The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-01
AMENDED AND REVISED
DRAFT or NEW CHARTER SUBMIT-
TED no COMM TTEE or FIFTY.


Redistrlctlng OF Wards Did Not Meet With
Favor-Pensioning of Retired Police
INSTRUMENTATION for Municipal
Offices Must be Made Ten Days Before
Election.
The charter committee of fifty met in
the councilmanlc chamber Saturday
night ii act on the recommendations
of the subcommittee on the charter.
Prof, George d. Watrous was chair
man Of tho meeting and A. Nee.
Mathewson secretary, A good attend
ance of the membership of the commit
tee was present.
The report of the subcommittee was
| presented by the secretary, Attorney
Isaac Wolfe, Among the suggestions
in the report was one proposing the re-
districting OF wards, The suggestion
was opposed by James N. States, Ly-
man N. Johnson, James ]. Carr and d.
a. Blakeslee, The proposed redisticting
was defended by Isaac M. Ullman,J John
| T. Manson, and A. McC. Mathewson.
| The matter was finally tabled, but was
later taken up and voted down.
| The subcommittee report further
provided for pensioning a retired police
officer to the amount of $500 annually
This was opposed by Police Commits
sioner James T. Moran, who said that
such action would reduce the fund at
| the disposal of the police commissioners
and necessitate an appeal to the court
of common council for additional funds.
| The pensioning was favored by Loren
| A. Stannard, a member of the board of
health, He said that the pension was
to be given only to those who We're en-
| tirely disabled. The provision was fin
ally voted down, and as the matter now
stands the maximum pension is $500
and minimum is fourth of the sal
| ary.
| In the charter as proposed by the
committee of thirty the salary of the
superintendent of public charities and
| corrections is fixed at $4,000. This mat
| ter was discussed at length, and was
sanctioned by the committee of fifty,
and it was also voted that the superin-
| tendent of charities and corrections
| could engage in employment outside of
| his department, If he found time. An
| amendment providing that all nominal
!ons for municipal officers should be
/ made ten days in advance was voted
upon favorably. That section of the
proposed charter which prohibits man
! from holding office in more than one
| branch of the city government at one
| time was opposed by A. MaXcy Hitler,
| but a motion to strike it out was lost.
| Although some opposition was evidence
| ed the provision TO the effect that the
| presidents of the board of aldermen
and board of councilmen be made ex-
ofTlcii members of the board of finance
to serve at compensation of IS for each
/ day on duty, the section was sane
/ toned.
/ The section providing that the SUI
| perintendent Of schools shall have pow
/ er to dismiss teachers at his discretion
| was discussed and opposed by Mr..
states and Mr.. Peaker, while Mr.. Moran
| favored it.
An amendment was offered by Isaac
| M. Ullman, abridging the power of the
| superintendent of schools in this line
/ but it was voted down, and the original
provision allowed to stand.
The amendment increasing the mem
| bership of the board Of assessors from
three to five was carried and the pro-
posed consolidation act was allowed tc
go through without dissent.
| On motion of Mr.. Moran it was voted
to refer back to charter as amended tc
the subcommittee of nine for modifica.
ton and be then transmitted to the
mayor for submission to the court OF
common council The revised charter
will probably be submitted to the boarf
of aldermen tonight.