The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-24
WILL TALK IT OVER TUESDAY.
CITY Council Will Not Act ON New
Charter Until Then.

Charter Until Then.
Received and Accepted the Report of the
Committee on New Charter Last Night
Transacted Little Other Business and
Then Acknowledgement Council
-Reproves the Upper Board.
Alta special meeting of the city govern
ment, called last evening to consider,
among other things the new city charter,
the report Of the committee on the re-
vision of the charter presented its report,
which was received and placed on file.
and an order passed setting Tuesday,
December 30 at 7.30 p. IL. as the time for
considering the charter.
No other business of great Importance
was transacted.
In Board of Mayor aud Aldermen.
In the absence of Mayor Baxter, the
president of the board of aldermen.
Alderman Thompson. presided. All OF
the othsr members of the board were
present with the exception of Alderman
Mcdonald.
Considerable time was spent in discuss
ing an insane case which had engaged
the attention of the board at a previous
meeting. An order OF comm itment to
the Augusta Insane hospital in this case,
the bills to be paid by the CITY, was final
ly passed.
An order granting location to the New
England Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany for certain poles was passed.
An order was also passed giving the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company permission to connect its mar
holes with the publl sewers.
The committee on claims reported
favorably on the claim of Nellie West OF
s25 against the city for damage done to
her house on Fore street by defective
sower, and the city treasurer was author
lied to pay said claim.
Subject to the usual restrictions per-
mission was granted harrington & Mann
to erect steam engine at 70 Kennebec
street.
Petitions for the erection of new build
ines were referred as follows: From the
Williams Manufacturing company for a
wooden shed at 207 Kennebec strest; from
Randall & McAIlister for a wooden har-
ness room in the rear of 81 Commercial
street.
The following order was passed: Or
dered that the inspector of buildings be-,
and is hereby requested to report to this
board all violations Of the laws relating
to buildings which may come to his
notice.
Griffin r. Harris and George w. Ham
were appointed special policemen with
sout pay.
THE NEW CITY CHARTER.
Alderman Leighton then brought up
the matter of the new city charter by
presenting the report OF the committee
appointed to revise the present charter
The reading of this report, which viii
be found elsewhere, WAS dispensed with
and the following order was introduced by
Alderman Thompson and passed by an
unanimous vote:
Ordered, That the report Of the COM
mittee on drafting new charter be re-
ceived and placed on file, and that a
meeting be called for Tuesday, December
at Z. 80 O'Clock to consider the same.
1t is also further ordered that the said
committee be respectfully requested to be
present at said meeting.
The lower board WAS requested to grant
a Joint session for tbs election of suborli-
nate city officers. This request was not
granted, as the lower board claimed 1t
was rot stated in the call for the special
meeting. M further business coming up
for action the board Of aldermen then ad
journed.
In Common Council.