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

init satisfying both, the amount of sales to be made at such rate shall be divided between or among them in proportion to the amounts of- fered to be taken at such rate.
 Sec. I77. No Commission for Sale of Bonds. No commission or broker age shall be paid, either directly or indirectly, for the sale of any bonds or notes of the city: but legitimate expenses may be paid on duly audi ted vouchers provided by this act. PUBLIC WORKS
 Sec. 178. Taking of Property for Public Use. The city may acquire land or other property within or without its limits, needed for any public improvement including any improvement involved in the exten- sion of its water supply or other public service, by purchase, gift or devise, or may take any such real property by condemnation in the manner herein provided, except property of the United States or the state, or any subdivision thereof. When the price proposed to be paid for any such property shall be greater by twenty-five per cent than its latest assessed valuation, such property shall not be purchased, but shall be taken in the manner pro- vided herein. Specifically, the power of the city to take and convey from any and all brooks and other sources of water supply, within the limits of the county of New Haven or of the county of Ltchfield, except the Bantam lake and the Naugatuck river north of the southerly line of the borough of Torrington, such supply of water as the necessities or convenience of the inhabitants of the city may require, is confirmed.
 Sec. 179. Rights of City, not De- feasible by Adverse Possession. No right, title, estate or easement Of the city in any property. shall be lost by adverse possession or occupancy, and no statute of limitations shall operate against the city in favor of any person occupying any public property, whether such property shall have been improved or not.
 Sec. 18O. Construction under City Engineer. All work of construction of public buildings and other public improvements including major re- pairs and reconstruction, shall be performed by contract, except as expressly provided herein, under plans and specifications drawn by the city engineer or under his su- pervision. Construction shall be done under his supervision and inspec- ton and subject to his acceptance for the city.
 Sec. 181. Control of Public Places. The city shall have power to control and regulate the use of it's streets and other public places and the space above and beneath them and shall provide by general ordinance for such control and regulation.
 Sec. 182. Permits for Minor Priv ileges. It shall provide for such con- trol and regulation, so far as prac- ticable by means of permits, in all cases in which by reason of en- croachments or Instructions on, over or under any public space, private use of such space Is secured to the exclusion of the public generally. Such ordinances shall prescribe the conditions under which such en- croachments or Instructions shall be prohibited and those under which permits may be granted, together with 6 reasonable and consistent schedule of charges, calculated on the basis of the costs of inspection and regulation, including overhead and administrative costs, and Q fair return on the value of the privileges granted by such permits to the users.
 Sec. 183. Permits for Street Open ings. No holes, trenches. ditches or other openings or excavations of any kind for any purpose in any street or other public place shall be made, except in accordance with a permit granted by the city engineer, who may prescribe how much work shall be done, how the. holes, trenches, ditches and openings shall be filled or backfilled, when the work may be commenced and fin- ished, and in the event that the work be not completed within the time specified, may complete such work at the expense of the person, firm or corporation responsible.
 Sec. 184. Action over for Damages. If any judgment shall be recovered in any action against the city for any injury or damage caused by any obstruction, excavation, opening or defect in any highway or public grounds caused or occasioned by the act or omission of any person, the city shall have the right to recover the amount of any such judgment from the person or corporation so responsible.
 Sec. 1855. Official City Maps. The city engineer shall prepare and the council shall, by ordinance, adopt, and may amend from time to time, on recommendation of the city manager with the approval of the board of works, an official city map defining the limits of all streets and other public spaces, and building lines and curb lines established with relation thereto The council shall likewise adopt and may amend, un- der the same conditions, a topogra- phic map of the city on which the grades of all streets and other pub lie spaces shall be shown.
 Sec. 186. Zoning. The council shah be the zoning authority for the city and the board of public works shall be the board of zoning appeals for the city, with all the powers and duties in and for the city of Water bury conferred or imposed on such boards, respectively, by the general statutes. s,
 Sec. 187. Vacation or Discontin- uance of Streets or Other Public Spaces. The council shall have the exclusive power, by ordinance adop- ted by 8 five-sevenths vote, on the recommendation of the ctiy man. ager, approved by the board of works, to vacate or discontinue streets or other spaces of the city devoted to public use, after public hearing as to the necessity for such