Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Mayor Vetoed Appointment of Special
 Officer at Waterville.

Iu6 DOAICE Ol d4uCA l4Ch AASAN eAAA ~~S~ journed meeting last night, Chairman Goss presiding and there being pres ent Aldermen Foley, Murray, Brophy, Blakeslee, Stanley, Filling, Gates Beach, Walker and City Clerk M. J. Ryan. A veto was received rom Mayor Kilduff relative to the appoint ment of a special police officer for | Waterville which read as follows:
 "I herewith return to you, without | approval, the action of your honorable | board of March 9. 1903, appointing Will liam H. Wolfe a constable. with pay, to do duty in the Waterville school district.
 'Tn withholding said approval, the character or personality of the ap- pointee is not questioned.
 "Without questioning the power of your honora ble board to make appoint ments of special constables to preserve order, etc, hardly believe it to be the l intention of the charter to have regu- lar police duty performed by special constable in the way provided by your action.
 Heretofore special constables have been appointed to do duty, without compensation from the city, in and around public and private buildings, and on private property, such asiani- tors of schools and other pubic build ings, and janitors, watchmen and care takers of large private properties.
 ''Only recently you refused to grant petitions asking for the appointment
 of special constabies, to do duty with out compensation from the city, in the
 northern and eastern sections of the 1 tof4rx ll.s = az-- II.. II
 ton of a large property owner on Spring street, asking for the appoint
 ment of a special constable, whose ser
 vices were to be paid for by said prop
 erty owner, to do duty in and around his property and on Spring and School
 streets, in the vicinity of the same,
 was refused on the ground that, all of. ficers performing police duty in any of
 the streets or public places of this city,
 whether such services were paid for
 by the city or not, should be appointed
 by and be under the direction of the
 authority constituted for that purpose.
 "If this action on your part becomes
 operative 1t will, in my opinion, estab-
 fish a precedent which may cause
 much trouble to your board and will
 have a tendency to impair the efficien- Cy Ol llic pO1lC0 dUu UlPlu0
 the responsibility of the supervision
 and management of those performing } police duty between the boards of al-
 dermen and public safety.
 Officers appointed in this manner will be responsible only to your board and it must be acknowledged that it
 will be difficult task for you to ex-
 ercise the supervision and control of Tnt1 of3a lN proper performance of duty.
 'sThe detail involved in assignment for duty, hours of and reporting for : same, substitution in case of sickness : or inability, constant supervision. ap-
 prova1 of bills, etc, can be better and
 more satisfactorily looked after by a board created for that purpose than I otherwise
 Police duty performed for and paid . for by the city should in my opinion be f under the control, supervision and e management of the board of public e safety.
 ''Your further consideration of the h matter is respectfully requested" e When Chairman Goss called for a e vote on the veto MT Blakeslee said he n thought it would be we'll to defer ac- | SAoAA VIA 2 ing, adding that he believed the may. s OTIS point was we'll taken as to the ad. 5 visibility of having the officer under q the jurisdiction of the board of public s safety. Chairman Goss said that fhe selectmen had the power 10 apnoint constables and that there was no douhi
 in his mind that this power was now
 vested in the aldermen Action was
 deferred until the next meeting.
 A communication numerousIv sionnf 'r was handed to Alderman Rlakeslee or
 his way to the meeting with a reoues7 n that he bring it before the meeting. F e. proved to be protest against the nas n sage of the resolution asking that th. Le salaries of certain officials be in n creased. It was rather peculiar doc y ument and caused lots of sport. Tb,
 nrsr name on the list was that of F. n h Oarder. Chairman Goss remarked ir If looking 1t over that many of the name, III were written by the same person r to was received and placed on file. IT On recommendation the foI1owin. 'q persons who had filed claims for dam 70 ages Tor injuries sustained by faIlin,
 on Icy walks were given leave to with
 araW: John T. Egan, Antonio Novel
 h. Nora Hea1ey, Edward Byrne O. James Lynch, Kate Harty Annie Wor ol den' sarah Cannon. Honora Dodd. Mar, le Delaney, James OfBrien, Mary Dunn le Michael Mccormick, Michael Chan d cheIlf Bridget Burns and Catherin, r. Mcdonald eA in d Alderman Gates offered a resolutio, E providing that the city attorney be re e quested to appear before tlse 1egis1a 1t ture in support of the bill for a brido ,s over the Mad river at Watervi1le. ant ,e asked that Judge Root, who was nras ehI De allowed to speak on the oues
 tlon. MT Root explained that th
 measure provides for the construction
 oI a bridge at the point mentioned le the expense to be met by New Have, n, ana Ldtchf1eld counties. and if this wa, ,o or meeting the cost shn11ld ho ohioa4.a.,'