The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05

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 The rate of $22,000 annually for the
 Hrst ten years and $40,000 thereafter
 until the issue is completely retired.
 Amend City Charter
 ' Several other bills introduced to-
 Hay by Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney
 Eould amend the Waterbury city
 charter.
 AZ in the past several sessions 1t
 IS proposed that the deficiency item
 which must be set up in the budget
 the year following occurrence of a
 deficit be eliminated in 1888 and 1858. The city has secured such
 Legislative permission in the past,
 Thus keeping down the tax rate.
 v Several streets in Waterbury
 would be placed in the trunk line
 system under another bill. They ,jnclude Highland avenue, Homer .strcet, Chase avenue, West Main sStreet, Lakewood road, Pearl Lake sxoad. Harpers Ferry road and South Main street.
 In blank form appeared a bill con- scerning the cash deficit of the City .of Waterbury.
 y Of prime importance to Water sburys police department is the bill which amends the city charter so
 that 15 lieutenants and 8 sergeants smay be named. This is a step to- wards creating the position of ser sgeant for the acting sergeants or
 ofhcers in charge of squads" as 1they are officially designated at po- dice headquarters. Provision is also
 nade for raising members of the adetective bureau to the rank of lieu stenant.
 N On Voting Lists <. Another bill concerns voting lists sand sessions of the registrars. It Tadvances the dates for filing of vot- aers' lists and making new voters. % The first and second taxation dis
 tricts, as well as the Central school ldiStrict, would be abolished by other measures. They no longer exist in the city or town government and the measure would take care of stechnicality in the city charter. q Still another Mahaney measure
 concerns sewage bonds. It rescinds
 authority granted in 1927 and 1929 Legislative sessions to issue sewerage
 bonds, some of which remain unSold sat the present time.
 = Old Age Tax List
 . Representative John D. Thoms xpresented bills today in the house, Famong them one extending the Lime to file the old age tax list with -the state tax commissioner to April 1887. It was due on December 1l, last.
 S The city would be allowed to make Temporary loans up to 70 per cent sIof its estimated tax income under a abill. At the present time the city sscan actually do this, but the pres Kent bill is presented to amend the sNcharter 50 that the date of payment gof loans is changed from Decem- -sber l to December IS.
 = A month of grace without the $1 Epenalty in paying old age assist Nance taxes Is also proposed. They rs,vOuld become due on April 1 instead
 of March 1.
 : Senator Lawlor offered a bill to- Esfcy calling for an appropriation of IT$30, 900 for the Waterbury hospital ,sfor charity cases, payable in two syyearly fnStallments of equal amount. 4 Voting Machines Senator Lawlor also presented a gbill calling for use of voting ma- schines in all elections in every town eoz the state.
 \ A blank bill concerns the casualty @rates in Waterbury and Naugatuck. % Banks and trts companies are -given authorization to invest in z bonds of the Philippine Islands, fol- z lowing the example of the federal ' government.
 Y A liquor law amendment by Sena- < tor Lawlor makes some drastic ' changes. Drinking at the bar would ], be permitted in all types of estab- ! lishments Taverns would be allowed ( to use screeiar Applications for Der ' mits would have to be signed by i've {. electors of the town in which the { permit is desired. Picnic licenses ! could only be issued to actual X liquor permittees. A new system Of < license fees is also set up with the novel feature being a charge figured ! sn the length of bars and number Q. booths and tables.
 \ pension system for state erl- sioues provides their voluntary four l. per cert contributions annually 7ne.' could become eligible after 15 4ccrsecutive years of service. provid-
 ] they were 65 years old or over.