account of his doings and the doings of his offIce for the year ending on the 30th of Mo- yember next proceeding, which report shall contain a statement of all money received and expended during said year.
 There shall be elected at the Decenn- Der election, 1896, and in each thereafter, five selectmen who shall hold office for one year from the first day of Jan uary next following their election, and antil their successors shall be elected and qualified. On and after the 1st day of May, 1896, the powers and duties of the selectmen of said town shall be limited to those powers vested in, and those duties imposed upon them by the constitution and laws of the state in relation to the admission of persons to the privilege of electors of said town and to the erasure from the registry list of the names of those who have for feited the privileges of electors. No elector shall vote for more than three selectment at any election Each of said selectmen shall receive fifty cents per hour for the time actually spent in the discharge of said duties, and their necessary expenses, and their compen- eation and expenses shall be paid by said city.
 After the first day of May, 1896, the town of New Haven shall elect no of fcers, except its selectmen, town clerk, tax collector, registrar of vital statis- tics, board of assessors, board of relief,