New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
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So Many Laws On Books
 Even Judges Are Confused

VI
 Even Judges Are Confused
 When Alfred l., Smith was tour ing the country in quest of votes toI the presidency. one Of his most ire
 Quont protestations was that this
 government has "too many laws
 Yet there seems to be no let-up 1T
 he operations of the statute making machinery at the halls of the feder-
 al and state governments, and the
 brO~nstOne municipal building or
 West Main street which turns out
 ordinance after ordinance 10 guide
 the City Of New Britain is also work
 ing overtime.
 This fact prompted Alderman
 David L. Nair, a lawyer, to take the
 floor at last Wednesday nights
 meeting of the common council and
 create a system whereby it might be
 possible for one interested to at least know the subjects covered in local ordinances, even though their inter ! Iretation might be another and
 more difficult question,
 Alderman Nair brought out that ! IL tS IlDL dll ulltOlIIlIlOl llIliS Ioi
 judges and lawyers to hear reference
 os made 10 ordinances which were i not generally known to exist and i when an effort was made 10 locate | them, 10 find no up to the minute index. If the men whose implements of toll are these very laws do not know where to find them, It can | Ggii1Jr ha hf1t- hr problem of the layman who must live mp to regulations without num- Der q majority of which he has no knowledge Of. The result of Alder man Nairs action will be seen short ly in new and complete index, kept up 10 date.
 Hardly q meeting of the common council passes without a few new don'ts' being added to New Brit aims scheme of living. The motorist who parked his automobile on ccr- tain street Wednesday might be fined for doing the same thing Thursday. And when he becames accustomed to the ncW' arrangement, he need not be surprised if the com mon council members change their minds and infict penalty on him for doing what at irate policeman Insisted he do q week before. The trouble with traffic and it's regula- tion in New Britain, according to many observers is the fact that no mprehensive survey has ever been made and too many trials of new regulations are attempted, some lasting q few days, some few weeks, and few made permanent. , Tt might work, and then again 1t ! might not-but, anyway, lets try fl" i seems to be the guiding principle
 Right, now, three departments of , the municipal recommendation health and firc-are in a quandary as to a dry cleaning code, adopted at the September meeting. This set of laws imposed many conditions on the conduct of dry cleaning estab- Itshments. One regulation, that which requires that none be in zones other than industrial, could have been taken care of in the zoning act, either in it's original draft or an amendment thereto. If that regula- ton was the justification for the dry leaning code, no code was needed. It appears there were other consjd- 3ratlons, safety to health and safe guard against fire. The powers of he health department are broad and 10 court has ever declined to abate t nuisance or a detriment to health 7 on was shown to actually exist; he fire department, through it's fire ( prevention bureau and in the exer- :lse Of it's police powers, can pre- 'ent the continuance of any fire { lazard, promptly. On the face of It. . seems that the most troublesome I f recent ordinances, this which has 0 do with dry cleaning, was hardly ecd ed. f This is but one of the many in- i tances, but it happens to be the ' 1oSt recent of those which might be | lasscd as important. Any suggestion , or new ordinance is readily en- l nrtaincd by the special committee f the common council which has ! his work in hand, in fact the com $
 
 Il to that group any matter which , potential restriction on some [; resent practice. The committee of :; :Ven is Justified in hcstating on the T uestion of pigeonholing anything :, 3fcrrcd by the common council, and r ne" law is sent on its way. The ', ouncll considering perhaps that the ', has given the question 7. 1rctul consideration, Is willing to r ike the new act for what it is < orth, and the law is made operat- o C. Closer attention by both the con- o on council and the committee on |, 'dlnanCcs. and sitting the necessary z, Orn the unnecessary would seem to ', live the problem of ''too many e ws," m ',