The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-02
FREDERICK B. FARNswoRTH,


 City Clerk Lyon read the following communication regarding the same matter:
 To the Honorable Court of Common Coun-
 Gil of the City of New Haven:--
 l most respectfully call the attention of your honorable body to the provisions of the new city charter relating to advertising; {; also to section 159 restricting certain ex penditures to $100, except by contract Section 46 provides that fin the month of November in each year the Board of Fi~ penses of said city for the year next ensu- ing, beginning January 1st, and of the rate of taxation required to meet the same Said estimates and the rate of taxation courH of common council during the first week of December" and within five days after sal,i submission SHALL te published once In each of the daily newspapers Ill
 Section S3 relating to assessments for property taken or damaged' for public use says: such assessment and all sewer as- ssessments SHALL be published three times within one week "after being recorded in the city records" and upon the expiration Of said week said sum shall be payable The city clerk SHALL with any such as- of the order on which such assessment is based and the date when the same is pay. able"
 section 152 provides that no ordinance have been published at least three times in two or more daily papers," and section 57 relating to duties of the city clerk says He shall publish all city. ordinances as soon as the same are enacted"
 And In section 159 we find the following provisiOns:: Except for the furnishing of light, water or telephone service, and ex- ctept as in this act otherwise provided" !" nYly is done to execute or perfect q particular undertaking, or any supply is needful for any particular purpose, and the several parts Rlh o1 sad work or supply. shall toge- one hundred dollars, written contract for such work or supply shall be made under such regulations as the court of common council may by ordinance establish. :" which contract shall be founded on sealed bids or proposals, made In compliance with public notice, duly advertised by publica flon fn, at least ten days before the, time fixed
 It will be observed that the provisions relating to advertising are mandatory as to the thing to be done. and limit of time, the limit of time in all of them renders compliance with the condition of section 159 in regard to contracts impossible m less made in advance of action of court of thorized by this section to make contracts except under such rules as the court oP common council may establish
 As the advertising required under the sec tions referred to devolves upon the city clerk, and the estimates and revised ordi- nances must soon be advertised involving n large expenditure (the estimates alone pro- bably more than one hundred dollars at present rates), I respectfully ask that your honorable body take such action as the cir cumstances demand, and very respectfully submit the following vote passed by the Board of f. Finance IsiII Very respectfully:
 RICHARD F. LYON, City Clerk
 These communications having been read, the statements of the mayor and city clerk were placed on file. and the recommendation was taken up for dis cussion.
 Alderman Root moved that the rec ommendation be adopted and the order passed.
 Alderman Brennan-'T fail to discov- CT in the order as recommended any, thing about the lowest or the highest bidder. What is the object in giving the advertising out by contract if tbaro is no consideration of the lowest hid der?"
 Alderman Rourke-'I agree with that It doesn't strike me that that recon,- mendation covers the matter. Accord ing to that, even if the contract Were
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