Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

cts, hrecracker or f1fecrackers, with out permission of the mayor or court 9f common council; nor shall any per- son or~persons, within said city, give ar sell any gunpowder to any minor, under the age of fourteen years. un- less by the written order of his par ents, master or guardian; and every person so offending shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay for the use of said city fine of five dollars.
 Under these provisions it is my purpose. if not to entirely prohibit the sale and use of guns, pistols, cannon, fireworks, firecrackers, and all exs plosives, upon the Fourth of July or Rny other day, during the duration Of the present war, within the S1ty lm- It's, to restrict the same to such def- mite permission as may be granted in writing and properly advertised within the next few weeks. I there fore trust that no dealer will pur- chase any stock of these articles for me, to learn which, if any, of said ar ticles will be allowed to be sold or used
 Reduce Treasurer's Salary.
 Another matter which feel I should mention to the court of com mon council at this time relates to recommendation which I expect to- make to the finance committee when it is preparing it's estimates of re- ceipts and expenses for the coming year, to be submitted to the court of common council. This is as to the amount of salary to be paid to the city treasurer for the coming year. As the city treasurer will be elected for the next year at the city election on the first Monday of June, and as no candidate for the office has been nom mated as yet by any party, it seems only fair to publicly state the recom- mendation to be made with regard to the salary of this office before any such candidate is nominated. I be- iieve that the office of city treasurer can be satisfactorily filled either by a man who has practically retired from active business and so is willing to do the necessary work at a orne- what lower figure than has been paid man who is engaged in active work and can attend to the duties of the 'reasurers office outside of his regu- lar business hours With an incum- bent of either sort it would be nec- assary of course, as at present, to have a competent clerk in the treas urer's office to attend to the office work. At the present time the treas part by the city. I believe it would be better to have the treasurer paid a straight salary and to have the city pay in full for the services of a com Detent clerk An allowance of per .aps $15 week for clerk hire would
 
 ion, if the proposed arrangement were put into effect. Compares Favorably With Other Git
 ies. I find upon inquiry that the city of New Haven is paying it's treasurer Jut s1,000 a year, New London $1 900 l year, New Britain $500 a year, Mer- | den $500 a year. NorwaIl1 $500 a i 5ear, Bristol s400 year and Danbury 200 a year. I presume that there | tre some cities in the state which | ,ay larger salaries than these, but I | ifnply cite those given to show that l f the salary of the city Urea surer in | Norwich were very substantially re- 1 Iuced it would still compare favor b1y in amount with many of the 1 'ther cities in Connecticut I am convinced that yhe salary now paid i f $500. if the clerk hire were taken | are of as a separate item by the city | s suggested. should be reduced to ome $500 or $500. This is the rec narnendation which I intend to make o the finance committee.
 Will Recommend Reduction.
 I might add that I would have rec 'mmended this reduction in salary arly in the present fiscal year, except or the fact that it would have been nfair to the present treasurer who | ad been elected under a proposed 1