The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17

shown above in . new portrait. The nationally prominent patrio- tic and historic society will con-
 vcne in Mrs. Massey's home city, Hot Springs, Ark, this fall.
 that he expected more definite in-
 formation to be ready at the next meeting. At that time at least one
 project, he believes, will have come through with state and govern-
 ment approval.
 At the last meeting of the bor-
 ough board, it will be recalled, a petition was received from Church street merchants asking that an
 ordinance forbidding use of side-
 walks for exhibition of merchan- disc, be drawn up. This was re-
 ferred to the borough attorney for
 his opinion then.
 Can't Be Restricted The opinion was read last night and showed that if a ban were re-
 stricted to Church street mer- chants only, it would be discrim-
 inatory and therefore illegal. Atty.
 Gormley held that an ordinance
 covering all borough streets would
 not conflict with any state statutes.
 He suggested a draft of an or- dinance and it was tabled until the
 next meeting 50 that members
 could study it.
 Part of Atty. Gormley's opinion
 follows:
 An examination of the "Ordi-
 nances and Bylaws of the Bor-
 ough of Naugatuck, 1901, Section
 6, Clause 13, at Page 8 reveals the following: No person shall erect
 or place any merchandise, build ing, sing, gate, fence, post, pole or other thing in, upon or across any street gutter, sidewalk or highway | without first obtaining permission therefor from the board of War den and Burgesses." While the in-
 tent of the above is fairly clear, it
 is my opinion that an ordinance
 containing more definite and spe-
 cifc phraseology would be of greated effect, and for the approv-
 al of the Board and Warden and Burgesses, I submit a draft of a proposed ordinance which, in my
 opinion, would be appropriate and
 proper:
 "Every person, firm or corpor-
 ation who shall place, erect. con- | struct, fasten or continue any
 stand, platform or counter of any
 description whatsoever for the
 sale of any goods, wares or mer-
 chandise for show or sale upon
 any public street or public side
 without first obtaining permission
 therefor from the Board of Ward
 en and Burgesses of said Borough,
 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
 and upon conviction, shall be pun
 ished by a fine of not less than $5
 nor more than $25 for each offense
 and each day of the continuance
 of such stand, platform or counter l for the show and sale of such | goods, wares or merchandise upon
 any such public. street or public | sidewalk after any said person, l firm or corporation has been mo- tiied by the chief of police to re- move the same, shall constitute a
 separate and distinct offense." Bcardsley to Investigate The board voted to have Bor- ough Engineer Robert D. Boards ley investigate and order some res- idents whose sanitary sewers are | connected with the storm sewer there to get off this system and , connect with the main sanitary
 sewer. An odor develops frequent | ly in some sections because some | sanitary sewers there are still con- nected to the storm sewer. A baliff bond of Daniel Connors
 which has been approved by the by the board. A waiver of Lucy
 Capano to rights on her property
 near the junction of High street
 and South Main streets so that
 cement curb and gutter may be in- stalled there, cost to be assessed to her, was accepted by the board. Joseph Lucas was given permis-
 sion to hang a sign in front of his
 new store at 40 North Main street under the supervision of the street superintendent.
 The report of Borough Clerk Charles F. Daily for the five months of the fiscal year ending August 31 was accepted. It had not been ready at the regular Sep- tember meeting because the meet ing was held on the second of the month. One advantage of the delay was that 1t now carried the well fare department financial report which is usually not ready when
 the borough clerks report is is- .. sued.
 Finances Good
 The report shows that the bor- ough administration is keeping with in its budget quite well so far. If the present average of expenses is maintained for the next seven months, there will be surplus at the end of the year, the report in- dicated.
 Thus far, that is to the first of September, expenses have totaled $201,662.09. This leaves a balance of $294,190.92 not yet spent. The entire budget was $495,S53.01. For five months this is an aver age of about $40,332 spent month- ly and for a 12 month period this would be about $483.984, well with in the budget. The only problem is how to keep expenses down during the expensive winter months. More than half of the public works budget has been spent hus far, the report shows. There was S75,0OO Appropriated for public works and $4o.3i7.07 of this has been spent, leaving a balance of $34, ,6S2.93. For public welfare. $70,- | mn ..sa. n {. arc ra rin fad nd A44 AQ7 i.