New Britain herald., 1923-10-18

committee asking better police pro,
lection and the closing OF stores on
Sunday. was referred 10 the police
board and the prosecuting attorne,
on motion OF Alderman conion.
A report OF the board OF compensa.
ton and assessment fixing damages
and benefits on Carlton street was nc.
cepted.
Numerous petitions we're received
and referred TO boards for action.
Recommendations for Attachments
and rebatements of taxes as voted at
recent meeting of the mayor and
board of aldermen were accepted
without OBJECTION.
Claims Committee Report Rejected
The council voted against establish
ing a precedent In the payment of
claims resulting from damages to au-
tomobiles caused by defects In the
street, and turned down a recommen-
dalton of the claims committee that
the claim of F.. r. Barrows be paid.
On the next matter coming before
the council, the claim of Edward
Eliason for damages to his car result
fh6 liobf uclrCtS III tl1t StIttb, LHC
council voted to pay the claim.
Mayor Paonessa last year vetoed
such a claim and his veto to the
Eliason bill Is expected.
Police Illegally Appointed
Corporation Counsel J. H. Kirk
ham presented an opinion stating that
men appointed to the police force
who We're beyond the maximum age
were Illegally appointed. Alderman
Conlon wanted the opinion referred
to the police investigating committee,
1t be referred to the police board for
acton" prevailed. The opinion fol-
lows:
Pursuant to your instructions, !
make report in regard to the legality
of the appointment of policemen to
the regular force who we're over age
at the time of appointment as follows:
ION March II, 1922, the Civil Serv-
Ice commission submitted among
others the following candidates for
regular patrolmen and placed them on
the eligible list John T. O'Brien, aged
80 years, Martin J. Moore, aged So
years.
"The board of police commission
srs appointed the above two men as
regular patrolmen on April 9th, 1922.
ION August 9rd, 1922, the civil
service commission placed on the |
eligible list among others Stanley !
aged 81 years, and the
BOARD of police commissioners APP
pointed him regular patrolman on
April 10, 1928.
I'm all three cases the ages of the
nen appeared on the civil service
commission lists. The list of March
1, 1922, was made out according to
aw, as the then civil service rules,
s ratified and adopted by the COM
non council, fixed the age limit for
'atrolmen as not less than forty-five
ears at the date of their written ex-
mination.
The civil service commission, how
yer, in its list of August 8, 1899,
hould not have included the name of >
tanley Dombrosky, as at that time
he ordinance had been amended fix
,g the age limit at thirty-tive years
t the date of their appointment. APP
arently the civil service commission
as unaware of the ordinance of
[arch Is, 1922, hereinafter quoted.
ut would also appear that the
GARD of police commissioners were
navarro Of the ordinance of March
5th, 1922, or that they assumed err
,neously that they had the right to
lake any appointments without re-
ard to age, as long as the men were
lected from the civil service list,
,en though the list on its face show
| that the candidates were over age
the time of their appointment.