The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-10

sors to Registrar O'Connor, demo- crat, and Registrar Dillane, repub- lican. It is practically assured that Deputy Registrar Slayin will be named registrar by the mayor. Whom he will pick for the repub- lican registrarship remains to be seen. It is possible that he will ad- vance Deputy Taller pending the coming city election which takes place in October. Both deputies, if advanced by the mayor. would have to seek the nominations for regis trars of their respective parties in the fall prior to the October poll ing.
 New Registrars
 At the a m time the general statutes of the state provide that a deputy registrar Shall assist his principal when required, discharge his duties in his absence or inabil- ity to act and, in case of death. removal or resignation of such principal, shall become registrar and appoint deputy =. :"
 However. as the charters of the various cities are special acts. they take precedence over the general statutes. Therefore, instead of Deputies Slavin and Taller moving up to the posts of registrars and appointing new deputies, the power of naming the registrars in Water- bury will remain, 1t is believed, in the hands of Mayor Hayes.
 It was also questioned today as to whether or not Registrar O'Con- nor could collect g. pension from the the city of Waterbury if dis missed. At the present time he is eligible for a pension providing he is granted retirement by the pen-. sion board. Corporation Counsel O'Connor stated today that he was not prepared immediately to state whether or not Registrar O'Con- nor would be eligible for pension if dismissed. The latter has been 1 registrar for over 30 years- In the session of 1929 a special act was passed making him eligible for a pension from the city in the event of his retirement. Otherwise, the act setting up a IocHI pension ap- plies only to appointive employees and not to elective officers. Unfortunate Says Crary
 | Registrar Dillane IS not eligible for a pension as he has not served the city continuously for the period | of years required under the 1929 l city pension act. He has been in the registrars office about 12 years. Neither registrar was in his office today. Registrar Dillane has been l i'll for several weeks and is now l nS.to al at 1.Ga I z,t, been removed from St Mary's hos pital only recently. 4 | Democratic Town Chairman John H. Crary today expressed regret at the new turn in the case. Tt is an unfortunate occurrence and l, hope that things will right themselves" he said. Republican Town Chairman Frederick W. Palomba stated: 'The decision of the supreme court | certainly changes the aspect of the situation. have not yet had time to read the decision. N
 Judge Newell Jennings of Bristol, who sat on the bench of the su- preme court in the place of Justice George Hinman who was i'll at the time of the arguments. was the only one dissenting. He did not write minority opinion, however. The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice William M. Maltbie. sa<
 Specific Orders
 The supreme court specifically orders the dismissal of the two registrars because they illegally re- moved 14 electors from the repub- Iican party list and neglected to take steps to wipe out duplication of names on both party primary lists. Tn aN 2,63O names were found to be on both pr.a.asy lists.