The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-18
City Charter Reuision
 Affects Many Sections

been disbursed and the amount thereon against each item of ap- propriation and said board of finance shall cause such reports to be submitted to the board of aldermen.
 SEC. g. Rules of proceedings. Punishment of members. Removal of city officers. Section thirty-five of said charter is amended to read as follows: Said board shall de- termine the rules of its proceed ings according to the general prin- ciples of parliamentary law, punish members for disorderly conduct and, by e majority vote of all the members present and absent, ex- pei a member for due cause or re- move any elective ofilcer of said city for due cause, involving con- tinued neglect or default of official duty or moral delinquency; pro- vided there shall be no such expul. sion or removal except on charges preferred and hearing had, nor of any officer whose removal is other wise provided for herein.
 SEC. 10. Approval or veto by mayor. Section forty-one of said charter Is amended to read as fol- lows: Each vote, resolution, order, by-law or ordinance which passes said board shall be transmitted forthwith to the mayor. If he shall approve by signing 1t or shall fail to take action on 1t within ten days after its passage, such vote, resolu- ton, order, by-law or ordinance shall become operative from and after such date, except as herein- after provided; If approved, record shall be made of the date of ap- proval: if no action be taken, record shall be made of the date when 1t becomes operative by reason there- of. If he shall disapprove 1t, he shall, within ten days, return 1t to the city clerk, with his obJec- tions in writing, and the clerk shall present the same to the board of aldermen ct its next meeting; and such vote, resolution, order, bylaw or ordinance shall not become op- erative unless passed over the mayors veto by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members. present and absent. The mayor
 may also approve or disapprove of any part of any vote, resolution, order, by-law or ordinance and the part disapproved shall be void un- less passed over his veto. as afore- said; but, If any measure shall be approved in part and disap- proved in part, the part approved shall not become operative unless the part disapproved shall be passed over the mayors veto as aforesaid, or unless the part ap- proved shall again be passed by Q three-fifths vote.
 SEC. Il. Board of aldermen Subsection (e) of subdivision c of section forty-four of said charter is amended to read as follows: To make appropriations for public receptions, parades, concerts and celebrations to an amount not ex- ceeding fifteen hundred dollars foi any said purposes, nor twenty five hundred dollars for all of said purposes, in any one year.
 SEC. 12. Annual reports of de. partments and recommendation thereon. Section fifty-nine of sai6 charter is amended to read as fol- lows: The several departments anC executive officers shall, annually on or before the fifteenth day oi September, submit to the mayor { report of their proceedings durini the year ending the thirtieth day O August next preceding, with de- tailed statement of their receipts and expenditures, and he shal transmit the same to the board O aldermen, with any recommenda
 tions which he may think it t
 make, on the first Monday of tn
 following December.