Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-27

amendatory to the charter. has been ssE3ssi
The aefs relating TO the esEs. also Largo
amount of valuable igfern.4fsen. which.
IsiGherto. il las been all bat impossible to
0hfAin- A sisnee at tls. table OF contents
u show the nsfnre Of the work; il shows
the book contains fllr sn8enfed charter;
original voir Ut aeceissnss. OF chzr-
ter; at s-rea,in. sise Siilayc Dis
trief. act ia relation 10 election
rof directors of same; azreesnsns betxeen
the city and the trustees Of tsse Gnay Female
AeSieniy. creating the Cons Free High
School; act proyhisng for supervision Of all
schools by one evasDiitee whenever a cor
selisiaiion is effected; msttess relating To
the Lithgor Library and Reading Room
fund. ineiasiinz act OF Incorporation; the
Isaze Sanford trust fund; matters relating
TO the trust fun,ls of ST. Marks Home the
contract with she Augusta Water Company
same With ken3ebee Light s Heat Com
pans the saluafios and votes in relation TO
! the same, OF the Edwards Manufacturing
| COMPANY the location of the electric road
the ordinances ~ revised by the commits
sion and approved by the city govern
nient and Ctirf Justice Peters;
/ joint rules and orders Of the city eennt'fl,
same of mayor AMI aldermen; same OF eoTi-
mon council; city government, from 1850
to 1888. subordinate officers, from io5o to
| 1895 mode of electing OF officers and a con-
plete index.
| Among the large number of excellent
features of the work are, the ineorpor-
alton Of amendments into the charter, the
completeness of the ordinances and the new
arrangement of the list OF the city govern
ments, and the complete list of subordinate
officers. Heretofore the members OF the
city government have been Jumped together
under the sub-head of the office they
held. Now the various members of
city governments are arranged unaier
the head of the years, making that
of each year complete IN itself The book,
exeelientiy printed. is arranged in style
similar To that of the Maine reports, anil
the marginal notes, put in for the first time,
will be found most convetient. The size
is the same as the reports, octave, an |
there are 100 pages.
There has been great need of the work,
the last revision before this. having been
made in 1851. Bat five editions of the Or
dinanees, etc. all told, have been printed
since the incorporation OF the city, January
| /, 1850. The Original was an octave
pamphlet of Is pages containing the charter
| and first ordinances down 10 May 20, 1870. 1t
was printed by Severance 4 Dorr. THIS suf-
feed until 1857 when the late Samuel Tit
comb, then city solicitor, under the supervi-
sion OF a joint special committee, consisting
of Alderman Joseph W Patterson and VIM.
i. NJ Means and Couucilmsn Mark Pitman.
John Wheeler and William Pillshury,
brought out the first revision. 1t WAS an oe-
tavo pamphlet of 9s pages and was printed
1 by Russell Eaton. Eleven years later, in
1865, the third series AMI second revision
was brought out by Alderman Bartlett Trip
and Hiram Choatc. II contained is octave
pages and was printed by Pillsbury & Smith.
This suiiiced for Is years, when in 1881,
W. S. Choate, ESD, then the city solicitor
and Capt. II. F. Blanchard, then city clerk
were empowered to bring out the third re-
vision. This was the most elaborate up to
that date and was Il royal octave containing
ii pages. 1t was printed at the Maine Far
mer press.