Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-26

le may deem 1t best to do so, three com oetent. dislnterested persons, no more than
 wo Of wEom shall be of the same political party, 10 examine without notice Ihe affairs
 f any department, officer or emI love ot said eIty. and report in writing the result of said examination to him. Said rel ort shall be iiled by the mayor in the oiflcs ot the city clerk"
 CITY CLERK.
 The city clerk shall be clerk of the board f aldermen and its committees and of ths boards of finance, public ssfsty and health, aud shall record their doings. He shall send, immediately after 1t takes effect, copy Of my ordinance, resoluti n or order of the
 ,oard Of aldermen, and any resolution or order of any board or committee Of which be Is clerk, to each department or officer affsct-
 ,d thereby. He shall issue. all notices aud
 warnings of the meetings of the board of Hl- iermen, the boards of finance, public safety and health, and of the committees of each oi
 aid boards, which notices and warnings hall be givsn or ssrved as may by ordinan 6 1e provided, and shall perform such other clerical services as may be required by he ordinances of the city. He -bHll keep his office open during such hours .s the ordinances may direct. With the ap- yroval of the mayor he may appoint an at- ,istant city clerk, whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of aldermen. The
 ecord of the clerk sh all in court be prinld fdcie evidence of the truth of the matters re ,urded therein. The city clerk, us clerk of
 
 'atistics, and all registration fees shall be
 urDe1 over 10 the cIy treasurer.
 TREASURER.
 The treasurer Is required to furnish bond If $75, 900. All city funds are to be deposited in such bank or banking institution us ihs board of finance may direct. City funds are 70 be deposited within tweuty-four hours after he receives :hem, and he shall obtain from the bank or other institution where such deposit is made duplicate receipts for the money so deposited, one of which dupli- cates sEail bs filed with the controller within wenty-four hours after the deposit Is made The treasurer shall pay all orders drawn on him by the city clerk and countersis sned by the mayor and the controller, in the order in which they shall be presente1 to him. When it shall happen that there is no money ID the treasury sufficient to pay all the orders presented, he shall number and reg ister said orders in the order in which thy shall be presented to him, and shall on no prefense pay or advance money upon a sub- sequent order until hs shall have money in he treasury sufficient to pay all orders prior | in number on his register. The treasurer is required to mtke monthly reports to the board of finance.
 CONTROLLER.
 The controller, who is required to furnish bonds for S25, 900. Is an i'm portant financial officer and he IS 10 be Sutj 1ct to the board oi finance in all matters concerning the financial iffairs of the ci y. He shall prescribe the IOTm or hll dCCOuutS anu suhil keep dCGOuule with each municipal department. Among his du' les are these:
 He shall audit, or cause to be audited, the | accounts of the several departments aud Ol II city officers, at least ones in every three months and shall submit 10 the mayor on or nefore the 18Th day If July, 1896, and on or | before the 18th day of each third month | thereafter, a report of the condition of each | of said accounts, tCg z sther with a summary of all accounts of the city, verified by his oath or affirmation, exhibiting the revenues, receipts | and expenditures, the sIurces from which | the revenues and funds are derived, in what manner the same havS been disb lrsed. and | he amout drawn against each item Of the | appropriations, and the mayor shall cause said reports to be submitted to the boards of | aldermen and finance
 He shall keep a separate account for each -pecific item of the appropriations, and shal | reQuire all warrants to state specifically against which Of said items the warrant Is | irawn. Each account shall be accom- mpanied | by a detailed statement, in a separate column, l nG the unpaid contracts and outstanding or ders charged against it.
 he shall not suffer any appropriation to be | overdrawn, or the appropriation for one item Of expense to be drawn upon for any other purpose, or by any department other than | that for which the appropriation was spe- | officially made, except in case of transfers made as hereinafter provided. No warrant shall be issued unless sufficient funds to pay the same shall actually be in the treas- ury. If he shall certify any bill, con- tract or claim in excess of the appropriation | properly applicable thereto, the city shall no' | be liable tor such excess, but he shall be per
 sopalIy liable therefor. and his sureties shall | also be liable to the amount of the bold The controller shall be purchas ing agent | for said city and ali its departments, and nc | claim for any article furni-hed said city O. any of It's departments shalt be paid unless the same was ordered by,said controller.
 COLLECTOR.
 -,r taxes due to said city, and all assessments of every kind made by said city, and all water l r-nts, all license fe, g. tXcept us herein o'her- | wise provided, and all debts payable tn sai. cry. All licenses issued by any city depart.
 ment or officer ehal be presented 10 the col
 Ieclor, or his authorized agent in the collect
 or's office, who shall receive the lee pre-
 scribed therefor, and shall countersisn each | license before the same shall be or effect. He
 shall cause record of each license, Sc
 countersig ed to be kept in bis office"
 The collectors salary shall be ID lieu of al | other compensation for services, except that
 he skall be allowed his actual clerical TX
 penses, not to exceed one tn 'usand dollar l yearly, and his lawful fees for levying
 Ills bond Is $1U0.000. He must deposit WI n | the treasurer UetUIe3 o'clock on each busI-
 nrsS day all city moUeys collected during the
 preceding twenty-tnur hours. anu secure ths
 treHsurer's receipt in dupncAfe. one copy n'
 hich Is to be filled with the controller. Tn" | general duties as 10 collection Of taxes ar | similar to those that Guw obtain.
 | IL shall be the duty of the collector to re
 port to the board ot aldermen on the first
 Monday of each month the names and ad.
 tresses of all parsons who being liable 10 Lay | taxes and assessments to said city, and wh'
 have neRI-cted to pay the same fpr !
 months after the same became due and pay
 ,ble. He shall likewise report to the de- parimeut of putlic works the names and ad dresses of all person who shall have neglect
 sd to pay their water rents 'or a period O | thirty days after the same became due and payable.
 CITY ATTORNEY.
 The city attorney Is 10 be appointed by th, r mavor and IS required to furnish a bond O
 $I0000. He Is the l. gal adviser of the cirl and all Its departments; is instructed to rep l full power to institute suits in he name O ! the city. In addition to his salary he Is al ? lowed his actual clerical expenses, not to ex cesd S1. .O0O. and his ofice is to ba open during T such hours as the ordinances may direct. H'
 is to n. ks an annual report of his dOinRs ! All opinions so given by him shall be record g ad in an indRxed book, which book shall bi 3 kept Tn the fi a of ,he city attorney an' shall be delivered by him to his successor fl offlca, and shall be the property of the city There shall se no election of a city attorne. in the year 1895. but the term of the city at 8 | 'orney holding sfflcs ou the S0th day of June 8 ay of January, 1896, and until his successo Is appointed.
 - OTHER oFFICKRs.
 8 The duties and powers of the city sherin . registrars of voters, and town clerk are nc g very much changed.
 . The boards of assessors and of relief ar . each composed of three members, not mor e than two oI whom shall belong to the sam = political party. The term Cf office Is thre - years. Each January the mayor, subject { } the approval of the board of aldermen, is d T | rected to appoint one assessor and one men D Der Of the board of relief. The term of of1c D begins March 1. The present assessors hol @ offl a until the expiration of their terms, an
 the present board of relief is continued Il office till March 1, 1896.
 1T The sealer of weights and measures Is al e pointed by the mayor.
 n SALARIES.