Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-21

honorable board to take favorable and immediate action upon the following matter The common council or may or shall by ordinance or otherwise ap- point three civil service commission CTS without regard to their party af- filiations, who shall hold office until the first Monday in June next. No person while in said commission shall hold or be a candidate for any office of public trust Said commisslon shall hold examinations for deter mining the qualifications of applicants for positions now vacant or to become vacant during the ensuing year and as soon as possible after such examina- tions shall certify to the executive committee or the council double the number of persons necessary to i'll vacancies and all such vacancies which occur in offices filled by the court Of common council during the present municipal year shall be filled from said list so certified
 F. w. CARY,
 NICHOLAS TARRANT.
 H. A TERRELL.
 Councilman Woodwork moved that the rules of order be suspended to allow this matter to be acted upon without waiting to have it go to the executive committee.
 Alderman Ely considered it only just that this be granted to allow 1t to come before the council now.
 Mayor Thayer stated that as it call ed for the naming of the commission by ordinance it would take about thir ty days to get an ordinance and he doubted if a commission could be ap- pointed without an ordinance.
 The vote was taken resulting in a tie, which the mayor broke by voting that the rules be not suspended and that it go to the executive committee.
 Minutes of Last Meeting Read.
 Councilman Lang called attention to the fact that the minutes of the last meeting had not been acted upon and a stated that the minutes had been over looked and the reading was ordered.
 At the conclusion Councilman Lang stated that he asked for the reading because he wanted to cali the attention of the council to the rules of order. He thought there might be some rule which might not be for the benefit of the city in the changes made He ed and be laid on the table until the next meeting and Councilman Barry seconded the motion.
 Alderman Gebrath though there should be some explanation and so did Councilman Woodwork, because if there was no error the minutes should be approved, and the latter urged that if there was any other motion the councilman desired to make he would like to hear it.
 Councilman Lang stated that there was no error in the minutes as far as he knew but he considered that the
 
 the approving of the rules.
 The mayor stated that the rules had been approved at the last meeting and Alderman Gebrath urged that if the record of the proceedings was correct there was nothing else to do but to approve them.
 Councilman Lang asked if it was not possible to reconsider the action mayor stated that he did not under stand that to be his motion and the councilman said that it was not. AL derman Ely moved as an amendment to the councilman's motion that the minutes be accepted This was done the amendment was carried and the amended motion was voted.
 Councilman Lang indicated in his statements that he thought the people did not approve the changes in the and he desired to consider it further His motion. however, was not for the reconsideration of the rules and no such motion was made.
 Alderman Gebrath moved that the meeting adjourn to meet next Monday evening at o'clock, which was done, the council having been in session less than an hour.
 Executive Committee Meeting.
 Following the council session, the ex- ecutive committee held it's meeting and the republican members of the council appeared before the committee and presented names for city offices. This was necessary to have them considered hv fhA council aG a ranOrf from