disbursements, and the accounts of said commission shall be audited annually by the board of finance of the city of Hartford, or such auditors as shall be designated by said board, and annual reports of the doings of said commission, showing its receipts and disbursements shall be made to the court of common council. Upon the completion of the work of said commission all its records, maps and accounts shall be filed with the clerk of the city of Hartford or with such departments of the city government as the court of common council shall prescribe. Sec. 14. All docks, wharves, slips, landings, warehouses, canals and other works or improvements, which said commission shall lay out and construct under authority of this act, and which said commission shall, by notice, declare to be open in whole or in part for the general use of the public, and the right to use and enjoy the same or any part of the property which said commission shall acquire, improve or develop, shall be under such restrictions, rules, regulations, terms, fees and payments, as said commission shall from time to time promulgate, but there shall be no discrimination between members of the public in the right and opportunity of such use. Said commission may, from time to time, upon the approval and acceptance of the court of common council, transfer or relinquish its control and jurisdiction over any sections, streets, parts of streets, docks, park areas, works or other public improvements, in either of said tracts, and thereupon the control and jurisdiction over such sections, streets, works or other public improvements shall at once vest in the appropriate department or departments of the city government. Sec. 15. All lands now owned by the city of Hartford in either of said tracts, except as above provided in this act, shall, upon the making of an appropriation by the city of Hartford for the use of said commission, be thereafter under the supervision and control of said commission, and may be used, treated, disposed of, leased, exchanged, sold and conveyed by said commission in the same manner and to the same extent as other lands under the charge of said commission, and all streets, highways, bridges, culverts, Senate Bill No. 188. AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: 1921 S. L. 434. Amends $ 80 Section twenty-five of a resolution to alter the charter of the city of Hartford, and to combine sundry public statutes relating thereto, approved June 24, 1859, as amend- Rev. 1920. ed by an act amending the charter of the city of Hartford concerning the powers of the board of water commissioners, approved May 14, 1913, is amended to read as follows: Said commissioners shall be empowered to make use of the ground or soil under any road, railroad, highway, street, private way, lane or alley within this state, for the purpose of constructing the waterworks; but shall in all such cases cause the surface of such road, railroad, highway, street, private way, lane or alley, to be restored to its usual condition, and all damages done thereto to be repaired, and all damages sustained by any person or corporation in consequence of the interruption of travel, to be paid to such person or corporation. It shall be the duty of the court of common council of said city to make ordinances, prescribing the duties of the board of water commissioners not expressly prescribed in the charter of said city, their powers over the water fund of the city of Hartford and duties relative thereto, the officers of said board and their compensation, and bonds and oaths, and the powers of said board over the water works of said city, and the mode in which all charges for water, including amounts guaranteed on new water mains, the cost of laying water mains in streets or highways and the cost of iaying or replacing service pipes upon public or private property, or taxes, shall be collected by assessment upon the lands and buildings benefited thereby or otherwise, and shall be secured by lien on lots, houses or tenements or otherwise, also relative to the number of said commissioners to constitute a quorum. Approved, April 20, 1921. 1921 S. L. 373. $77 Substitute for Senate Bill No. 194. 51 AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives The provision of the charter of the city of Hartford concerning the filling of vacancies in any town or city Rev. 1920. office, approved June 24, 1859, as amended by section two of an act amending the charter of the city of Hartford, approved April 29, 1897, is amended to read as follows: The court of common council of the city of Hartford is hereby authorized to provide by ordinance or otherwise for the filling of vacancies in any office that may became vacant by a failure to qualify, or resignation, or death of the incumbent of any town or city office, or may exist in Senate Bill No. 195. AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ORDINANCES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section one of an act amending the charter of the city of Hartford, approved May 23, 1860, is amended to read as follows: No ordinance passed by the court of common council shall take effect until ten days from the passage of said ordinance, nor until it has been published once in two daily newspapers issued within the city of Hartford, and the clerk of said city shall cause every ordinance passed by said court of common council to be published without unreasonable delay, and a certificate of the city clerk upon 1921 S. L. 364. Amends $ 34 Rev. 1920. the record of such ordinance that the same has been so published shall be prima facie evidence thereof in any suit or proceeding. Approved, March 24, 1921. 1921 S. L. 363. Senate Bill No. 196. AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FINANCE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section five of an act amending the charter of the city of Hartford creating a department of finance, approved Rev. 1920. April 5, 1905, as amended by section one of an act concern $ 114 ing the equalization of school district taxes within the city of Hartford, approved April 3, 1913, is amended to read as follows: Whenever it may become necessary for said city to borrow money, either upon its notes or by the issuance of bonds, or to refund any of its existing indebtedness, the court of common council shall not act thereon finally except after investigation, recommendation and report of said board of finance. Said board of finance shall, annually during a month to be fixed by ordinance of said city, make estimates of the moneys necessary to be appropriated for the expenses of said city for the fiscal year ensuing as fixed by ordinance, and of the rate of taxation required to meet the same, and shall classify said expenses under appropriate heads and departments. At all such meetings the mayor shall preside and in his absence such person as said board shall select. In the preparation of said estimates, said board shall give notice to each board and department and to the chairman of each school district committee of a definite time when and place where it will meet to consider the needs of such board, department or school district; and said board of finance shall recommend |