The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28


 breaches and arches a chance to set tie. obyiating the danger of the road way settling after completion of the pavement and laying of the granolithic sidewalks.
 Accepted and order placed on rec ord.
 The Special Committee appointed relative to the layout of Building line on Richardson street as fully appears by resolution adopted October 4th. 1909. reported that they had in com pliance with said resolution and the provisions of the Charter. laid out. said building line on Richardson street, in accordance with the parti- cular description, alignments, maps and surveys herewith submitted, pre- scented and made part hereof. The building line hereby laid out to be eight (S) feet from and parallel with the present street lines, and extends from Noble avenue to Glenwood ave- nue on both sides. and we submitted for adoption the following resolution:
 Resolved, That the above and fore ing report be and the same is hereby approved and accepted; and referred to the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and benefits resulting from said build ing lines
 Adopted.
 The City Engineer reported re- questing that your honorable body appropriate a sufficient sum to enable him to complete the large amount of field work yet unfinished, due to the great amount of construction work of every character done during the year with limited assistants. to complete this work, which is very important. necessitate appropr'et the sum of s425.00. your honorable body to appropriate the foregoing sum. the same to be used for work in this department
 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 Upon motion of Alderman Gould. the veto of his honor. former Mayor Lee. together with the report of the com Hlittee on Ordinance laid on the table at the meeting of Dec. 6. 1909. was taken from the table and read
 Alderman Primrose moved that a yea and nay vote be taken. Car ried.
 Yeas: Aldermen D. F. osNeIll. Mo Murray. Mahoney. Near. Clampett. o'Neil, Paddock. o'Connell and Meyer l-13.
 Nays-AIdermen Primrose. Wilder. Gould. Bertilson. Fletcher. Buliard; | Cassidy-11.
 The Mayor then announced that the report of the Committee on Ordinances adopted. notwithstanding the veto of former Mayor Lee.
 RESOLUTIONS.
 By Alderman Mahoney:
 An ordinance relative to the ap- pointment of a tree warden
 Be 1t ordained by the Common Coun- | ell of the City Of Bridgeport: 1. The Common Council curing the month of January. 1910, and annually | thereafter. shall elect a tree warden | who shall hold office for one year from | the first day of February next sue ceeding his election. and he shall have all the powers and perform all the du- ties imposed by the statutes of the State and the ordinances of the city upon tree war1ens.
 | 2. The salary of said tree warden shall be $500 per annum.
 Referred to the Committee on Ordi- nances.
 By Aldermen Cassidy and Jackson: located at the corner of Dewey street and State street extension.
 Referred to the Committee on Lamps By Alderman Paddock:
 Resolved. That a gas light be located 250 feet east of Seaview avenue on De- Kalb avenue. south side.
 Referred to the Committee on Lamps By Alderman Paddock:
 Resolved. That gas light be located cn Deacon street opposite. Number 15; Deacon street.
 Referred to the Committee on Lamps By Alderman D. E. O'Neill:
 Be it Ordained by the Common Coun- | cil of the City of Bridgeport:
 The Common Council in January 1910. and annually thereafter. shall elect two public weighers. who shall also be sealers of weights and meas ures. for the term of one year from ceeding. and the election of such pub lie weighers shall be in the mannei following: The Aldermen of one of the two leading political parties having representatives in the Common Coun- cil by a plurality vote of such Alder men voting shall elect one public weigher. and the Aldermen of sucf other leading political party, by a plu- shall elect the other public weigher. By Alderman D. E. O'Neill:
 The Board of Aldermen shall. dur ing the month of January. elect bS Sealers of Weights and Measures. One each from the two CD prevailing DO litical parties for a term of two years beginning January 1st. 1910. Thei duties shall be as follows:
 Sec. l. The Public Weighers shal annually try and test by standard: now provided. all weights. steelyards scales and measures used by any per son for buying and selling; they shal destroy all such weights. steelyards scales and measures that cannot b, them be made to correspond and agre' with such standards; and they shal mark or seal with the letters IS. O. such as correspond and agree witl
 
 annual trial and test. public weigher : shall, whenever requested by the own ers of any such weights. scales. o
 measures. and whenever requested b, any person who has. within forty-eigh hours next immediately preceding sucl . requests purchased any article weighe' or measured by any such weight
 scales or measures. test anud try al such weights. scales and measure
 used by the owner making such re
 quest, or by the person of whom an.
 such article was purchased. and pro
 ceed with such. weights. etc. in tn same manner required of them whei , making their annual tests The public weighers shall also. when
 ever requested by the owner or tn . person proposing to sell or to pur } chase any article ordinarily sold b ! ! weight or measure, upon the artici . being brought to them for that pur 2 pose, carefully and accurately weig { and measure the same. and shall giv
 to the person so requesting suci
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