The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-09
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 STAMFORD CHARTER

no such contract shall be valid with out public notice at least two weeks before final action of the council and has the approval of two-thirds of all the members of the council or sub mission to the electors of the town the approval of a majority of those voting thereon. Any public work or improvement costing more than one thousand dollars shall be executed work or improvement is authorized by the council based on detailed eS- | inmates submitted by the department auth orized to execute such work or | Improvement. All contracts flor more than one thousand dollars shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, after public advertisement and | comp pettion, as may be prescribed by | have power to reject all bids and to l advertise again and all advertisements shall contain a reservation of this right.
 | Sec. 54. Payments by the town | shall be made only upon vouchers certified by the head of the appro- priate department or other division of | the town government, and by means of warrants on the town treasurer is | sued by the director of finance and countersigned by the town manager. The director of finance shall examine all pay rolls, bills and other claims i and demands against the town, and l shall issue no warrant for payment | unless he finds that the claim is in | proper form, correctly computed and i duly certified, that it is justly and le- gally due and payable, that an ap- | propriation has been made therefor which has not been exhausted or that | the payment has been otherwise le | gally authorized and that there is 1 money ill the town treasury to make payment. He may require any claim | ant to make oath to the validity of | the claim, He may investigate any | claim and for such purposes may ex- | anime witnesses under oath and if he | finds it is fraudulent, erroneous or | otherwise invalid he shall not issue | a warrant therefor.
 1 Sec. 55. Upon the death, resigna- tion, removal or expiration of the term of any officer of the town, other l than the director of finance, the di- rector of finance shall make an audit and investigation of the accounts of manager and council. As soon as practicable after the close of each | fiscal year, an annual audit Shall be
 made of all accounts of all town of f1cers, and upon the death, resigna- ton, removal or expiration of the | director of finance, an audit shall be | made of his accounts. Such audits shall be made under the provisions of any law for the inspection and audit of municipal accounts by state officers, and if there is no such state inspec- ton such audits shall be made by certified public accountants, selected Rby the council, who have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the if nancia1 affairs of the town any of it's officers or employees. The council may, at any time, provide for the examination or audit of the accounts of any officer or department of the town government other than the town court.
 1 Sec. 56. There shall be a. town
 
 sisting of the town manager and nine citizen members, not all of one sex, chosen by the council, one from each district of the town to serve without pay for a definite period. The coun- ci1 shall supplant any member who displays lack of interest, Or fails up- on due notice and continuously for three months to attend the meetings of the board without leave of absence. It shall be the duty of the board to keep itself informed of the progress of town planning in this and other countries, to make studies and recom- mendations for the improvement of the plan of the town with a view to the present and future movement of traffic, the convenience, amenity, health, recreation, general welfare and other needs of the town depend
 ent on the town plan; to consider and report upon the designs and their re- public ways. lands. buildings, bridges and all other public places and struc- lures, of additions to and alterations in those already existing, and of the layout or plotting of new subdivisions of the town. The council may au- thorize the planning board to control the height. design. appearance and location of buildings, and the divi- sion of the town into building dis trictS or zones.
 l Sec 57, All acts of the council or of any other branch of the town gov | ernment affecting the town plan shall be submitted to the board for report | and recommendations. The council may, at any time. call upon the board to report with recommendations, and the board, of it's own volition, may al- so report to the council with recona- | mendations on any matter which, in the opinion of either body. affects the plan of the town. Any matter referred by the council to the board 31-thirE daxn Of the 4da+ao ot Efer-