Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-06-20
MAYORS VETO.
EXERCISED FOR THE FIRST TIM E
IN ELLSWORTH.
A QUIET MEETING THE ALDERMEN
TAX COLLECTORS BOND APPROVED
POLICEMAN HIGGINS RESIGNS.

The mayor of Ellsworth has exercised
his power to veto-a power given him by
the legislature Of 1S95-for the first time.
Mayor buttons veto message was sub
mitted at a meeting of the board of al
dermen Monday evening.
THE MEETING.
The hour of the meeting, which was
adjourned from Tuesday evening, was s
o'clock. Prior to that time Mayor Dut
ton, Aldermen Eppes and Whiting and
Clerk Wyman We're in their seats, and the
settees outside the rail We're filled with
an expectant audience.
Aldermen Maddocks, Brady and Car
Isle entered together at 10 clock, and
the meeting was Immediately called to
order. Minutes read and approved.
James w. Carter and wife were present
as witnesses in the investigation by the
| municipal officers as to the cause of the
fire which destroyed their house at West
Ellsworth June I. No suspicious circum-
stances connected with the fire appeared.
Bond of A. X. Woodward, tax collector,
| in the sum of 5000, was presented and
| approved. The sureties named in the
bond are A. c. Hagerthy, C. c. Burrill,
Joseph NJ. Higgins, jeremiah T. Giles,
Carlton McGown and d. NJ. Stuart.
Mayor Dutton stated that he had at last
succeeded in finding man to enforce the
| dog law. He nominated Fred Brown as a
special policeman for that purpose and he
was elected.
| In the brief discussion which followed
it appeared that there was a disposition
on the part of many dog owners not to
meet the requirements OF the law. Sever
al claims for sheep killing by dogs have
already been made.
| Alderman Maddocks thought if the
city really meant business, and proposed
| to kill the dogs, owners of dogs should be
| given special notice to give them a chance
to obtain license for their dogs.
| Mayor Dutton thought the notice
already given was sufficient, but still it
might do no harm to give further no.
tce This second notice was not de-
| cided upon, however, and owners of dogs
must not depend upon seeing it before
getting out licenses. The city means bust
ness, and unlicensed dogs will be killed.
THE VETO MESSAGE.
Mayor Dutton submitted the following
veto message or messages:
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~ 'ne Se'aio' u 'i,'s 'o"iu y" Tue i'li' Vi
June, 1898, it voted, first That committee
b,. raised to inquire into the relative merits of
various road machinery and rock crushers and
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report ~ 'no 'o''" at a 'u"''4uont ""'e
whereupon the mayor appointed Aldermen
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=, .o,.,.,. an s.i,l commfttee
The exercise of the appointing power bv the
mayor was objected TO h, one of the aldermen
vbn then offered = nlotion which ,,,,a.,,d rho
board that laid committee be chosen bv the
board instead of being appointed b., the mayor
This latter vote is not approved bY The ma yor
but i. vetoed and returned to the board with the
| following objections:
| First, the motion that the board choose the
committee came too late the committee having
/ been appointed bv the mayor.
second, no good rc,. sons are suggested, or ap.
pear, why ia this particular case, the lnaver
should nc deprived of the right to a1,point com
mittees, which seem, to he inherent to the ofcc.
and ha, been accorded him from the, time tll-
worth first became city
At tn" same session of the board the following
votes were passed, being substantially one and
the same vote
Voted, That "A committee of three, consisting
OF Aldermen 'iaddocks, Carlisle and Whiting,
.nd I &
machinery necessary to build crushed rock
roads and sidewalks All roads and sidewalks
~ "e Jun ~, 'S 7''''' ''',''''''eo
of Aldermen Maddocks. Carlisle and Whiting
move and oM"rp, nug ereG. G
all tools and machinery, necessary to build
c'us"e'' 'ocA fo"''' ana Siae""iNS'
Ihey are Eel approved by the mayor but are
.e'os' anu ie'u'"e' "''' 'i'e 'o''o"i"s o'5ee-
%a,.ooo reason. ,,h,. ~ o,,,or - thoso