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.