The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-05
TIE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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In not voting away the public money fast
enough; to Councilman Wheeler and Alder
man Wright each fine gold badge to cost
not less than $40 apiece each to bear the
following inscription: I'VE believe in sell.
ing 31a per cent. bonds and putting the pro.
ceeds out at per cent. interest" and be 1t
further,
Resolved, That inasmuch as some of the
members of the Honorable Board Of Finance
will retire on the first day of June, because
of other more important engagements, that
this resolution receive unanimous consent
TO be put at once upon Its passage SO that
the members of the Honorable Board of
Enanee may fonfe 1t these ss d at upon
All Of which Is respectfully submitted,
Anthony Carroll, q Baldwin street, city,
for se.f and others.
Dated at New Haven this first day OF
March, 1901.
When the reading was finished Alder
man Hall moved that the clerk be in
structed to destroy the document at
once in the presence of the board
Chairman Miller remarked that, since
the communication had not been ac-
cepted, it was not the property Of the
board and could not therefore be de-
stroyed.
The motion was put, however, and
carried, and City Clerk Norris at once
lighted match and, stepping upon the
floor in the front of the chamber, was
about to dramatically cremate the pa
per. when Alderman w. J. Walsh call
ed halt on the proceeding. He held
that the paper was a public document
and wondered if the aldermen had a
right to order it destroyed He suggest
ed that an opinion be asked from the
corporation counsel.
Alderman Wright, a member of the
board Of finance took the floor and
said: "All citizens have the right to
present petitions, yet attempts to
BLACKBOARD fellow citizens ought to be
frowned upon. I move that the matter
be not accepted and not recorded"
AS it had already been voted to de-
stroy the document Mr.. Wright's mo-
ton could not be put until the motion
to destroy had been reconsidered, and
this motion could not be reconsdered
until some action on another matter
had interviewed
A resolution was adopted providing
for the appointment of special COM
mittee Of two aldermen and three coun-
cilmen to arrange for band concerts
during the coming summer.
The motion IT, destroy was then re-
considered and the motion Of Alderman
Wright in regard to Mr.. CAROLS com
munication was passed.
A petition from Alderman Weiss for
the extension of Hamilton and Chest
nut streets to provide means Of access
to the new public wharf was referred
to the street committee, unanimous con-
sent for it's consideration having been
refused.
Petitions for the top dressing of
Townsend avenue, for the repairing Of
Forbes avenue with crushed stone and
for a crushed stone pavement on Ver-
non street were referred to the street |
committee.
Alderman Savers, of the Fourth ward, |
offered a resolution to provide that the |
corporation counsel be instructed not to /
oppose the passage at Hartford of leg
islation to provide for the reduction Of |
assessments in New Haven. On motion /
of Alderman w. J. Walsh the resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
legislation.
A resolution was introduced by Alder
man Miller instructing the committee
on legislation to procure from the may
or or the COEpOIdllO1 COuuSel copies OIL
bills affecting the city now before the
ture and not previously reported
to the common council, and hold hear
ings thereon and report back to the
council at a special meeting to
be held on March IA. The resolution
was referred to the committee on legis-
lation with power to act, and it was
voted that when the board adjourn it be
to March IA.
In response to a request from the
board the collector of taxes submitted
a report of the pavement assessments
laid collected and uncollected since the
passage of the street paving act of July
|, 1895. The report was accepted and
ordered printed in the journal of the
board
In regard to the following communi-
cation from Anthony Carroll the board
voted not to reconsider as requested,
and that the communication should not
be recorded in the journal:
To the Honorable Court of Common Coun-
eli at The City Of New Haven: II