The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-02
DEMOCRATS ALL BACK ON BOARD Every Alderman in Seat Except Russell for First
 Meeting After
 Trial.
MOLLOY MOVES
 TO PROBE FINANCES
question Arises as to Mill ! tary Enrolment which Has Been Taken by
 Two Men.

With every member in his seat ex- cept Berne Russell from the Fourteenth the board of aldermen met last evening for the regular July session. Much interest centered in the return of the democratic members who were pres ent to a man. Going out after the meeting of January 10 the democrats have consistently remained absent until this, the first meeting after the superior court had failed to sustain their con- tention.
 s@ There were smiles all around and hearty handshakes as the members re- turned to their places and the meeting assumed the appearance of other times The first action that came up before the board was the return from the mayor of the order passed June r for condemning land in Greene street for a school site. The mayor stated that the order was in the wrong form and submitted to the board new form pre- pared by the corporation counsel. Unan- < imous consent to consider this was re- fused and it was voted to refer 1t to special committee.
 Move to Probe City Finances.
 Alderman Molloy introduced reso- lution calling for committee of five to be raised for the purpose of making an inquiry into the financial conditions of the city. The idea of the committee is to thoroughly investigate conditions with a view to their Improvement by recommendations, If 1t is possible to do so.a The motion in full is:
 'sIn view of the steadily increasing rate of taxation which Is becoming ..:sa tttt,t, tax payers of the city, remembering that every citizen is a taxpayer either di- rectly or indirectly, and is therefore personally interested in the financial management of the municipality, taking also Into account that the city author sI1ties are known to be considering large Z projects of improvement for which the Issuance of bonds for large amount has already been granted in the legisla- ture, and, further, that the increase in the grand list is not sufficient to justify any hope that the rate of taxation can be kept down to it's present or any, thing near its present figure 1t is In tho line of duty of this honorable board Of aldermen to make inquiry into exist ing conditions with view to their Improvement by recommendations, if it Y is found possible to do so.
 therefore move that a special com U n9 al l,yy s to investigate the financial conditions lof the city, that this committee be em- Rpowered to summon before 1t persons land papers to enable 1t to learn the facts in connection with the inquiry so liar as the charter permits, to hold pub lie hearings at stated and fully adver- tised times, in the city hall, and that said committee report back to this , body on the first Monday in September, 1a07
 1T The matter was referred to com Slittee of five to consider and consult @fth the corporation counsel on the 7power of such e committee.
 An appeal 'om troop A for abate- ment of taxes assessed on it's new ar nlory in Orange street came up on sec ond reading and was passed without objection.
 Unanimous consent was granted for the favorable report of the street com mittee on the opening up of the old cir GUS lot by the extension of Barclay street and Morris street and the open ang Clover and King streets. The order was passed.
 Trolley Road Turned Down.
 Alderman Townshend asked the board to reconsider the order passed at the last meeting giving the trolley com. pany approval of its new layout al State and Chapel streets. The order a! originally passed called for a specified kind of rail The. trolley company 1T a communication to Alderman Town. ehend stated that while the company intended in this instance to lay thu rails required it desired the clause stricken out before accepting the ordel inasmuch as the state railroad commis sicners had the sole power to specify what kind of rails should be laid.
 The board passed the vote to recon sider bat refused to pass the orde without the rail clause and referred i back to the committee for further con alteration Alderman Townshend stat ed that he understood the law to giv, [ the commissioners the sole authority il the matter but several aldermen sait that the Hartford aldermen had ex ercise the power of ordering certain rails and they felt that the,
 milar power.
 Iment Officer Question Up.
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