Nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or amend
any special act concerning the Borough of Woodmont, the Laurel Beach
Association or any similar specially chartered association.
No contribution of over five hundred dollars shall be made by
the City to any organization or private corporation unless the City
is represented on its board of directors by one or more members appointed
by the Mayor with the approval of a majority of the Board of Aldermen.
The Mayor, Town Clerk, Director of Finance, Tax Collector and
such other officers as may be required to by vote of the Board of
Aldermen shall, before entering on their respective official duties,
execute to the City in the form prescribed by the City Attorney and
file with the Town Clerk as surety company bond in a penal sum to
be fixed by the Board of Aldermen, conditioned upon the faithful performance
of such official duties. Premiums for such bonds shall be paid by
the City.
[Referendum of 11-5-1963; Referendum of 11-8-1972]
In addition to the procedure for nomination of candidates provided
for in the general statutes, any elector of the City may be nominated
for an elective City office and be entitled to have his name appear
on the voting machines designated "unaffiliated candidates," provided
he shall file with the Town Clerk not later than thirty days nor more
than forty-five days preceding the election a petition signed by electors
of the City or, in the case of the Board of Aldermen or the Board
of Education, or the elected members of the Planning and Zoning Board,
electors of the aldermanic district in which he resides, in number
equal to five per cent of the electors in the City or in his aldermanic
district in the case of the Board of Aldermen or the Board of Education
or the elected members of the Planning and Zoning Board and further
provided the Town Clerk shall certify that the petition contains the
required number of signatures.
The signatures to a nominating petition need not all be affixed
to one paper, but on each separate paper of a petition there shall
appear an affidavit executed by its circulator stating the number
of signers of the paper, that each signature was affixed in his presence,
and that he believes that each signature to be the genuine signature
of the person whose name it purports to be. The circulator of the
petition shall himself be an elector of the City and nothing herein
contained shall prevent said circulator from being a candidate proposed
on any nominating petition. The signatures on a nominating petition
shall be in ink or indelible pencil and each signer shall indicate,
next to his signature, the date of his signing and the place of his
residence.