The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
TNJUNCTIONS ARE
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 court, his wisest course was to turn them over to the clerk"
 MT. Bronson said that he is not acting as counsel for MT. Taller and that he has no legal connection with the question of surrender of the certificates. His advice was based, he said, on his underestimate ing of proper custody of the certifi- cates.
 Action Is Late
 Corporation Counsel O'Conrlor re- marked that he had heard from MT. Bronson about the certificates but reiterated his earlier stand which was that the registrar should have turned over the certificates when when the voting records were given to the Town Clerk election night He said that the courts order for custody of the records by the clerk, with none having access to them without Q court order, was what he had contended the procedure should be and expressed himself well Satis- fled with the status of the records ct present.
 The records are still in the vault of the bank but will be turned over to the clerk Tuesday, 1t Is under stood.
 The remainder of these certifi- cates, he said, were impounded by Town Clerk Dora A, Egan election night at the Citizens and Manu- lecturers National bank.
 The corporation counsel will noe tify Attorney Bronson tomorrow or Sunday what his plan of procedure will be, acting on order of the court to get the case ready for definite determination Tuesday. He has not decided, he said, what his answer to the alternative writ of I1landa- mus will be.
 May Answer Writ
 Tn the case of the merit system proponents against the board of aldermen, the corporation counsel filed e motion to quash which was denied. This demurrer action is usual procedure in Ynandan1us cases. But In the present matters 1t is pos- sible that the city attorney will make answer to the writ, enlarging upon his original contention that the official recount has served the purpose of determining the true to- tals of the voting and that no req sonable need ig seen for further checking of the vote by recanvasS of the machines,
 Judge Dickengon has indicated that the court may supervise c re. canvass, or recount of the vote, both In the matter of the machines and of the rnoderators' reports and tally sheets. Should evidence of corruption or gross irregularity be shown before the court, question then would be raised of ordering another election. Counsel are di- vided in opinions on procedure in the event new election might be indicated as solution of the dispute.
 Guards Removed
 Following the court crders plac- ing custody of the machines In the hands of Superior Court Clerk Freeman, the Republican and Inde- pendent Democrat guards who have been on perpetual duty with Wa terbury police in the basement os the county courthouse, quit today. There remains only one officer on duty at all times, the shifts chang ing every eight hours.
 This procedure was by agreement of opposing counsel ct hearings yes- terday on the mandamus and the iniunctions.
 The iaandamus action was brought by Senator Culhane, Town Clerk Egan, Francis T. Phillips, Mortimer J. Calvin, Jr., Thomas P. Healey, Domenic BIGbierj, and Wal ter Charest, defeated candidates of the Fusion party, and names Mod- orator McMahon, City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice, Jr., and Town Clerk Egan as defendants. Miss Egan, defeated for reelection on the Fusion ticket, appears as defendant in her capacity as town clerk, the complainants asserting that her of. flee should have custody of the election recOrdG