The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-24
ALDERMEN REIRACR STEPS.
REFER BACK ENTIRE LIGHTING
 CONTRACT QUESTION.


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 munieation and Corporation coun-
 sells opinion-Lishting committss Now Want Corporation Counsel to Tell Them What so Do. At the special meeting of the board of aldermen, which was called by the may or, last evening to consider the gas coatract question, tho situation. if any thing, became more complicated and the only thing which is definitely known about it at the present time is that by vote taken at last nights session the conditions are now the same as they were before any action had been taken in the matter whatever. Shortly after o'clock the meeting was called to order with all the mem- bers of the board present except Alder man Gilligan of the Fifth ward. The corporation counseps opinion in reference to the rights of the aldermen from the 1s.h. 14th and 18th wards to vote on the question Gall of which has been previously published in this paper) was then read.
 l At the conclusion of the reading of this report the following communication from Mayor Studley, which accompan- I jed the corporation counsefs opinion, was read:
 November 23, 1903. To the Honorable Board of Aldermen
 of the City of New Haven: l Gentlemen-I return herewith with out executive action your order de con- tract for public lighting, together with an opinion of the corporation counsel to the effect that the aldermen from the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Eff teerth wards had no right or interest in the award of the contract, and that the members of the board of aldermen from those wards were, by the terms of Section 216 of the charter, prohibited | from voting thereon
 I do not interpose disapproval, but return the order with the suggestion that your board reconsider your former action so that the contract may come before your board for consideration de novo.
 Respectfully submitted, I (signed) JOHN P. sTUDLEY
 Mayor. l When both these communication had been read Alderman spreyer moved that they be accepted and placed on file
 Alderman McGuinness thought thai they ought to be given more considera- ton before they were filed away, bui Chairman Logan ruled that the alder man was out Of order. and Alderman Spreyer's motion was then carried.
 Alderman Hosley then moved that the vote taken on the lighting contract be re-considered. and asked that an aye land nay vote be taken on the amend men for the acceptance of the minority report
 Some discussion then arose in refer , ence to the two reports and five min. utes recess was taken to give the clerI a chance to get the two reports to read
 When the clerk returned with the re ports and had read them Alderman Mo, Guinness jumped up and moved that tn, entire matter be referred back to thu lighting committee.
 Alderman Spreyer asked that an ay, and nay vote be taken and it was sl voted.
 All discussion as to the vote was stop !. ped by President Logan who put th question, after which it was found tha !, the motion to refer the entire matte i, back to the committee had been carrie, !, by a vote of to z. Those who voted t .. refer it back were Aldermen Maxwell !. McGuinness Ricketts, Chadwick : Sprightly, Montgomery, Moran, Jacob < and Bracken. Those who voted agains :. the motion were Aldermen Hosley, Min : or, Wheeler. Spreyer, McGill, Weiss an : Elliott.
 ! A motion was then made to adjourn , and it was carried.
 x The lighting committee then had
 meeting and in conjunction with tn mayor drew up the following conmuni
 cation which will be given to the cor 5 poration counsel this morning with tn
 request that he communicate his repl
 to the committee as soon as possible: e Leonard M. Daggett, Corporation Coun
 sel:
 Dear sir: am instructed by tn ' committee on public lighting to ask yo !, the following question: Have the con ,f mittee on public lighting the power v reject the present bids and advertise fe ,f new ones? The vote tonight before tn ' board of aldermen was: That the maj z ter before the board be referred back d the public lighting committee Z I'll Is question was on the lighting contract. tt Yours respectfully, m George H. Jacobs, IS Chairman. le Approved:
 b John F. studley, Mayor. a Attest: .a