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

viding for the dates for payment of general taxes, shall not take effect until the third year after the pass age of this act. During the first year, the first instalment of such taxes shall be due and payable on the first day of April and the'second instalment on the first day of Oc- tober; during the second year, the first instalment shall be due and payable on the first day of March and the second instalment on the first day of September; and, during the third year and thereafter, the first instalment shall be due and payable on the first day of February and the second instalment on the first day of August as provided. Un- less the charter provided in this act shall be rejected by majority of electors voting on October 3, 1939( the first election of the members of the council and of the board of ed- ucation under the provisions of this act shall be held on November IA, 1899, and no other officers shall be elected, except the registrars of voters, who shall be elected on Mo- yember 5, 1940. If the charter con- tained in this act shall be rejected by majority of the electors voting in the election to be held on October 3, 1899, then all elective officers of the city of Waterbury who are to be elected in 1899 shall be elected on November IA, 1889.
 Sec. 256. Conduct of 1889 Elec- tions. The board of aldermen, city clerk and registrars of voters of the city, in office at the time of the passage of this act, or their legal and qualified successors, shall make preparation for, and cause to be held, the elections herein provided to be held on October 3, 1889, and November IA, 1899. The board of aldermen shall canvass the votes and declare the result of the elec- tion to be held on October 3, 1889, and if the charter herein provided shall be rejected, they shall canvass the votes, declare the results, and issue the certificates of election for the election to be held on November IA, 1889. If the charter provided for in this act shall not be rejected, said November election shall be held in accord with the provisions of this act, and the board of aldermen shall perform all duties required of the city council under this act. The board of aldermen shall authorize all necessary expenditures for said October election, and for said Mo- vember election, and shall make funds available for such expendi- lures from the general fund, not
 withstanding any prior lack of ap- propriation; and the city treasurer and city comptroller and other fiscal officers of the city shall make and issue proper warrants for all election costs, in compliance with all proper directions of the board of aldermen, in accord with the pro- visions hereof
 Sec. 257. Appointment of First Manager. The members of the first council elected hereunder shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, within five days after the date of their certfiication of their election to qualify and organize for the sole purpose of selecting city manager as provided in the admin istrative code and they shall, if practicable, so select city manager prior to the first day of January following their election, whose &C., tive service shall begin on such first day of January at the same time as their own.
 Sec. 25S. Existing Departments and Officers to continue until changed. Departments and offices by and through which the admins trative work of the city is carried on at the time of the taking effect of this act shall continue in existence until changed hereunder, but the city manager shall have power to.di- rect and control the work of each such department or office, except the department of education, and to appoint and remove the officers and employees as though such depart mentS and offices were constituted hereunder. All payment for salaries and all other payments by the city shall continue to be made in the manner and from the same funds and appropriations as heretofore, until arrangements therefor shall be made hereunder.
 Sec. 259. Status of Present En- ployees. All persons holding positions in the administrative and teaching services of the city on October 3, 1899, whether elected or appointed, who have been continuously in such service in the same position since June l, 1888, shall be deemed to hold their positions as though ap- pointed under the provisions of this act. All other employees then in such service shall be regarded as holding probationary appointments until provision shall have been made in accordance herewith for the per- formance of such duties or the dis continuance of such position. The city manager shall certify any necessary transfers of positions from existing departments, divisions and bureaus to the corresponding ones established hereunder in the administrative service until such time as a personnel director shall be appointed, after which the per- sonnel director shall so certify such transfers.
 Sec. 260. Continuing Ordinances in Force. All lawful ordinances and regulations in force at the time this act shall take effect, and not incon- sistent with its provisions or those of the administrative code, are con- tinued in force until they shall have duly amended, repealed or super seded hereunder. All ordinances and regulations in conflict with this act or the administrative code are re- pealed to the extent of such con- flict; but when any provision of | this act or the administrative code | shall require further action by coun-