The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-07

or the clly or INeW IldN III SO lttI dS said officers are necessary under the laws; and they shall have the same powers and be charged with the same duties that would otherwise devolve 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 un- paid 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 respec- lively shall, on the first Tuesday of De- cember. 1896, elect by ballot from their number in each of said wards, as pre- scribed by law, and in the same man. ner as the other wards of said city, one alderman and three councimen, whc shall hold office for the term of one year from and after the first day of January next succeeding their election, and one alderman who shall hold office for the term of two years from and after said first day of January next succeeding his election; and on he first Tuesday of De- cember in each succeeding year shal elect one alderman who shall hold office for the term of two years from and after the first day of January next succeed 1 ing his election, and three eouncilmer who shall hold office for the term of one year from and after the first day oi 1 January next succeeding their election | The aldermen and councilmen repre- senting said Thirteenth, Fourteenth aao Fifteenth wards shall not vote upon any question pending before the court O common council in which their respec tive wards have no direct interest. l No property outside of the present limits of the city of New Haven shall after the first day of May, 1896, re l ceive any service, protection, or i'm provements from the government of sait | city, except such as have heretofore been furnished by the town of New 1 Haven; and none of said property shal | be subject to burdens by assessment | taxation, or otherwise, for sidewalks | curbing, sewers, or any other public | work, which would be properly describ l ed by the term city improvements, ex | cept such as might have been lait by the town of New Haven; and non' l of said property shall be taxed by sait
 city more than four mills on the dol lar, exclusive of the school tax, or as
 sessed at higher rate than propert! l in other parts of the city,
 1 Nothing herein shall be construed t | abolish the Westville school district the South school district, or the borougl of Fair Haven East, or as abridgnt 1 their respective jurisdictions over al l portions of their respective territories | Whenever twenty electors residing il
 either of the said Thirteenth, Four teenth, or Fifteenth wards shall peti ton the court of common council o | said city that the ward within whicl they reside may be brought under tn full jurisdiction of said city, so tha
 the persons and property within sai
 ward may secure from the governmen of said city the same benefits and b | subject to the same obligations as per sons and property within the origina
 twelve wards of said city, said cour
 of common council, after due hearing if it deems expedient, may fix a da on which all the legal voters residing
 within the limits of said ward sha1 vote upon the question whether the
 are in favor of or opposed to said pc tition. And if on said day a majorit
 of the legal voters residing within sai
 ward shall be found in favor of havin
 said petition granted, said court 0
 common council may grant the sam and make an order that the said war shall thereafter be and remain unde
 the full jurisdiction of said city an
 such order shall have the same fore and effect as if it formed part of thi act.
 l All powers and duties of said tow not otherwise provided for in this act shall on and after the first day of May 1896, devolve upon said city and b
 exercised and discharged in such man
 ner as the court of common counc shall order.
 After May 1, 1896, no town meeting
 shall be held in the town of New Ha
 ven except for the election of tow officers.
 l Whenever any vacancy shall occur i
 any office required by this act. befor
 the expiration of the term of sue
 office said vacancy shall within thirt
 days thereafter be filled for the re
 mainder of the unexpired term b
 choosing new officer in the same man
 ner in which, and from the same politi
 cal party from which the last incum bent of said office was chosen.
 | All acts and parts of acts inconsisten
 herewith are hereby repealed
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