The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-26

Decempef election Tn l696, ana annualIy thereafter, to serve for one year from the first day of January next after their election, and the powers and du- ties of said registrars shall be the same as they would have been in said town had the act not been passed. and they shall be subject to all laws which would otherwise apply to the corre- spending officers of said town. All ex- penses of said town election shall be paid by said city. All electors of said town residing within $he territory Of said town annexed to said city as here inbefore provided, shall be electors of said city and shall be qualified to hold office in said city and to vote at all city elections.
 All officers not hereintofore mention ed, who would, except for this act, be elected by said town, shall, after said first day of May 1896, be chosen and appointed by the court of common council of the city of New Haven, in so far as said officers are necessary un- der the laws; and they shall have the same powers and be charged with the same duties that would otherwise de- volve by law upon such officers in said town.
 All property of said town shall, on the first day of May. 1896. be transferred to and vested in the corporation of the city of New Haven, and said city shall have full authority to collect for it's own use all town taxes and all other moneys which are due to said town and unpaid when this act goes into effect; and said city is hereby made liable for all debts which, except for this act, might at any time be enforced against said town.
 The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Eff teenth voting districts of the town of New Haven are hereby constituted re- spectively the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards of said city. The freemen resident in the said Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards re- spectively, shall, on the first Tuesday of December, 1896, elect by ballot from their number in each of said wards, as prescribed by law, and in the same manner as the other wards of said city, one aldermen and three councilmen, who shall hold office for the term of one year from and after the first day of IJanuary next succeeding their election, and one aldermen who shall hold office for the term of two years from and af- ter saiS first day of January next sue ceeding his election; and on the first | Tuesday of December in each succeed 1 ing year shall elect one alderman, who shall hold office for the term of two years from and after the first day of January next succeeding his election; and three councilmen who shall hold office for the term of one year from and after the first day of January succeed ing their election. The aldermen and councilmen representing said Thir- 1 teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards shall not vote upon any question pend l ing before the court of common council in which their respective wards have no direct interest.
 | No property outside of the present limits of the city of New Haven shall after the first day of May 1896, receive any service, protection, or improve ments from the government of said city, except such as have heretofore been furnished by the town of New
 
 shall be subject to burdens by assess ment, taxation, or otherwise, for side walks, curbing, sewers, or any other public work, which would be properly described by the term city improve ments, except such as might have been l laid by the town of New Haven; and none of said property shall be taxed
 by said city more than four mills on the dollar, exclusive of the school tax, or assessed at a higher rate than prop erty in other parts of the city.
 Nothing herein shall be construed to abolish the Westville school district,
 the South school district, or the bor- ough of Fair Haven East, or as abridg- l ing their respective jurisdictions over all portions of their respective territo- ries.
 1 Whenever twenty electors residing in
 either of the said Thirteenth, Four
 teenth or Fifteenth wards shall peti- | tion the court of common council of
 said city that the ward within which they reside may be brought under the l full jurisdiction of said city, so that the persons and property within said ward may secure from the government
 of said city the same benefits and be
 subject to the same obligations as
 persons and property within the orig inal twelve wards of said city said court of common council, after due hearing, if it deems expedient, may fix a day on which all the legal voters re- siding within the limits of said ward lshall vote upon the question whether they are in favor of or opposed to said petition. And if on said day a, majority
 of the legal voters residing within said ward shall be found in favor of having
 said petition granted said court of
 common council may grant the same
 and make an order that the said ward shall thereafter be and remain under the full jurisdiction of said city, and
 such order shall have the same force
 and effect as if it formed a part of this act.
 All powers and duties of said town not otherwise provided for in this act
 shall, on and after the first day of May, 1896, devolve upon said city and be ex-
 ercised and discharged in such manner
 as the court of common council shall order.
 After May 1, 1896 no town meetings shall be held in the town of New Ha-
 ven, except for the election of town off cers
 Whenever any vacancy shall occur in
 any office required by this act before