Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 10

he Public' Building in sald city mnated as The Court Housc Hall, or The Town Hall, ana 1l be responsivle for the repair, furnishing, cleanlug, . insuring, and gemecul rt House, Ce SECTION 55, penses of the Court Apportioning the House. continue in force the agree- e time of the adoption 1 agreement relates of the, expenses ) be borne annu oocuipants the f Connecticut sent existing of this charte event of ald agresment ssented in y shall be rey Mayor ereot, and yor it mid mal arov Board of Al BECTION 36, Insurance v of said Board of cause to be carried, on all public build- n part, to sald rther duty of | cause to be car- n all other city, and also carried, such gene: or other insurance as may be deemecd for the best interests of =aid SECTION 57, Police Departmenit. There shall continue to be in said city a Police Department, as aforesaid, whic der the management and con- of the Hoard of Public Safety, afore- said, composed, and Wwith powers anc dutles, as hereinafter provided. Satd department shall preserve the the peace, good order, and security of said city, and shall consist of a chief and such officers, policemen, supernumerarics »d police matrons as the Board of Pub- lic Safety may from time to ttme pre- scribe. Satd Board of Public Safety shall have power to designate members of such supernumeraries for such period of active service as it may think proper. Al officers, policemen, supernymer- aries and matrons, In office or in service at such time as this charter shall become effective, shull continue in office or h service until removed good cause vt retired for disability, infirmness, or other sufficient cause. SECTION 58. ¥ire Department. e shall continue to be in said ity a Fire Department, as aforesaid, whic shall be under the management and con trol of the Board of Public Safety, afore sald, composed, and with powers anc dutles, as hereinafter provided. Sald Fire Department shall be charge: with the duty of Drotecting the city against danger from fire, and shall con- sist of a chief, a fire marshal, a superin- tendent of fire alarm telegraph. (all three of which offices may be held by the same persan), and such other officers and em ployes as the Board of Public Safety may from time to time prescribe. It shall be the duty of the fire marsha to inspect from time to time, whenever he may deem it necessary, any building in said city with a view to ascertaining whether the ordinances relating to the ose and condition of buildings are obeyed, and he shall perform all other @uties In regard to the inspection of bufldings which may be required of him by the ordinances of the city. It shall be him duty to report all unsafe buildings and all violations of such ordinances to the Mayor. It shall be the duty of the superintena- ent of fire alarm telegraph to have charge telegraph system in said form such other dutles as ordinance prescribed. s and employees of said Fir: office or In service a this charter shall become 1 continue in office or Ir | removed for good cause or infirmness or other SECTION 59. Board of Public Safety, General Prosi- s Concerning the Police and Fire Departments. Beginning on the first day of January in the year 1923, and anmuaily thereatter, he year of the Police Department, the Fire Department and the controlling Board of Public Safety shall be the cal- mdar year. The Polics Commissioners and the Committes on Fire Department of the Court of Common Council of said city, in office at euch time as this charter shall become effective, shall continue in office untll the first day of January in the ysar 1923 and until their successors, the Board of Pablic Safety under this charter, shall Bave been chosen and qualified The Board of Public Safety, aforesaid, having the control of said Police Depar:- ment and sald Fire Department shall cons! resident electors of said efty, who shall serve without pay, and whe shall hold no other city office, anl who shall be appointed as fsllows:—On the first day of Janu the Mayor of said city shall appoint two members of gald board to serve for one year, two members to serve fo: two years, and “me member to serve for three years from and after their appointment and umti] their ssors shall have been ap- pointed and qualified; anl annually there- after the said Mayor shall appoint mem- bers of said board as expiration of terms roquire, but not more than three members of sald doard shall belong to the same shall elect a president from its own number who shall preside at frs meetings. Three members of sald boar shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a lesser number may and adjourn tim, board shall bold meetings at least on month and at such other thnes as it may detarmine. Speckal meetings of said board mway be called at any time by the president tpon reasomable riotice to the meembers, and shall be called within a reasonable time upon written request of + majority of the mentbers of said board. SECTION 60. Said Board of Public Safety shail have soatrol of ail the praperty of said city and by sald departments, shall pplies. und ,shabl -rovide ug, lighting, and ropairs of idings used by such doy and ahall have power to pres Sefine the ‘dutles of the members of such dpartments, and to make all rules and regulations necessary for the proper gov- sriment thereof except whers otherwise srovided. , They snall have sole power of appoin:- ment and promotion of all ofiders and mnployes of sald departments, They sheli have sole power to fix the walacies and compensation of .«ll officers 2d_employes, with the exception of the infs of sald departments whose salaries ire determined as provided in Section 49 3¢ this charter. They adall determine the mammer of saying eaid salaries and comnensation Tacy shall have scle power 1o remove wspend, discipiine axd punish all officer: ;d members. whether regular, super- yumerary or call, of sald Police and Firc Jeparuments. They shall enforca and carry into ef- wct, or cause to be enforced 2ud carried nto effeol, all ordinances, by-laws, reso- the Board of Alder- dings and of all work and froperty 4 Polico and Fire departments. They shall, subject to the direction ot the controller, keep records of recelprs. and expenditures and make T thero- Af, upon request of sald controller -and ammually on or before the 10th day. of October they shall make estimates of re- s ‘and appropriations necessary for of said departments to meet the ex- Penses of the' following fiscal year. They shall not remove, expel or reduce in rank any officer or regular or perma- nent member of the Fire department. or of the Police department except for due cause found after hearing. Notice of any such removal, expulsion or reduction in rank shall be given by the board in writ- ing to the officer or permanent member concerned, who, if agerieved by such re- moval, expulsion or reduction, may, with in ten days after recelving notice of such action of the board, appeal therefrom to the surerior court for New London county, which shall hear sald appeal and render judgment thereon. They shall have power to retirs any member” of the Police or Fire department for mental or physical disabllity and vlace his name on the retired list. as herein- after provided, and such member shall not thereafter be entitled to pay or com- pensation from the city unless assigned to duty by the chlefs of the dspartment. His pay for the time so assigned to duty shall be that of a regular member of his department. The chief of each of the Police and Fire departments respectively shall be the chief executive officer of his department, and shall be chargeabls for its efficiency and responsible for the execution: of &Il laws and the rules and regulations of the degartment. SECTION 61. POLICEMEN'S AND FIREMEN'S PEN- SION AND RELIEF FUNDS. Fow Funds May be Acquired. There shall continue to be a fund for the policemen and a fund for the firemen of said clty, known as the Policemen’s Pension and Relief Fund and the Fire- men’s Penslon and Relief Fund, to which shall belong: 1. All moneys and securities included in the funds now existing in each de- partment. 2. All bequests and donations, from public or private sources, to either de- partment on account of services rendered, or for the purposes for which the fund is established. 3. All mopeys or property presented to any member of either department on account of special services, except such as may, by special vote of the Board of Public Safety, and with the approval of the Mayor, be retained by such member. 4. Such monthly assessments on the salaries of members of the Fire depart- ment, and of the Police department not exceeding two per centum per annum, as the trustees of such fund may determine. 5. Sald Policemen's Pension and Re- lief Fund shall also ‘include .all lost, abandoned, unclalmed, or stolen moneys In charge of the Police department, and all moneys arising from the sale of lost, abandoned, unclaimed or stolen property in charge of said department, now made available for the purpose by the statute laws of the state. SECTION 62. Boards of Trustees. Said Policemen's, Pension and Reliet Fund shall be under the general control of a board of trustees consisting of the Mayor, and the Treasurer of sald cky, and said Firemen's Pension and Reliet Fund shall be under the genera] control of a board of trustees consisting of the Mayor, the Treasurer and the chief of the fire department of said city, and sald boards may invest or re-invest sald re- #pective tunds as the state laws relating to the investnient of trust funds permit. The Mayor shall be the president of each of sald boards and the city treasurer shall be the treasurer of each of said boards, and the treasurer shall be the clerk of the board of trustees of the Po- licemen’s Pension and Rellef Fund and the chiet of the fire department shall be the clerk of the board of trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Rellef Fund, and sald clerks shall keep true and accurate records of the doings of the respective boards of trustees. SECTION 63, How Members of Departments are Re- tired. 1. The Board of Public Safety of said city by the affirmative vote of the whole number of its members, and with the approval of the Mayor, may retire per- manently any permanent member of the Police department or of the Fire depart- ment who, after five years’ service in the department, while in the actual perform- ance of duty and by reason of the per- formance of such duty and without fault and misconduct on his part, shall have become permanently disabled, physicaily or mentally, 50 as to be entirely unfitted to perform ordinary duty. Sald board may also retire, by like vote and with the Mayor's approval, any permanent member of sald departments, who, after twenty years of meritorious service, has become, in the judgment of said board, unable to perform active duty. To such permanent member, retired as aforesaid, there shall be pald from said fund dur- ing his life time, in monthly installments, a sum to be determined by said board, not greater than one-half: the regular vearly compensation received by him in service before retirement. No vote for retirement under the provisions of this section shall be passed until such medi- cal examiners, as said Board of Public Safety may appoint, certify that the dis- abllity under consideration exists. Any vote for retirement may be annulled by aftirmative vote of all the members of said Board of Public Safety together with the Mayor's approval. 2. Should the resources of either or both of said funds at any time become in- adequate to meet the bayments provid~d for in this act, such sums as are avail- able shall be used pro rata towards the payments to all members entitied thereto. 2. All members on the retired list of ald departments shall, in consideration of receiving payments herein provided for, be subject to the ordérs of the Board ? Public Safety, which may at'any time require any of such members. to be re- examined and, in case he shall be .re- ported caprbie of performing duty, may, by the affirmative vote of all the mem. bers of said bodrd and with the Mayor's #pproval, restors him to such seryice in said department as to sald board may seem proper. 4 Any person who shall neglect or refuse to pay such assessment as may be levied upon him according to the pro- | vislons of this charter as a member of elther of said departments shall not be entitled to any benefits from sald re- spective fund. . After the sald Pdlicemen’s Pension and Benefit Fund amounts to fifty thousand dollars the Board of Aldermen of said city may, by ordinance, provide for payments from said fund to the widow of, or other person or persons de- pendent upon any permanent member of said Police department who shall have been killed while in the actual perform- ance of duty, or shall’ have died ‘from the effects of any injury received while in the actual discharge of such duty and may o provide for apportioning among suCh persons the sum to be pald in each After the sald Firemen's Pension d_Benefit Fund amounts to fifty -thou- nd dollars the Board of Aldermen of sald city may, by ordinance, provide for payments from sald fund to the widow of. ar other person or persons depsndent upon Any permanent member of said’ Fire -department who shall have been killed while in the actual performaes of duty. or shall have dfed from the effects of any injury received while in the actual discharge of such duty and may so pro- Videgfor apportioning among such per- sons the sum: to be’paid: in each case. 7. When deeméd mecessary either by said Board of Public Safety or by said | board: of trustees of the Policemen’s Pen- sion and .Benefit Fund, they shall hold-a | meeting as a foint ‘board upon two days' notice glven by either board to'the other, and the clerks of the said boards'shall each enice to said fund by said joint-board, and shall keep 4 record of all action taken with reference to said fund by sald Board of Public' Satety acting alome. 3. When deemed necessary. elther by said Board of Public Safety or by sald board of trustees .of the Firemen's Pen- sion and Benefit, Fund, they shall hold .2 meeting as a joint board upon two days’ notice given by either board to the other, and the clerks of the said boards shall each keep a-record of all action taken with reference to sald fund by said joint board, and the clerk of sald Board of Pudlic Safety shall keep & record of all action taken with reference to said fund by said Board of Public Safety acting alone. SECTION 64. Department of Public Werks. Public Work: Beginning on the first day of January in the year.1923 and annually thereatter, the Fiscal® Year of thie department 'of Public Works, aforesaid, shall - be -the calendar year. The : Committes on Public Works and the Street Commissioner of sald city, In office at such time as this charter shall become eftective, - shall continue in - of- fice, until the first day of January in the year 1923 and until their successors, the Board of Public Works under this charter, shall have been’chosen and qual- ified. s The Board of Public Works, aforesaid, Board of *| having the control of the Department of Public Works, shall consist of five res- ident electors of said city, who shall serve without pay, and who shall hold no other city office, and who shall be appointed as follows:—On the first day of Janu- ary, in the year 1923 the Mayor ofysaid city shall appoint two members of sald board to serve for one year, two mem- bers to serve for two.years, and onemem- ber to serve for three years from and after their ‘appointment and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified; amd afinually thereafter the sald Mayor shall appoint members of said board as explration of terms require, but not more than three members of sald board shall be of the same political party. Said boardshall elect a president from its own number Who #hall preside at.its meetings. Three members of sald board shall constifute a quorum to transact business but a lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time. Sald board shall hold meetings at least once a month and at such other times as it may detarmine. Special meetings of said ‘board may be called at any time by the president upon reasonable notice to the members, .and ‘shall’ be called within a Teasonable time unon written request of a majority of the members of said board. SECTION 65. Director of Public Warks. On the first day of January in the year 1523, and Dbiennially thereafter, - said board shall appoint a person, with prac- tical knowledge of engineering, for a Di- rector of Public Works, and, except as otherwise provided in this charter, said Director of Public Works, under the su- { pervision-of the Board ot Public Works, shall be responsible for streets, highways, public avenues, aileys, bridges over rail- roads, public grounds, public parks, ex- cepting Mohegan Park and ‘such public parks as may hereafter be acquired by sald city, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and crosswalks within the limits of said city and the opening, grading, improving, re- pairing, and cleaning the same: and “he shall have charge of the public build- ings In said city used and occupied by the Department of Public Works; and he shall have charge of constructing, Te- pairing, cleaning, ard generally caring for sewers. drains, culverts, slulce-wa; and catch-basins within the limits of said city; and he shall have charge of pub- lic fences, public stairs, public trees ex- clusive of those in Mohegan Park and such public parks as may hereafter be acquired by said city, Yantic Cove. all within the limits of sald city; and he shall have charge of collecting and dis- posing of garbage and ashes within the limits of said clty, and sprinkling and olling streets. Sai2 Director shall have charge of the ‘making and shall preserve all surveys, mars, plans, drawings, and estimates re- lating to all works under the ocharge ot said Department of Public Works. Sald Director, subject to the approval of sald Board of Public Works, shail make all suitable rules and regulations in regard to said Department and the conduct of its business, and he shall ap- point such ' assistants and employes a: the needs of said Department shall re- quire and he shall fix their compensation and the manner of paying the same. He shall appoints necessary clerical assist- ance with salaries to be fixed by the Board of Finance. SECTION wpen Petitions, etc., Relating to Highwaysy Bullding Lines, etc. It shall be the duty of sald Board of Public Works and said Director to take immediate action, hereinafter provided in Sections\118, 120, 121, 122 and 123 of this charter, on any petitior, application, proposition, or resolution. submitted to them by thy Board of Aldermen.and re- lating to construction, alteration, ex- tension, enlargemert, discontinuance or exchange of ~ highways, streets, public walks, -public ‘avenues or public landing placea in sald city and the taking of land therefor, it required; and designating bullding lines ar§ taking land therefor, it. required; and paving, macadamising or improving any highway; and desig- natine silewalks, curbs and gutters, and the taking of land therefor if required; and the laying .out of drains and sewers and the taking of land therefor, if re- quired; and any other public improve- ment not herein mentloned. Aetler -SECTION 67, Removal of Obstractions. All obstructions ‘and incumbrances, of every kind which shall be erected, placed, laid, left, deposited, continued, or suffercd to remain in and ‘upon any. highway, street, public walk, tublic avemue, or pub- lic landing place in said city, in wiolation of any by-law or ordinance of sald city, hall o deemed forfeited to said “city, and may be appropriated to its use by the Board of Public Works; and said Board of Public Works may cause all nuisances, obstructions, and incumbrances, . found or existing in any place in sald city, in vie- lation of any by-law of ordinance of saxd clty, to be removed at the expense of the person ‘or persqns causing, continuing, or suffering to' remain such nuisance, ob- struction, or {ncumbrance. - Amd ‘said Board of Public Works shall liquidate and adjust the expense of such removal, and may order thc same to be raid by such ‘person or persone to the City Col- lector, to wham the Mayor or one of the Aldermen of said city shall issue a war- Tant of distress authorizing him to collect the same, or said expense may be col- lected in a 'sult brovght by said city to a court having jurisdiction, SECTION 68, Moving Bulldings, No Building : shall ve moved through any of the public highways, streets, or publc avenues within_ the Mmits of waid, city, excext by ‘and with ‘& permit from the ‘Board of Public Works of' sald city, and under sich regulations and condf. tions, Within"such ‘time, ‘and” With such securities for damages as said Board of Publlo Works may preserive, e keep a record of all action taken with refer- | < the clerk: of-sald Board of 'Public Safety | & : > osent: and The . Director of Public, Works,: un the supervision. of the Bokr@ of Public ‘Works, shall have the control of. the af- fairs of the Wfi ‘of Cemeteries, | ¢ and he shall be le for:the care, | management, and. improvement of.all 2 Public Gemeteries at present within. the 1imits ot sald city. and such-cemeteries a< | - meay - hereafter be acquired, by said city. | and ‘he shall make réasommhie rules. and regulations. therefor and,” subject to approval . of the Board-of Audermen, h ‘may_establish ‘rates for burlals, care! o lots ‘and. other' services' pertalning to said: Department of Cemeteries. SECTION 70, i THE BOARD OF PARK COMMIS- ‘- 'SIONERS, ’ of ‘Park Commissioners’ who shall. ha the care, mandgement and control of; the bublic park now: in existence and known as Mohegan Park, @nd of suéh public sald city. Eng Sald board ehall consist of six members who shall b residents af' sald city, and who shall serve ‘without pay, and, who wided. E s 3 Beginning on the first day of Janiia: in the year 1923 and annuaily thereafter, the fiscal year of sald board shall be th calendar year, % ‘The memiers of the Boasd ‘of Park Commissloners ‘of said city, in afloe .at such time as this charter shall become «effective, - shall ‘continue 'in ’ offide: until thelr successors shail-have been’ chosen end qualified as herein provided. On.or before' the first day of April ‘in the year' 1323, and annually. thereafter, as expiration of terms shall require, the ‘Mayor shall agboint two-members of said ‘board-to serve for three years from their ‘appomtment and* untll " their - sucoessors shall have been appointed and’qualified. SECTION 71, The Board of Park Commissioners shall have exclusive power to make rules and by-laws for the transaction of its busl- mess, and to appoint and employ such superintendent, persons, officers and em- ployes as {t miay. deem necessary, and shall prescribe and define their respective dutles and ‘shall fix the compensation to e Dald to the several persons so.em- ployed ; provided, that such expenditures shall not exceed the appropriation placed at the dispgsal of sald board. - Said board shall have the supervision, care, management and control of said Ppark or parks and the use thereof, and all structures thereon, and the use thereof, and all parkways therein. Sald board shall have power to lay out and improve walks, drives and roads, and bulld necessary culverts and. bridges, to drain, plant, and otherwise, at its discre- tion, mprRye said park or fparks; ' pro- ~ided, that said Mohegan Park shall be preserved; 5o far as possible, in a state of nature. i Said board shall have power to ereot sugh buildings as they may deem best for the purpose of administration or for the refreshment of the public; fo establisn bathhouses and to provide for the care and maintenance thereof ; provided, that in any case no expenditure shall be made in excess of the appropriation placed a the disposal of said: board. Sald board shall have power to make and adopt such rules, regulations and measures as shall be deemed necessary for the [proper. care and Improvement of said park or parks and the use thereof, and shall cause the same to be applied and enforced, and sball recommend to the Board of Aldermen of said city. for adop- tlon, such ordinances as shall fix fines and penalties for ‘disobedience thereof; pro- vided, that said Hoard of Aldermen. may modify the form of said: recommended ordinances. In the month of January in (Ne year 1523 and annually thereafter sald board, subject to the instruetion of the Control- ler, shall make an annual repomt of their recelpts and disbursements for the year ended December thirty-first immedlately preceding, ‘and on or before ‘the 19th day of October annually they shall submit to the Board of Finance the esfimated ox- penditures for safd department for ths following tiscal year. SECTION 72, BOARD OF WATER - COMMIS- SIONERS, L5 The members of the Board. of {Water mmissioners of said city, in~oftice at such time as this charter shall-become effective, sha!l hold office until the first day of January {n the year 1823 and unt{] their successors shall have been chosen and qualified. THE SECTION .73, Compesition, Vecamcles, Remeval: The Board of Aldermen, in the, month of January in the year 1923 and blen- nially thereafter, shall choose from their own mumber, one member of ‘the Board of ‘Water Commissioners of sald city; and the number-so chosen, with the four members chosen ‘at a city. election, as hereinbétore provided, shall constitute a Board of Water Commissioners- for. the following two: years and until’ their sue- cessors shall. have boen:chosen and qual- The five commissioners, so chosen, shall continue to'be known ‘as,.and called, “The Board of Water Commissioriers of ¢he City. of ‘Norwich,” and' have all the Powers herein conferred oni said ‘board. Any:and all vacancles which shall’ oc- cur in sald board by’ death,’ resigriation. or.in any other manner, shall be. filled by sald Board of Aldermen at & meeting speclally. warned ‘and held: for that pur- pose, within two weeks after such va- cancies shall ‘occar: and said Board of Aldermen. shall have power.by a two- thirds ‘vote of ail its members to ‘remove any Water Commissioner for. officlal mis- conduet. 7 SECTION 74. Properiy and Obligations. Not- Affected. All_property. rights, ‘franchises ‘and privilegés -acquired, and all’ debdts, ob- ligations and. liabilities contracted, " en- tered into, assumed or incurred by said City, o by, the sald Board of Water Commissioners in- behalf of. said City, under: and by virtue of the. act entitled “An Act to provide for a supply of pure and wholésome water in the City of Nor- wich.” approved June 30th, 1866, and the several acts amending the same since passed, and_ all .acts relating ‘to said Board of Water-Commisgloners or the water supply ‘of ‘sald c\r., shall not impaired or in any wise affected by the Drovisions of this charter.. The notes, serip, or icertificates of debt and bonds issued by the “Mayor, Aldermen, Com- mon Council, and freemen of the City of Norwich” under authority -granted by the several ‘acts above mentioned; shail Dbe denominatéd the ‘“Water Fund of the City of Norwich,”:and shall Temain obligatory upon sald City and the Inhabitants thereof, according to'the pur- port.and tenor of the same. In the fame manner and to the same extent as’ debf lawfully ; ieontracte ¥ 3 There shail be as aforésaid, a Board| 4o any other act necessary or convenient ':nme‘ Al parks as may hereafter o established for | defend any sift. at lawior ‘in equity shall be appolnted ‘as herelnafter Dro-| pressed ‘or implied, relative to the per- Use, ‘enjoyment, racreation mrotontior b | contingent interest, any ludge of the su- | FURTHER, that' the water shall not b |statutes and sajd special aots the: wards grdm_the ‘_‘gqne e 2 or | shail - nnm‘fi: ;‘m‘ 4 inhabitants’ ok| expenses ot ‘Provided, - that | Fevalrs, the-hire of o '#,m%p-4 e e -such Germen. of _sald : Clty, : | for and in behalf of said City, any other 1and, necessary for :the comstruction !of |yng g, canals, acqueducts, -or other works £or |ne auditing g conveying or containing water, or for, 1ay- e i R water into or through-said: City, or {to Angipaia P vy - de / secire and maintain the safd.water works | [SCUUS PO DAY, to Sd Tvessurer ny | u"“" Tropessls Fir. Contracts. ny part thereof: and in general, to sum’ requlsite for, such, expenses and | & id’" Commissioners ‘shall ‘umilu.‘ in R S moh e ot witd [ for accomplishing = tho purposes . con-| g3qq WYWun:'m lu.um,z- templated by this' charter;:to. establish Lang expenditures shall be attestsd by- the | LHes Lor lock- public hydrants, ‘ under: the. direction ;of | Gathi” or-afMramtion of at Jeas 7 o g sajd Board: of Alderten’; to, prosecute jor 13 L is E one mem- bbr.»h!in!d- Board or; of {ts. cashier . or | | the name -of “TheBoard of. Water.Com- Prosiplaagte s b e i ftol be? pald for missioners .0t ‘the : City "of .- Norwieh” |' SEOTION 82’ .. |forieither’ ‘against. any ‘perso 4 5. S or 'u::n for the breach of any contract, ex. | ~Welatidn of Cliy Trensurer {6 Board. | | With a dond’ r::-;ux N/du%og_l.::; City: Treas- E.','t‘z;flm : A urer to. apply, any, avails: of, water rents ; e by him received to the bayment. of inter- g.mmm :n “#ame; and sald | est om “Water, Pund of -the: vy ¢ | Commissionerd ‘ghali recéive no-mére'than { er, | Norwich,” and, . there -shall be-aw éx- | Ohe proposition from the same.person or or for any injury, trespass, or DulSANCS | cens, to report the fact to.the sald L., . | PerSonw fortlie sme contract, but shall affecting - the water, machifiery,” DIPes. Lor Aldermen, who may direot-whether ; . | Feect all which are by buildings, - ‘apparatus, or other things |.ame” shall be aplied: to the extinguigi- | 2086 Defsoris w« more 16 under their superintendence, or for DY |.ment of, the principal of, sald fund or.io | &nd 7o gontrdct be_assighed with- Improper use of the water, or any. wast- | the enlargement of sald water works r dut [cotisént of fhe sald Béard, ahd i ifi formance-of any work or labor upon-satd water works, “or the management of the same, or. the dlstributlon’ of the:water, or for money due for the use of the w: i the event ing thereof, or any contract Of | shall be used by the said-City for-general |.the Bodrd of ;Aldermen. promise made with, and to them as Water | gxpendttures. < In-case the avalls of water ~ Commiasioners; or with their predecessors | rents in any year shall be inadsquate- o 8 or successors in office; and sald ‘Board |omeet the-current expehses of sild water | yE ‘shall ‘be regarded as.a cozporation for Lworks and the interest -on. sal - water || | the purpose of suelng and belng sued. fund;: the deficlency - shall be surbdied by N i the:laying of ‘2 tax- therefor in the next the SBECTION 17. PN “flscal year, and all taxes:lald for the pir- In the .year 1883, ‘and ‘annually | me ‘May Enter Land te Make Suryeys. ~[Pose herein. mentloned shall be ‘colie 1 the fiscal year of the Board ' x . “The ‘said Board of Water Commis- | in tbe same manner, and in the same rate | of Gas. and: Electrical Commissioners ‘of £ . -~y sioners may enter’ in and upon any'land Blll as other City taxes. thie City ot Normich, Conn., shail be the |- -or water for the purpose of ‘making sur- 4 Calendar. Yeay, and sald fiscal year shall veys, and with the approval of the Board SECTION, 84. s “wherever :and whenever of Aldermen of sald” City ‘ot Norwich, Diens,ter Wator Henth, necessary iri place:of any other previously take any land, water, water rights or b oo = o 5 ‘established - fiscal your. ¢ o33 other . property, or any franchise which | All rents due”for water under this| The members of the Board of Gas and |Lullding or the alterating of bufldiigs. may be required for executing the powers | ‘shall be and remaln a lien Eldctrical Commiastoners. df said city, in | To grant permits for the erection, de- conferred upon. them by the charter of |'the house, tenement, or lot, Whérein or in [Office at suth time“as ‘this charfer :shall | molition, addition to, rair, and énlasge- sald Clty of Norwich, or for furnishing |‘connection With' which, s3ld water. shall | Becomsy effed: e, ihafl continue “in’ office | ment, of bulidings, ‘and the removing of such supnly of.water as-the necesslties |have been‘used by the owner. or occupier Untl” their ‘successors. shall- have. been | the same, and to prevent the erection, ad- or the copvenlence of the inhabitants of | thereof; and sald lien shall have priorizy | Shosen and qualified as.Tierein provided. d city may require, and ma. i1~ subsequent - incumbrances, - ani | ,Om ‘or befors the first day. of May. in With the owrer or owners of any such [ may'be enforced and foreclosel by and in | the. year 11923 3nd ‘asinually, theceafter property, or franchise as to the amount [the naime of sald board before any eourt |'the Mayor, subject to the approval of the of . of compensation to be paid to such |havinz jurisdiction, ‘in”the’ same manncr | Board of - Kldefmen: af smald clty, #hall| . 7o rgulate and control and -rovide fer owner or owners for the same, subject, |48 lfens of mechanics on Tands and buili [ppolnt ane. member of sald board 10 | the inepection nf all elecicic wiring, o however, to the approval of the ‘said | ings aré now foreclosed according to the | serve for . ti of five years. . - | trie. transmission lines and fixtures, thelr Board of Aldermen; and-in case of dis- | rules of “équity ; PROVIDED ALWAYS, | ¢ Ezcepting a of 1h ‘the Fiscal Year | ingtallation and maintenance, agreement between sald Board of Water , that sald Hen’shall not be perfected w:. [ for'said. board and excepting a.change in | T establish and designate districts Comimissioners ‘and owner or owners’ as ! leas said bourd ahall, within one hndred | the time of appolnting members of 5314 | aid city within which ft shall not be fo such compensation. or as to the|and twemty days after said water rent |board, no portion of the immediately pre- [ ful to erect, clevats, enlarge, or repair; oF amount of damages Which ought to be | becomes due, lodge Wwith the Towh Clér. | ceding- sections- of -this. charter shall be | ints or within which If shal not be Tawhgl awarded to any person clelmiiig to Be | of ‘the Town wherein uch tenement, lot, | construed as-.affecting the powers -and (o remove any woodm bullding. except Injured in his estate by the doings of | or Nouse is situate, a certificate in writ- | duties of the- said board as determined ? sald Béard, or In case any ‘such owner |ing, sworn (o by one of sald board, of fhe [by . the General Statutes of the -State shall be an infant or marriéd woman, or | amount 'due, as near as . can be aster-[of 'Connecticut: and ‘as determined by insane, or absent from the state or un- |talned, and 'a general description of the | Special Aots of the Legislature -of sald known, or the owner of an unceftain-or | remises ~ holden; -AIND PROVIDED | State: - provided. that . whegever in sald midnight on the first day of * To' protect said clty from danger' of fire. 3 “first’ day’ bullding whieh by r.asic) of jis stroctpre or.tor any otner reason, Is or may become unsafe, and_tn the disise, r sueh Wil ine become unsals To_estah dstrict nay limits of said cf K Be unlawtnl inp e perior court, on application made to him | mtroduced into any, building or premises | “Court.of Common: * are employed therefor by raid Board of Wafer Com- | occilded by a tenant, without the consent | there. shall be. substituted. therefor the misdloners, after causing reasonable no- |of the owmer or owners'theréof first had | 'words “Board of. Aldermen.” $ e tice of ihe time and viace of hearin~ |and obtained’in writiog. - | . On or betore -the 10th day. ot ‘Octo- such application shall be given to such <[ber, in the year 1923 and annually there. owner or owners or such person claim- SECTION 85. after, the Board -of Gas and. Elertrica: ing to be injured, and after such hear- Additional Water Remts, Commissioners shall submit to the Board ing’ shall estimate and determine the E of Finance the eatimated receipts and, amount of comnensation which said owner | The said Board may require additional | disbursements.. for - the . following fiscal p refle, or 1-to 14 v hi: whlel 't ahafl wners shall receive and sha'l direct | Tents for the use of water whenever cxira | year igh th - hether sald Board of Water Commis- | quantities shall be used exceeding - the SECTION o1 K @ce any woodem sioners shall pay the same to sald owner | quantity estimated for the same class of Eiectriéar Tispector. S or owners or ehall invest or deposit the | Dulldings, establishments, or trades, -In e To. pra-iie ta- = - the scale of prices by them adopted. = And an ’ Electrieal Ja- said Board shall make no. contracts. for | SDector. said, whose duty it shall the: use-of water for a longer term thas | D6 under_the ‘difsction ‘of the Board of |1 paft for use by the mublic, alresdy three years. e 57 Gas and Wflpl-megnl 10 1n- | arectéd or which may Seres* - rrected g ‘a apéét’ electrital plan which ['within' said city, and to prohidit the use electricity is, conts 1 x%fi?xa clty. | oty = v 2o~ perure; the s ment ot all ordl- Penalty for Diverting, Corrspiing. Ete. | nances of said ity ng mich,plants If any person shall ‘willtully ‘and mall-|and ‘wires, 5.3 ), _ ifspect* services, clously divert or.corrupt the water in any | switch-boards, wiring, - electric _fixtures. | oc : o e and mal ly divert or t_any of | any ‘kind ithin. t] g, S SEETIeN Y 53 the sources- of sald water, with the Intent [ ritory in which’sid ‘Gas and mn'fi: % Tower to Use Ground Under Highway,|to ' impair the . usefuiness ' of ~suoh | department shall have power to furnish Rallreads, Etec. sources for ‘the ‘purposss aforesaid, or | electrical -energy,” ahd to perform these 3 S shall willfully and malicously desiroy o |and other duties as by ordinance pre- ‘The said Board are alxo empowssed 10 ynyure any Gam, pipe, aqueduct, condult, | scribed. ; 2 d S5k malke use of the ground or so'l uider anY | canai,. engine, cistern, hydrant,” réservolr, | Sa1d Electrical, I or shall be ap- road, rallroad, hignway, street, privat & | machisery; Uufiding, or - '“'Fm-eny‘wmz:.p,,m. N -p; Ao o e e on )t esesuiry, | CToCted, constructed. used, or-designed. to fical Comumissioners and he shall hold of- | o malntalning, -continting, or, ) hectssais |be used for the purpose ‘of procurinz or | fice until>remo¥ed Tor sulticlent cause by, | e bollers in sald city. extending’ sald water works; but. ¢ keeping. a.supply. of water, for. said City, | safd-board, "“WM receive | " e B0 the ey, aad i~ in all.cases, cause the surface of SUCh| yheiner within. said CHy or. elsewhero, | for, his servide mich” salary se. shall be road, raliroad,. highway. steect. “private | SCORTE SO I T CoT B o o | oo RS ey ‘aacabanivh g e way. lane or alley, to'bs resiored to I8 | yiciion thereof betore the court ‘having |sq.be-pald by sal l,,,.‘,,g_' s usual ‘condition. and al damages dome | o ol iontls OO RS SO DA T e |tk . rom. s general thereto to be repaired and all damages | X GCNTR SLEE, 00U TS0, P : sustained by any person or corporation | G B nIS MG S k. in’ consequence of the interruption cf et e by ek s ‘abs travel, to be pald to such Person oF.€or- | yrisonment -both ; . anid “I£ - elther &a poratlon. 7 offenses shall have been committed with! ‘smpesit 2 the limits of ‘said City, the €ity Court of| ‘There shall be a1 X ;. SECTION; 19, mid City shall have jurisdiction of the | said city, ‘to be composed p President, Duties. Salaty. | same: andthe City' Attorniey of iia. City | hereinbecare peq ‘sald Board shall elect a Président. | may in such 'cade: provecute the same: | without Day. who. mT: :"»mv-c by said Board of Alder-|and any.offendlr, in.eithér'of the ‘cases | monthly fof men, who shall devote so-mmich cf his |provided for in this section whaiiialai be J time and attention-as.may be.neCegary | liable to pay treble damages'in an actlon to. the supervision, care and management | of “tresyass, or pass on the - case of said water works.under the' general | brought by sald Board of ‘Water Commis- |, < advice and. direction of sald Board, and slomers; and If :either ‘of ‘the offenses %o snoh other duties connected with' said | aforesaid shall be prosecuted by the City | catistit watet .works as shall ‘e assigned to him | Attorney In maid:City Courtsas hereinho: b¥ said Board of Aldermen. 'And thesaid | fore provided, then. the fine may: be pay: [ has ‘Board o Aldermen’ shall fix his compen- | able to the Tredsurer of said City. time to | sation but shall allow.no salary ar tes-to - g any -other member, of sald Board, cXcept 28 2 remuneration for actual cxpendi- tures. -He 'shall Tiold no other-olty-office. same for his or their use, in’ such man- Ter as such judge shall prescribe in’full compensation for ‘the property acquired of infury done by the said commissioners, and on compliance with the order of sald Judge, sald commissioriers shall take po Bession of said property or franchise and| appropriate the same o the uses and pur- poses for which thie same shall have been taken. S means Of cfress, Ii cian of emergemey, from any bullding, derigned in whele or SECTION .36.- -~ . SECTION 8T, Supplying Water Outaide Cify Limits The. Beard. of Water:Commisstoners'of | may the; City of Norwich:may lay mains’ and pipes and. establish. hydrants in the Town | fts-own ot Norwich. outside; the. City. imits ot | deot-a-oe 5 e dists iting, 3 11 1 n City on account of sald, water ;works, may ",h"‘ & "m.-?m?:; ;::; :m ‘oo presented to.sald, Board. a0d whon ab- | or Norwich outside-of"sald. City, and | napce, and who- proved by them and.the Board of Finance | ., make contracts. ta, supply, any per- | hereinafter: # shall be pald _Said Board ‘shall esp.reg Frn 3 . P . books of’ accoynt, whigh shall be [y " wh re e it tha iagestion: of ;ata | Sion the. lines, o the Clty's mela logd, w-%“fin ” f AT ing. from the’ City's Teservolrs: but eaid Clsims Against Board. Aceousts. All claims .against:sald Board or sald Iy 15,808 Ty SECTION 81 " ., . ° Distributien ot Water, ‘Rates for Water. - The ‘said Board shall regulate ‘the dis- tribution -and’ yse of the water ¥rom the réservolr of “said - water' 'works in all places, and prescribe the purposis o which same may be applied; PROVIDED, that whenever said ‘water is to be dfstrih- uted”or conducted through and ‘info pud- Iic hydrants op sewers, or applied*to any | public use, sach as the extinguishment cf fires or. watering streets,or other lik puroses, said Board shall sct under the direction of the »aid Board of Aldermen in_relation thereto. Sald Board ' sh: with the assent of said Board of Alder- men, * establish scales of prices or term: upon which water shall be furntghel, and regulate. the. time ar. {imes. of payment and collect all' water rents, and shall faithtylly account” for .the same; which > or rents when g0 establisned, shall ot be reduced below 2. fair and reason- able compensation, for the 'use ‘of ‘said water, so long, as the aggregate of ‘said ‘water rents shall be, or by.such reduction 14 ,City. The: Clty of Norwich shall have.con- current * jurisdiction with the Town .of Montvllle for the enfdrcement of criminal laws ‘and the prevention-and. punishment.| a¢ any of crimes and misdemeanors - and .the | petitien preservation of the public peace and good |in writing, Med order over so much of the territory of | meetihg of euch the Town of :Montville as is occupled by | Saja - Board" and belongs or appertains to .the water | fta, proceedings, iin. works of the. City of .Norwich and the | gemeral Grinciples appurtenances thereof. All - crimes. and | Sald Do#rd msy. misdemeanors committed on any of said e territory in sald Town af Montyille may | for eause after: be proceeded against in the had’dy the Bers. . % ae notice complaint. be: described. 48 * having: besn colfiplvdmey! 11 'the City of Norwich, -« A Norwich