The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-14
COUNCILMEN DID NOT ACT
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By striking Out tGe eleventh line Ot Section 134 and inserting in place there of the following: Ito the court of con- mon pleas, or to tine superior court for all order compelling any witness so sum moned before them 10 testify, which courts shall have the power to issue a subpoena and to enforce the presence and testimony of all witnesses sum- moned in tn same way and to the same extent az they now have power to en- force the presence and testimony of wit nesses in each of said courts"
 By inserting between the word for and the words "street sprinkling" in the thrty-third line of Section 139 the words ''sewers, for"
 By striking out the words "city clerk" in the thirty seventh line of Section 13o and inserting in place thereof the words ''taX collector"
 By striking out the word hundred" in Section 159 and inserting in place thereof the word two hundred and fifty"
 By striking out Section 161 of said charter and inserting the following:
 Section 161. The several departments and executive officers shall annually on or before the fifteenth day of February
 
 proceedings during the fiscal year pre- ceding, with a detailed statement of their receipts and expenditures, and such further additional information ss to their proceedings, receipts and expen- ditures between the first day of January and the first day of May, as the mayor may require, and he shall transmit the same to the court of common council within ten days after receiving the same with any recommendations which he may think proper.
 By striking out in the fourth line of Section 197 the word clerk and insert in place thereof the word controller
 Amend Section 8 of the consolidation act by inserting between the word blind" and the word land" in the ninth line of Section of the consolidation act the words prosecutions for bas- tardy.'
 By adding to Section 67 of said char ter the following words: "The director of public works shall have the same power and duties in reference to fence viewing as were similarly invested in the board of selectmen.'
 By inserting between the word "coun- cil'' and the word "or" in the sixth line of Section IS of said charter, the words ''or the chairman of any committee Of the court of common council upon any subject pending before said committee"
 Just before the board adjourned it. was voted to direct the corporation counsel to secure if possible the passage of charter amendment providing that recommendation of the board of finance for transfers may be changed by two-thirds vote of each branch of tlie court of common council instead of by a five-sixth vote as now required.
 The board adjourned at 11:50
 The boards concurred in referring to the lamp committee, with power to act, resolution to give the lamp commit tee power to make a contract with the New Haven Electric Light company for the lighting the city arc lights for one year.
 The councifmen Sconcurred with the aldermen in referring to a special committee the petition of Anthony Car roll for an investig ation as to the dis position made by the police department of the books stolen by the Rev. MT. Miller. Councilman Gruener offered resolution directing the fire marshal or other proper authority to take steps to- wards comforting with the quartermas- ter's department of the state in regard to making more satisfactory and ade quate exits from the armory to be used in case of a fire in the armory when large gatherings are present there. The resolution was passed, and referred to the fire marshal to act.
 The matter of the Doolittle claim for money withheld on a contract by the director of public works for alleged non performance, occupied large part of the session, and was the cause of lengthy speeches by Councilmen Hall, J. J. Walsh, w. J. Walsh and Spreyer. The committee reported in favor of paying the claim, which amounts to about $56. The aldermen at previous meeting adopted the report. When the committee report was read last night to the councilmen, Councilman Hall moved that it be referred to the corporation counsel for an opinion as to the legality of the claim Dr. w. P. Baldwin of the First ward seconded. | Mr. Hall then made a long and elo- quent speech in opposition to paying the claim, and defended the mayor aSalnSC the CHdrSe n19Qe recently Dy | President Norris of the beard of alder men that the mayor was lobbying in | both branches of the common council. | He said among other things: Alder man Norris said that no one could ac- cuse him of lobbying. I take up the | gauntlet he has thrown down. He has approached me and asked me to vote for certain matters. He came right | here on the floor and asked me to vote for them; he didn't stop in the lobby He accused the honorable mayor of doing the same thing which he does himself"
 Councilman J. J. Walsh also defended the mayor and attacked Alderman Nor ris, saying: Look at his work for the firemen's petition. He came to me and asked me to vote for it. He calls that justice. Webster calls 1t lobbying "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet but this rose don't smell very sweet His attack on the mayor was far fetched and wicked"
 Councilman Spreyer spoke in favor of accepting the committee report and said that while the claim might not be sustained on legal grounds, it was a n,,a To oh hot ha