The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
LEGAL ADVERTISING

hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
 Sec. 25I. Corporation Counsel to bring Actions. The corporation counsel shall apply, upon order of the city council, and may so apply on his own motion or on the rela- tion of others, in the name of the city, to a court of competent juris- dictin for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the city or the abuse of corporate powers, or the payment of any pay roll or account rendered in violation of this charter or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the city in contraven- tion of law or this charter or which was procured by fraud or corrup- tion. He shall or may likewise, un- der the same conditions, apply to court of competent jurisdiction for writ of mandamus to compel the performance of duties by any officer who fails to perform any duty expressly enjoined by law or ordinance, and shall or may like wise bring such action or take such other legal course as may be neces- sary to recover for the city any sum of money paid in violation of this charter or otherwise to secure the city in its rights in any case of non-performance or violation of any contract or charter provision or any other matter affecting the interests of the city.
 Sec. 252. Taxpayers Suits. In case the corporation counsel, upon writ ten request of a taxpayer of the city, shall fail to take effective legal steps in any matter covered by the preceding sections, such taxpayer may institute suit or other proceed tngs for such purpose in his own name on behalf of the city.
 FORCE AND EFFECT
 PROVISIONS
 Sec. 253. Force and Effect of this Article. The provisions of this article shall constitute part of this act but not of the charter of the city of Waterbury provided for hereunder
 Sec. 254. Referendum on Accept ance or Rejection. On or before September 5, 1889, the city clerk of the city of Waterbury shall cause the whole of this act to be published in two daily newspapers of general circulation in said city and pub- lished in said city, together with the following notice:
 NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF
 WATERBURY
 Printed herewith is copy of an act of the legislature of January 1889, being special act number 487 which proposes new charter for the city of Waterbury. All qualified voters of Waterbury will be afforded the opportunitg of voting on the question of accepting or rejecting this proposed charter at special election to be held within and for the city on October 3, 1899. A Yes vote favors acceptance and No vote favors rejection"
 Should said city clerk fail to so publish this act any elector of the city may cause it to be so published on September 6, 1889, and the city shall pay for such publication, and such publication shall be deemed to
 satisfy the requirement of notice by publication herein contained. On October 3, 1899, special election in and for the city of Waterbury shall be held at which the question of acceptance or rejection of this Act shall be submitted to the elec- tors of said city. The vote upon the question shall be conducted and the count of said vote made as nearly as possible in the manner prescribed by the election laws of the state for voting on special questions at gen. eral elections. The voting machines used in said election shall have affixed in the first space for questions to be voted on ballot label containing the fol- lowing question: Shall the City of Waterbury accept the Council-Man- ager charter as passed by the 1889 legislature?" The elector shall indi- cate his choice for acceptance by pulling the "Yes" lever; for rejec- tion, by pulling the No" lever. Whenever the applicable statutes for general elections provide for election officials from opposing po- ntical parties, such officials shall be, in this special election, of opposing views on the question of acceptance or rejection of this act, as shown by affidavits filed with the proper elec- ton officials on or before September 12, 1889. Any corporation without capital stock formed under the pro- visions of section 3498 of the general statutes, whose membership is com prised of not less than five thousand inhabitants of Waterbury, as shown by the sworn statement of its pres ident and secretary, and whose board of managers shall adopt res olution certifying that such corpora tion is in favor of or opposed to the acceptance of the charter proposed by this act, may, upon filing copy | of such sworn statement and resolu- ton with the registrars, indorse the | afhdavits of the prospective election | officials of its own view; and such | indorsed affidavits shall be accepted | by the election authorities for each side of the question at issue and the persons named therein shall be ap- pointed in the order of filing to the | limit of the number of election of- | ficials required for each side of the | question in preference to any per- sons named in affidavits not so in- dorsed. Any such organization. upon | filing such sworn statement and | resolution with the registrars, shall | be entitled to appoint not more than two challengers for each voting | district at such election
 Sec. 255. When provisions take effect; Regular City Election for | 1889 moved back to November 5. 1940; Special Provisions for 1889 only. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the charter of the | city of Waterbury as it may be | amended or in any special or gen. eral statute, the only election to be held in Waterbury on. the thrid day | of October, 1899, shall be the special aIart{n,, os1 tha rtracti0p nf orcanf- |