The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-27
CARLICK WON'T
STAND FOR THE
PENSION BILLS.
Believe They Give Too Much
Power to Police and Fire
Commissions
KELLY WOULD LIMIT
PENSION TO 81 ,25o
Garlick Claims Jokers Exist
In Present Draft of
Amendments
Especial to The Farmer.)

y Especial to The Farmer.)
Hartford, Jan. 27.-Claiming that
there are several jokers in the pro-
posed amendment to the police and
freman's pension laws in Bridgeport,
Representative Earle d. Gar1ick. Re
publican, to-day announced that he
in the present form. Mr.. Garlick by
request introduced the two amend
ments in the house to-day. They
were in the form approved by the
common council at its last meeing.
Mr.. Gar1ick is unusually vigorous
in condemnation of certain clauses in
the proposed amendment as to the
handling of the pension fund of the
police and fire departments.
Members of the police department
pay 2 per cent. of their salary and
members OF the fire department Tper
cent Of their salary into the pension
fund.- said Nr. Gar1ick. LAS I read
this amendment. after man has been
retired on pension the board of COM
missioners for that department at any
time has the right to terminate that
pension. In view of the fact that the
members of the department pay "a
large amount of money every year it
hardly seems fair to them to place
the matter of terminating pensions at
the discretionary power of the COM
nissioners.''
The pension amendment as sub
nitted to-day also provides that no
pension shall be paid to the widow
| or family of a deceased member Of
either department killed while in the
! performances of his duty, so long as
his Beneficiary is receiving compen-
sation under the state workman's
| compensation act
.'It is manifestly unfair said Mr..
| sfsff w
is within the scope Of the compensa-
/ tion act and he or his family are en-
| titled to benefits under that law. The
denying to the family OF the deceas-
| ed policeman or fireman share IN
the pension fund which he has help
ed to build up, merely because of the
state compensation act seems to me
most unjust
Relative to the proposed amend
ment for the retirement of members
of the police or fire department
Mr. GarIick takes exception to
several clauses in the measure. Mr..
Garlick says the amendment would
take away from any member
discharged for cause the right to ap-
peal to the supreme court of errors.
The proposed amendment would make
the decision of a superior court judge
/ fnaL''
1 The twenty year service clause is
also condemned by Mr.. Garlick. Ac-
cording to him the ages at which a
man may be selected to either depart
nnent is from 25 to S5 years. "A man
at So he says, might be retired at
half pay when that man may still be
vigorous and fully capable of discharg-
/ ing his duties
/ Another part of the proposed amend
| nent places with the commissioners
the power to revoke for good and suf-
fcient cause the "half-pay pension
which might 'bes allowed under the act
Mr. Garlick very seriously objects to
! this.
/ st do not believe the amendments
ought to pass in their present form, y
said Mr.. Garlfck "Un1ess have read
/ them wrong, they might work an in
i Justice to the members Of our police
1 and fire departments and at the same
time would place lat might be dan
gerous discretionary powers with the
commissions in charge of these de-
PARTNER intend to do all I car
to have themeasure defeated if it is
insisted that they be pushed in thei1
present form. %
In the house to-day Representative
to the pension law for municipal en-
lployes, providing that the maximum
ha1f-pay pension shall not exceed ST..
I25O instead of 1000. This would per
nit the retirement of a police superin.
tendent drawing a salary of s., 500 on e
nalf-pay basis that is extended to the
other members of the department.
Fire Chief Moneys salary is So, 900.