The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURE
OF THE BILL TO AMEND YEW
 VEN'S CITY CHARTER.

Providing for yeStIng Entire Chnrge of
 Police in HaBds of One Police Com
 missioner-AbOIItiOn os once of
 Chief of PoIIcs-The Citizens Reform
 Leagues Proposition.
 By request yesterday Senator Chat Held introduced the proposed amend ment to the city charter proposed by the Citizens. Reform league of New Haven, and drawn by Judge Henry Stoddard.
 A singie-headed police commission is the chief demand. It is also sought to abolish the office of chief of police. Many other important changes are askr ed for.
 Some of the main features of the bill are as follows:
 The abolishing of the board of police commissioners and the vesting of all the powers and duties of the police de- partment in one police commissioner, who shall be appointed by the mayor for term of five years and devote his entire time to the service of the city and have no other occupation during his term of office; his salary to be at the rate of S3,00O per annurn. Before bonds in the amount of $50, 900 to cover taking office he would be required to file his responsibility as trustee of the Po- lice Relief Fund and any other funds of the department. The bill gives the mayor absolute power to remove the commissioner in case of unfitness. It further provides for abolishing the of fee of chief of police and the substitu- tion thereof of superintendent of po- lice at salary of s2,eo0 per annum. said superintendent to be appointed or removed by the police commissioner.
 Aside from the preceding there would be no other essential Changes in the city charter in so far as it applies to the police department.
 The signers to the petition asking that this bill be made 8 law now number over one hundred of the leading busi- ness and professional men of New Ha- ven, with the promise of more names to be added,
 The following is partial list of those who approve of tLe bill:
 Joseph Porter, Joel A. Sperry, Henry Wade Rogers, Rev. Artemas J. Haynes, George B. Martin. Frank ". Pardee. Henry Stoddard. N. G. Osborn, Samuel F. MerRin, Henry F. English. Pierce N. welch, Frederick G. Hotchkiss. J. E. Sargent, Dr. W. H. Carmalt. Frederick B. Farnswerth, George Lewis Sargent. Henry B. Sargent, Charles F. Bolln1an. Wilson H. Lee, s. P. Thrasher, Ezekiel c. Stoddard, A Heaton Robertson, Harry W, Asher, Anory k, Rowland, William R, Tyler, Louis s. Welch. Ben- jannin ". Bacon, Henry L. Hotchkiss, Charles Kieiner, Edward G. Buckland, Frederick B. Bunnell, Rev. T. T. Mun- ger. M. Spier, Franklin 5. Bradley, c. s. DeForest, H. c. Fuller, Charles F. Kent, { George J, Bassett, F. L. BigeloW, Ben- janlir R. English, George R. Chamber lain, Dr. John s. Ely, Henry W. Far nam, Samuel W. Hurlburt, Lewis H. English, E. Hershey Sheath. Samuel H Fisher, George A. filling, Eugene De- Forest. Charles E. Alling, Eliot Wat rous, Dr. c. A. Lindsley, c, c. Barlow, Irving Fisher, Rev. George H. Ferris, Frank W Benedict, J. Q. Schwab, Julv jus TWiss John W. Townsend, |. Willis Downs, Henry ". Merwin, Dr. J, F. c, Foster. John J. Osborn, Levi T. Snow, Louis D. Huntoon, H. Grant Thompson, Frank 0, Jones, I. N, Damn, F. R. Sar- gent, Rev. W. D. Mossman, Abner Hen dee. Louis A. Mansfield, Yandell Hen- derson, A. H. Smith, F. L. Kingsbury. Walter B. Law. Samuel Lloyd, C. E. P. Sanford, s. H. Read, E. P. Judd, Solo, mon Davis, Rev. George F. Prentiss, R. J. Minor, F. A. Beckley E E. Bradley, Moses H. Lewis, William s. Wells, F. f-stanley Bradley, A. J, DuBois, Dr. E. s. Gaylord, Edwin P. Root, Philip E. Browning, William Fl. Douglass, N. A. Fullerton, George s. Barnum. George E. Damn, John c. North, E. N. Leete and Andrew R. Bradley.