The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-05
Primrose And Stewart Hand
 In Resolutions

Following the message of Mayor Wilson to the Common Council last evening, several resolutions came for ward from the Republican aldermen to set in motion the legislation the mayor advocated in his message. Alderpean Stewart introduced a res- olution to bar aldermen from doing business with the city. Alderman i Primrose introduced a resolution call- l ing foD the appointment of commit | tee of audit with a wide scope of ac- l tivity. He introduced a resolution | somewhat like the resolution of AL l derman Stewart aimed at the prac- l the city
 | Following are the resolutions: 1 By Alderman Stewart:
 1 Whereas his honor Mayor Clifford | B. Wilson has expressed his determin- ation to eliminate as far as possible | the practice of having any member of | the board or commission of the city l government furnish any wares, mer- 1 chandise, material or labor for the ! department governed by the said l board or commission Of which he is
 a member, therefore be it resolved: r That we, the common council of
 the city of Bridgeport, hereby endorse his action as being in line with good government and be it further resolved 1 that each member of this. common council be personally requested from 1 furnishing any wares, merchandise, material or labor to the city of l Bridgeport, except that the same be in
 such instances, as governed by an al. ready existing contract with the city l or that such wares, merchandise, ma- terial or labor, be furnished after con- l tract for the same has been furnished | by bid, the same having been duly l advertised in the manner as directed lin such cases.
 | By Alderman Primrose:
 | Resolved, That the mayor shall ap- point three citizens as a committee of
 audit. Said committee of audit shall investigate and examine into the lIwhole financial system of the city, and flor that purpose shall have power to require all the different offices, de- | partments, boards and committees to furnish all the information which they i may possess, and shall have power to examine all books. records, accounts lvotes, contracts, documents and other | papers of all offices, departments, boards and committees pertaining to l the finances thereof.
 Said committee of audit shall have 1 power to employ on behalf of the city
 out of any sum that may be appropri- ated therefor by the board of appro- priation such expert accountantS and advisers as they may deem necessary l to assist in said examination and in-
 vestigation, to the end that uniform system of audit and account for the financial affairs of. the city may be l provided.
 1 After such examination and inves- | tigation said committee of audit shall prepare and install and supervise the l initial operation of 8 system of audit and accounts that shall be uniform ed
 so far as possible for all offices. de- partments, boards and committees, and which system shall thereupOn be-
 come and be the method to be fol- l lowed in all offices, departments, | boards and committees. Said com 1 mittee of audit shall further report to the common council such other sug- ] gestions or results of their investiga- tion relative to. the financial affairs of | the city as they may deem expedient. | Section 1. No officer of the city or member of any board of the city now existing or hereafter created while i holding office shall acting either for
 himself or his agent and no firm of 1 which he is member, or no corpora l ton Of which he is an officer or dI-
 rector shall directly or Indirectly have any commercial dealing or contrac- | tLral relations whatever with the city in respect with any matter connected
 with .the office which he may hold or to any matter contracted for by the board to which he may belong.
 Section 2. Any officer or member tof the board who by himself or agent ] violates the provisions of this or ! dinance or who is member of a firm i or officer or director of a corporation I which violates the provision hereof shall be for ethwith removed from of | fee and such violation shall be due | cause for such removal.
 l Alderman Primrose asked for l unanimous consent for the adoption l Of this resolution but as Alderman King objected it was referred to the committee on ordinances.