The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-25
THE VETOES CONSIDERED
COUNCILMEN RECEDE FROM THEIR
FORMER ACTION.


The court of common council last
evening at it's third consecutive special
meeting called by the mayor had pres
ent quorum and was thereby enabled
to hear read the mayors communica-
tions in explanation of his vetoes of
Councilman Browns two resolutions
one providing for the reletting of con-
tracts for street hardening before Sep
tember / and the other providing for
the transfer from the $4,000, transfer
red from the sinking fund to the city
treasury, of the $26,652 for street clean
ing and other purposes recommended
by the board of finance to be taken
from the money appropriated for street
hardening.
The councilmen after hearing the two
communications of the mayor, already
published, voted to recede from their
action in passing the resolutions. The
aldermen voted to table the two COM
munications of the mayor, and adjourn
ed without taking further action in the
matters
After the two communications had
been read before the councilmen, Coun-
Gilman White took the floor and said:
Il have grave doubts as to the wisdom
Of the mayor in vetoing these resolu-
tions. | offered them in good faith, be-
lieving that the court of common coun-
Gil would be acting legally in passing
them. In the new charter it is pro-
vided that the charter shall take prece-
= of to ,,ott to,.
in regard to which the two conflict.
The ordinance provides that two-thirds
of the cost of paving any street shall
be paid by assessments on property
owners benefited by the paving. Sec
tion 1876 of the charter provides that the
court of common council may, upon the
execution of any order for the paving.
macadamizing, or other Improvement
of any street or highway within the
city *, assess upon the persons
whose property is, in the judgment Of
said court, especially benefited thereby.
The mayor nevertheless insists that the
action of the common council in pass
ing these resolutions was Illegal. He
wants us to carry with the order for
street hardening an order for assess
ing this. The charter allows the de-
termination as to whether or not the
assessments be made to rest with the
court of common council"
Councilman Burgess said that he was
in favor of sustaining the veto. He said
that to do so, and to pass the recon-
mendation of the board of finance,
would make money at once available
for current needs and would only de-
lay the street hardening a short time.
He thought that the recommendation
of the board of finance should be heed
ed.
Councilman Stein objected strongly
to receding from the former action of
the councilmen in passing the resolu-
tions.
On vote being taken the motion to
recede offered by Councilman Burgess
was carried by a vote of Ia to 8. The
resolution covered in this vote was that
ordering the reletting of street harden
ing contracts and the completion of the
work as soon as possible.
Councilman Burgess next moved to
recede from the former action in voting
to transfer the sums needed for street
hardening and the other sums named
in the recommendation of the board of
finance from the sinking fund amount
of $4,000 and that the councilmen
adopt the board of finance recommend
alton to take the money needed, about
$26,652, from the amounts appropriated
for street hardening.
Councilman Stein jumped up at this
and said that he thought the amounts
appropriated for street hardening
should be used for that purpose so far
as they would go.
Councilman Porter also spoke against
adopting the recommendation
Councilman Burgess spoke in favor of
his motion and hoped that all delaying
action would be laid aside Mr.. Bur-
CESS motion was finally passed by a
vive voce vote of u to g. but Council
man Burton called for an aye and nay
vote, which was taken and resulted in
a vote of IA in favor of the motion and
8 against.
After the disposition of a number of
petitions the board adjourned.
Meeting of the aldermen.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the councilmen the aldermen met The
first business was the introduction of
a resolution by Alderman Chillingworth
and it's passage. The resolution called
attention to the act of the general as
sembly of 1895 providing for the issue
of $50o,000 worth of paving bonds by the
city of New Haven and stating that
amy avail of the sale of said bonds
may be temporarily borrowed by the
city, as provided in section 81 of the
city ordinances, for the purpose of
meeting current expenses of the city,
provided that such temporary loans
shall not in any way interfere with the
use of said funds for the purpose of
permanent Davements; nor shall any
loan be made from said fund for
period of more than four consecutive
months The act quoted further pro-
vides that ali assessments of the abut-
ting land owners of pavements be made
payable at such time or times as NAV
be determined by the court of common
council.
After stating these facts Alderman
Chillingworth's resolution was as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the board of finance
be requested to inform the court of
common council as to what action If
would recommend to the court of conn
,,1on cOuncil TO take tn sao,,ro -, -,