Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-05

sitiou of the chairman to the action taken BY them,
as he had made no opposition or protet to them,
but on the contrary, acted IN apparent harmony
with all they did. The undersigned feel that the
communication of their late chairman Mayor
Nash), or portions Of it, and his reasons there
stated for his refusal to further serve with said
committee, would seem 10 leave an inference that
the undersigned had been acting recklessly, with
out warrant of law and against the best interests
of the city. And for this reason the undersigned
feel called upon to report the facts in their fullest
detail, that you of the city council, under whose
direct authority the committee have acted, and the
people of our constituency for whom we are all IN
duty bound to so act as to secure TO the city the
best results, whether such inference (if any IS
well founded. The undersigned did not seek the
responsible duties imposed in the order under
which they have tried to perform the same with
out deirmeDt to TIE city, and without any attempt
or desire to exceed the authority therein contain
ed, and they respectfully suggest if there were any
reasons why they or any member of said commit
tee should decline to serve, these reasons must
have existed at the time of the passage of SAID
order, and before the acceptance, by SAID commit
tee, Of the duties imposed therein, uheB 1t would
lave been proper and in order for any one mem
bar al! to have declined but each and all hay
ing accepted the positions rendered them by the
Order AMI having commenced the execution OF
its duties, tn, y fail TO how in good faith to
each other and due regard to the authority under
which they were acting, they could honoraby and
fairly decline TO perform the duties imposed IN
said order, and report their action to the city
council, having refused to do so, to report ~hy
they iefusca to do as ordered; at any rate the
undersigned contend that any member of the COM
nlittec feeling that he could no longer act with
them, the re asons compelling him to decline should
have been made known to the other members of
the committee, and if the reasons were well found
ed the committee as whole might have declined.
As it was, the undersigned ignorant of the
chairman intention to decline, and his reasons
also, they had no intimation from HIM IN any
manner OF his purpose, which was first revealed
to them through his communication to the special
meeting called by him, as they believe, for that
purpose.
The undersigned further suggest that the May
ot's veto could not apply to any action OF theirs
relative TO buying lot, as must have been well
known to him, that the committee deemed Their
authority to buy was insufficient, ard they never
intended nor made any proposition to buy under
said ORDER but simply to select if they could agree
on the location, and report the same to the city
council. They would say further in relation to the
sale of the house and lot on Bridge street, that
the conditions contained in the order to sell is its
own preventive, no man can be found who is
insane enough to buy the same and be kept out of
the possession of it for six months, as careful
examination of its present condition would con-
vince them that it will dispose of itself in half that
time, by ,umbling over the bauk. The under
signed relieve it to be their duty, as the Fire De-
partment committee, to suggest the unsafe condl-
ton of the city's property now in said building,
and that whatever is done with the old house and
lot which is being daily exposed to the danger be-
fore alluded to- the property therein should be at
once removed to some place of safety.
The committee would state finally, that the only
e. per Incurred by them is that for advertising
the ,a.t Il the engine house, in the Daily kenne-
bee Journal. and the posters for the same purpose
from the Office, which they feel assured the
amount Will not be unreasonable.
All which is respectfully submitted.
VIM H. LIBBY,
p. .. VICKERY,
J. II. DoLLIyER,