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

nicipal elections in the city of Wa terbury.
 Sec. 240. Electors. Each elector of this state, residing within the limits of the city and qualified to vote therein for state officers, shall be an elector of the city All such elec- tors whose names are registred on the list of voters in accordance with this charter on the date of any elec- tion held hereunder, shall be en- titled to vote at such election.
 Sec. 241. Eligibility for Election. Any person may be elected to the council or to the board of education but not to both who is a duly quail flied elector of the city, who is not indebted to the city, who has no proprietary interest in any contract with the city or claim against the city, who has not previously been convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or of the United States or of foreign country, or of a vio- lation of any provision of this char ter, and who does not hold any other public office or employment except that of mayor, alderman, notary public, member of the na- tional guard, justice of the peace or commissioner of the superior court.
 Sec. 242. Hours of Voting. The polls shall be open for voting from six o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening.
 Sec. 243. Term of ofice. The term of of1ce of the mayor, each alder man and each member of the board of education shall be two years,. or until his successor has been elected and has assumed his office. For the purposes of this section, except in the case of the mayor, any member reelected shall be considered to succeed himself.
 Sec. PA. Vacancy, How Created. When a member of the city council has been found by the council to lack any of the qualifications for eligibility specified in this charter, or to have been absent from five consecutive meetings of the council without being excused therefor by vote of the council, or to have died, resigned or removed from the city, or to have been convicted of a fel- ony or a violation of this charter, or +to have been judicially declared in- competent, the council shall, by resolution, declare the office vacant.
 Sec. 245. Places for Public Meet ings to be provided. The city coun- Gil shall provide, or cause to be provided, at public expense, con- venient places throughout the city where public meetings may be held for at least twenty days next pre- ceeding any city election. AS far as possible the public school buildings and other public buildings sustained by taxation shall be used for such purposes. The city council shall reg ulate the use of such places or buildings by ordinance, SO that the respective candidates and the per- sons advocating or opposing any policy or measure shall have equal privilege in the use of such places without expense.
 Sec. 246. Services and Expenses, which prohibited and which allowed. The total expenditure on behalf of any candidate for election to the council, or board of education, di- rect or indirect, by the candidate or otherwise, shall not exceed five hundred dollars. Such amount may be expended only for the fair and reasonable cost of printing, adver- Using and office maintenance, and the reasonable and bona fide ex- pense of holding public meetings and of distributing literature.
 Sec. 247. Statement of Election Expenses. Each person elected to membership in the council or board o2 education shall, at the time he takes his oath of office, make and file with the city clerk an oath that he has not violated any of the pro- visions of this charter, containing a complete itemized statement of ex- penditures of money and all other valuable considerations or promises thereof by him or by any other per- son in his behalf, made or given in aid of his candidacy in such elec- ton. The restrictions and require ments imposed by this and the pre- ceding section shall be in addition to those imposed by chapter 39 of the general statutes. ..
 Sec. PAS. Registration of Voters. The registrars of voters shall receive applications for admission as elec- tors at any time during office hours, and shall conduct the necessary ex- animation of the applicants and shall report thereon to the select men and town clerk. At each meet ing of the city council, the city clerk shall present the list of applicants so examined and the results of such examination. The members of the city council, as selectmen, and the city clerk, as town clerk ex officio, shall thereupon decide upon the qualifications of electors, and upon the admission of such applicants. The city clerk shall maintain dupli- cate voting lists of all registered voters, in card index or other form, bearing the signatures of the in- dividuals registered, as means cf identification. One set of such lists for each voting place shall be de- livered to the election officer III charge of such voting place for use in each election, as the official list of registered voters, and the election officers shall note thereon each reg istered voter who casts a vote. There shall be elected on the first Tues day after the first Monday in No- vember of each even-numbered year, as town officers, two registrars of voters, who shall be the two candi- dates for such office receiving the highest number of votes at such election. Each political party may nominate one candidate for such ofdce and each voter may vote for one of such candidates. Such regis trars shall have all the powers ana duties with regard to elections held in the city of Waterbury conferred and imposed on registrars of voters by chapter 37 of the general stat utes, except as modified or extended herein. They and their deputies and