The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-16

EXTEND THE CITY'S LIMITS.
A Summary of the Proposed Consolidation
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A Summary of the Proposed Consolidation
Act.
The proposed consolidation act which
has been promulgated by the commit
tee of thirty provides that the present
boundaries of the town of New Haven
shall be the boundaries of the city
BY the terms of section of the act.
all the powers, duties and liabilities
9TH day of December, 1897 be trans
ferred to and imposed upon said city.
All the provisions of the city charter
concerning highways, ETC., shall after
the date above mentioned be extended
to apply to all territories within the
boundaries mentioned in the first sec
ton.
Section 16 transfers all the towns
property to the city, the city to collect
all unpaid town taxes.
Section II defines what shall be under
said act the boundaries of the Thir-
tcenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards.
respectively, and provision is made for
men from those wards as so defined,
and their terms of service are specified
Proceeding the bill says:
Section Is. No property outside of
the present limits of the city Of New
Haven shall after December Z, 1897,
receive any service, protection or in
provements from the government of
said city, except such as have hereto
fore been furnished by the town of
New Haven; and none of said property
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
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; and
none of the oyster grounds in New Ha-
ven harbor which have not heretofore
been subject to city taxation, shall be
taxed more than four mills on the dol
lar.
Section 49, Whenever one hundred
electors of said city, residing in either
of the said Thirteenth, Fifteenth or
Sixteenth wards, shall petition the
court of common council of said city
that the ward within which they reside
may be brought under the full jurisdic-
ton of said city, so that the persons
and property within said ward may Sc
cure from the government of said city
the same benefits and be subject to the
same obligations as persons and prop
erty within the original twelve wards
of said city, said court of common
council, after due hearing, and If 1t
deems expedient, may fix day on
which all the legal voters residing with
in the limits of said ward shall 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 there
after be and remain under the full jur-
isdiction of said city, and such order
shall have the same force and effect as
if it formed a part of this act.
Section q. After December 7, 1897
no town meeting shall be held in the
town of New Haven, except for the
election Of officers.
Section "a. Nothing herein shall be
construed to abolish the Westville
school district, the South school district
or the borough of Fair Haven East, or
as abridging their respective juriSdic-
tions over all portions of their respec-
tive territory.
Section 25. On the first Tuesday of
June, 1897, all the legal voters residing
within the limits Of said town and
without the limits of the city of New
Haven shall, under the direction and
supervision of the board of selectmen,
vote upon the question whether they
are in favor of or opposed to this act.
All in favor of this act SHALL on said
day cast a ballot with the word Yes
nrinted thereon, and those opposed
shall cast ballot with the word NO
the votes cast on said day by said vot-
ers shall be opposed to this act, it shall
be void and of no effect; but if a ma
iority of said votes shall be in favor of
this act, this act shall thereupon i'm
mediately take effect.
Section rs. All acts and parts of acts
Inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed. This act, except as herein 9TH
erwise provided shall take effect upon
its passage.
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