The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-13
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10 All Whom it May Concern:

Session Of the General Assembly OI llt State of Connecticut. to be held at f Hartford. in said State, on the Wednes- l day following the first Monday or Jan uary, 1905.
 TO THE HONORABLE GENERAL AS 1
 SEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CON- l
 NECTICUT, TO BE HELD IN l
 HARTFORD, IN SAID STATE. ON l
 THE WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING
 THE FIRST MONDAY OF JANU-
 ARY. 1905.
 The undersigned respectfully peti- tion that the Charter Of the City of New Haven be altered and amended by tn eadoption of the following;
 Section 1. The Board of Police Com nissioners of the City of New Haven is hereby abolished on and after the first day of July, 1905.
 Sec g. All the powers and duties heretofore vested or imposed by the Charter of said City, or by any special or public act of the General Assembly, in and upon the Board of Police Com missioners of the City of New Haven, are hereby vested and imposed in and upon the Police Commissioners, on and after the first day of July, 1905.
 Sec. 8. The office of the Chief of Po- lice of the City of New Haven is here by abolished on and after the first day of July, 1905.
 Sec. 4 All the powers and duties heretofore vested and imposed by the Charter of said City, or by any special or public act of the General Assembly in and upon the Chief of Police of the City of New Haven, except as herein- after provided, are hereby vested and Imposed in and upon the Police Com- missioner, in and after the first day of July, 1905.
 fe tt.. e the City of New Haven, approved June 20, 1899, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 There shall be in said City a Department of Police Service, which shall be under the manage ment and control of one Commits sioner. appointed by the Mayor, Commissioner and who shall de- vote his entire time to the service of the city and have no other occu- patton during his term of office. His salary shall be at the rate of three. thousand dollars per annum, and before taking office he shall file with the City Clerk bonds in the amount of fifty thousand dol- lars"
 Sec G--Section, AT of the charter of said city, as amended by an act ap- proved April g, 1901, is hereby amended DY {6rdSlIlE LlG WOTuSA fbOdrQ ROllC6 Commissioners and the word Board" wherever the same may occur, and sub stituting in lieu thereof the words "Po- lice Commissioners" and by erasing the sentence of said section, so that said third sentence shall read:
 "All appointments. including Spe- cial Constables, and promotions shall be made by said Commission CT, in accordance with the rules of the Civil Service Board but no one except Special Constables shall be permanently appointed until he shall have performed active police service as supernumerary for at least six monthS; and by erasing the words aChief of Po- 1icen in the last sentence and substitute ing in lieu thereof the words Police Commissioner," so that said sentence shall read:
 The Police Commissioner may establish a detective bureau, which shall be under the charge and di- rection of q captain of the .detec- tive force who shall be subject to the order of the Police Commission err
 Sec. '. Section 4s of the charter of said city is hereby amended to read as follows:
 During the month of June 1905, and in the month of June of each fiftl year thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint a Police Commission CT for term of five years, from the first day of July next succeed ing, and the Mayor shall have pow CT to remove him from office when ever, in his judgment, the public interests so require.
 Sec. 8. Section 49 of the charter of uofH n4f oc dod f1xyea aot ed April g, 1901, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 .The Police Commissioner shall appoint some member of the police force or other person who has had actual experience as a member of police force of this or some other city, as Superintendent of Police. The Police Commissioner shall de- fine the duties of the Superintend- ent of Police, and may delegate to him any of the powers of said Po- lice Commissioner, except the pow CT of making appointments, tranJ- fers, removals, reductions in ranks, or suspensions. The salary of the Superintendent of Police shall be at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum. The Police Commits sioner may remove the superin- tendent of Police, and may assign him to such position on the police force as he may think proper When a vacancy shall exist in the office of the Superintendent of Po- lice, the Police Commissioner shall appoint 8 new Superintendent of Police"
 Sec. g. Section 50 of the charter of said city, as amended by an act approv- ed April 3, 1901, is hereby amended by erasing the words Board of Police Commissioners" wherever these words occur, and substituting in lieu thereof the words Police Commissioner" and by erasing the words except the Chief, whose salary shall be at the rate of two thousand dollars per year
 Sec f0s Section 51 of the charter of said city, as amended by an act approv- ed May B. 1901, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 'In addition to the supernumer- ary and regular police force, there will be an honorary grade known as the Veteran Reserve, to which said Police Commissioner may, at his discretion, transfer any member of the regular force, who shall, through age or physical disabilities
 incurred in the discharge of peril
 ous duty or in long and faithful service, become permanently dis
 qualified from the more active du-
 ties of the regular grade; and said Police Commissioner may, at his discretion as a reward for conspic- uously meritoriouS service retire permanently from duty any mem- Der of the Veteran Reserve, after twenty-five years of continuous service in the department, upon the certificate of the surgeon of the de-