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

ment of the retirement system here under, on the same basis as though such system had been in effect throughout the whole periods of their employment, 3. to meet the fiscal years requirements for death and disability benefits, 4. to meet the fiscal years requirements for payments to pensioners who have been retired under any retirement system of the city previously in effect; (c) for actuarial readjust- ment of the retirement system and the basis of contributions and pay ments hereunder, at least every five years, with view to producing, on the average and as nearly as may be, a pension equal to one-half the rate of compensation of an em- ploye retired at sixty years of age after thirty years of service, calcu- lated on the basis of the contribu- tions of both the employe and the city; (d) for rules for the adminis- tration of the system, supplement tary to the provisions of this charter and the administration code, to be promulgated by the commissioner of finance with the approval of the board of finance, on the recommen- dation of the comptroller; (e) for payment of pensions and other ben- efits and allowances, on awards by the board of finance, by warrant of the comptroller. from the retirement fund; f) for compulsory retirement of any member of the retirement system on his reaching the age of seventy years, with optional retire. ment for members of the uniformed ranks of the police and fire forces at sixty years and of other employees at sixty-five years; (g) for award of pensions on retirement, payable monthly for life, in double the amount of the annuity purchasable by the contributions of the employee plus the distributive share of such contributions in the earnings of the fund; 0) for disability benefits not to exceed one hundred dollars a month in addition to expenses of medical care and treatment and to the amounts of contributions to the retirement fund, in favor of any em- ployee who shall become physically disabled in the line of his duty. Such payments shall be in lieu of any other compensation provided by law for disability incurred in the course of employment; U for death bene- fits in the case of employees who in- cur their deaths in the line of duty, in the amount of all contributions by the city as well as the employee, together with interest at four per cen per annum on such contribu- tions compounded annually; CD for refunding of all contributions of any employee separated, from the service, together with interest there on at four per cent per annum com- pounded annually, with provision for reinstatement or for starting anew of employees who reenter the service after such separation; (k) for the continuance of any pensions awarded under any previously ex- isting retirement system or statutory provision, CD for recall of pension CTS to active service during emerg- encies at full salary less the amount of pension payable, without effect on the pension status of such pen sioner or the amount of award in his favor.
 Sec. 224. Pension not subject to Legal Process. No portion of the retirement fund or of any payments authorized therefrom, either before or after payment to any beneficiary, shall be held, seized, taken, detained or levied upon by virtue of any legal process issued out of any court against the beneficiary.
 ELECTIONS
 Sec. 225. Municipal Elections. The regular election for the choice of members of the council and board of education shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October in the odd-numbered years. The council may, by resolu- ton, order a special election, fix the time for holding the same and pro- vide all means for holding such spe- cial election.
 Sec. 226. Regulations of Elections. The council shall make all needful rules and regulations, not inconsis- tent with this charter and the ad- ministrative code, for the conduct of elections, for prevention of frauds in elections and for the recount of the ballots in case of doubt or fraud. The city council shall, by ordinance, from time to time, establish con- venient voting districts and provide suitable voting place in each dis trict, but any vote establishing or changing any voting district with in period of thirty days before any city election shall not be effective for that election. The wards of the city existing at the time of the adoption of this charter shall con- tinue to be recognized as wards for the purpose of defining senatorial districts under the laws, until changed thereby, but for no city purpose.
 Sec. 227. Nominations. Any quali- fled elector of the city, who has been a resident thereof for the two years next preceding the filing of his nomination, may be nominated fol the council or board of education The name of such an elector shall be printed upon the ballot whenever petition and a written acceptance of nomination as hereinafter pre- scribed shall have been filed in his behalf with the city clerk. Such petition shall be signed by not fewer than two hundred nor more than two hundred and fifty electors. No person shall circulate or sign nomi- mating petition prior to July first immediately preceding the election No elector shall sign more than one such petition and, should an elector do so, his signature shall be void as to the petition or petitions last filed. The signatures of the nomina- ton petition need not all be ap- pended to one paper, but to each separate paper there shall be at- tached an affidavit of the circulator thereof, stating the number of sign- | ers S,f sIlch paper and that each