The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-08
THE COMMISSION RAIDED.
Friends of the Old Street Methods
Muster.
COMMON COUNCIL TABLES ORDER
FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

Sale of ogdensburg Stock voted-New Po
Heemen Confirmed-Other Matters of
General or Routine Business.
The most interesting and important
matter before the city government
meeting Monday evening was the devel-
opment of the raid which has been ma
turing for some time against the COM
mission on streets and sewers. 1t was
evident before the meeting began that
the session was to be of more than usual
interest. In the usual crowd in the lob
by was sprinkling of well known poll
ticians of both parties, all of whom
seemed to be much interestedsin restor-
alton of the old order of things in the
street department.
/ Some ordinary routine business in
tervened, and then the important matter
OF obtaining legislative sanction to a
permanent commission of streets and
sewers was brought up by Alderman
Little, reporting for the joint special
committee appointed for this purpose
Mr.. Little, after few preliminary re-
marks, read the following bill. which
the committee had prepared:
THE BILL.
An Act to establish a Commission of
Streets and Sewers in the city of
Portland.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representativ in legislature assem-
bled as follows:
Section /. The Mayor of the city Of
Portland is hereby authorized and en-
powered to appoint on the second Mon
day of March A. D. 1895, or as soon there
after as may be. subject to the approval
of the Board of Aldermen. a city civil
engineer, who shall hold Office for three
years at the first appointment under this
act, and until his successor is qualified;
each succeeding appointment thereafter
shall be for the term of three years. He
shall receive such salary as the city
council shall determine. In case
vacancy should occur it may be filled in
| the same manner for the unexpired term.
He may be removed by the mayor for
cause, subject to the approval OF the
board of aldermen.
The mayor is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoint subject to the APP
proval of the Board Of Aldermen, two
other persons who. with the city civil
engineer, shall constitute commission
| to be styled the commission of streets
ana sewers. The city civil engineer
shall be chairman of the commission aud
| shall perform such other duties. not in
consistent with this act, as the city
cornell may BY ordinance determine.
| Section 2. The last two mem bers OF
said commission shall not both be of the
same political party and shall be ap-
pointed on the second Monday of March
A, D., 1895, or as soon there after as may
| be, to hold Office for for one and two
years respectively at the first appoint
ment under this act; each succeeding
appointment thereafter to be for the
| term of three years. They shall receive
| in full compensation for their services
the sum Of three dollars (3.00) for each
| meeting of the commission, not exceed
| ing seventy-five meetings in any one year.
| They may he removed by the mayor for
| cause, subject to the approval OF the
| Board of Aldermen.
| Section g. No member of said COM
| mission shall be interested, directly OF
| indirectly, in any contract entered into
| by said commission while he is mem
| Der thereof, and contracts made In viola
| ton hereof are void.
| Section 4. Said commission shall keep
the streets within the city safe and con-
| venient for travellers, shall perform
| the duties required of the commissioner
of streets by section twenty-three of The
city charter of the City of Portland
maintenance and repair of all streets
highways and other public ways, oI
ali sidewalks and bridges, of all sewerl
drains, culverts and catch basins be
longing to the city, shall take general
care of all carts, teams and appliances
shall employ all superintendents, fore
| men, clerks, and make all contracts fol
the supply of labor and material neces
sary to properly conduct the business Of
the commission. The city council shall
annually appropriate such sums OF mon
ey as they may deem necessary ant
| sufficient to carry on the work of sale
commission, Said commission shal
| have the exclusive control of the expen
diture of all money SO appropriated.
Section 5. The commission shall kesl
| a full record of all it's doings, which
| record shall at all times be open to tn.
| inspection of the city council, and shall
| make report to said city council quarter
| ly, or as much oftener as ordered, of th(
| work completed, or in process of compile
| tion by it, and said city council shall
| have full power to enquire into the ac
| tlon of said commission at all times, and
| to req uire of it full explanation of its
| doings.
| Section G. The city council may
| from time to time, subject co the provis'
| ions of this act, and in accordance with
| general laws, delegate to said commits.
| powers and duties as the city council
| may by ordinance determine.
| The special joint committee for whom
| this report was made conists of Mayor
| Baxter, Aldermen Randall and Little.
| Continued on Second Page.