Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-04
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Question as 10 Whether Chair.
 man Should Stand Decided.

The board of aldermen held
 meeting last night, Chairman Scull, presiding and all the members beini
 present except MT Lawlor It wa
 a lively session, but nobody wa
 hurt. although the chair got fev hard whacks and came near beint obliged to stand for the next two years.
 The clerk submitted the minutes for the past three meetings ant after looking them over the chai suggested that inasmuch as the opin ion of the city attorney was giveI on the Bronson library matter h, thought it nothing more than fail to both sides of the house to inser section 6 of the charter, which states the mode of procedure in filling va cancies on that board by the alder men, and which was read by tht clerk when the matter was under discussion
 At this juncture Alderman Hayes got the floor and gave Chairman Sculiy sharp call for talking iron the chair, and also informed hin that he should insist from now or that the chair stand when stating g motion This, he said, was in ac' cordance with parliamentary usage and he wanted to see the chair gov ern himself accordingly. To this Chairman Scully replied that in re. maining seated he was governed by precedent and pointed to his prede- cessors in that chair, MT Goss, MI Filling, MT Hall, MT Blakeslee and others, none of whom had at any time been called upon to arise to state a motion. However, he added if the board insisted upon a strict interpretation of parliamentary law in this matter, he had no objection to offer.
 This was followed by motion by MT Spain to insert section 6 in the minutes of January 20, and being stated by the chair, MT Larkin, while stating that he had no objection, contended that if section should be printed in the minutes he wanted the preceding section to accompany it. He offered an amendment to that effect, which was finally put and lost by vote of z to 2, the six republicans and Dr Hayes favoring it and the rest of the members op- posing. The motion to insert sec ton 6 was lost by a similar vote, and the approval of the minutes went over. In stating the motion to insert section 6 the chair said sec tion instead of section 6, but this was rescinded on motion of MT Lar kin so. that neither side gained the mastery.
 When this matter was out of the way the chair asked the house to pass upon the question as to wheth- CT or not he should stand when stat ing motions. MT Fitzsimons said he didn't think it wise to conduct the business of the board on a too stren- uous plan, and besides all former chairmen had stated motions while seated and he didn't see any reason why 1t should be different now. He moved that the chair be permitted to remain seated. The motion was passed, Alderman Hayes being the only opponent. While the discussion was on Alderman Sellew, who occu- pies a seat in the rear of the cham Der, requested the chair to speak a little louder when stating motions, adding that he experienced some diff fxT in hno ,~in ct tance. Chairman Scully replied that he could hardly hear anything where he was himself on account of the chatter of voices from members who really had nothing special to talk about, but he assured the alderman from the third that he should en- deavor to make himself heard and understood in all parts of the build ing.
 Alderman Hayes also reminded the chair that he would have to speak louder if he wanted to make himself heard. To this the chair replied that he feared the doctor was a trifie hard of hearing, but the all derman from the fifth promptly an- swered that his hearing was normal
 Alderman Buck offered a resolu- tion calling for statement of un- paid bills up to January l, 1907. MT Spain objected to immediate ac- tion, but Alderman Larkin didn't think the point we'll taken, because, he said. no rules had yet been adopt ed, consequently there was nothing for MT Spain to stand upon. The chair informed MT Larkin that he was in error, but the alderman from the second stuck to his contention, refusing to be convinced, when the clerk at the request of the chair, had read the charter provision which states that mo new ordinance, reso- luton or other matter shall be acted upon at the meeting at which 1t is first introduced unless by unanimous consent" Alderman Fine inquired if it was customary to pass such a vote at this time, but nobody ever heard of such move before. It was tabled.
 The recommendation of the board of public works. reported upon fa- vorably by committee consisting of Aldermen Malone Gallagher and Walker, was adopted. all favoring it except MT Larkin, MT Hayes and NIT Buck.
 The committee appointed to con sider the proposition of l.. R. Carter to exchange land owned by the city for land owned by private individ-