The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-18
Annexation of Deering.

The following is the full text of the
act now before the legislature relative to
the annexation OF Deering to Portland:
Section /. The chief Justice of the gu
preme judicial court shall. upon appli-
cation of SO qualified voters of the city OF
Portland and 80 qualified voters OF the
city of Deering, appoint commission OF
three disinterested men not resident OF
either Portland or Deering who shall
after hearing. fix upon the terms and con-
ditions of the annexation of the city OF
Deering to the city of Portland, and
shall determine the number Of wards and
the ward lines within the oily of Port
land as enlarged by said annexation.
Section g. The said commission shall
make its report of the terms and con-
ditions of said annexation to the board OF
mayor and aldermen of the cities OF
Portland and Deering, whereupon said
board of mayor and aldermen shall forth
with issue warrants for meetings of the
qualified voters of their respective cities
to vote upon the question of the annex
arion of said city Of Deering to said city
Of Portland upon the terms and con-
ditions of said report; and this act shall
be void unless the inhabitants of the city
of Portland, and the inhabitants Of the
CITY of Deering, shall, at said meetings,
each determine to adopt the same; at
said meetings those fav0ring said annex
alton shall vote yes and those opposing
shall vote no, and thereupon the same
proceedings shall be had respecting the
sorting, counting, declaring and record
ing the returns of said votes as is pro-
vided for the election Of mayors; and the
board of mayor and aldermen of said
cities shall within three days thereafter
meet and compare the returns of the
ward officers and if it appears that ma
jority Of all the votes given in on said
annexation in each city is in favor there
of, the mayors of said cities shall forth
with MAKE proclamation Of the fact and
thereupon this act shall take effect and
the city of Deering shall thereafterwards
ba annexed and become part of the city
of Por tland upon the terms and condi-
lions of the report of said commission
ers.
Section g. If at said meeting this act
is not accepted in accordance with the
provisions of section 2, second meeting
of the qualified voters of said cities shall,
upon application of so inhabitants of said
cities of Portland and Deering to their
respective boards.of mayor and aldermen.
be held, for the purpose of voting upon
said annexation at any time prior to
January /, 1899, said meetings to be
warned and held and the result thereof
determined in the same manner as pro-
v1ded In section OF THIS act. Anu II the
qualified voters aforesaid shall at the
meetings provided for in this section vote
In favor of said annexation said city of
Deering shall be annex ed and become a
part of said city of Portland as provided
for in section Q hereof.
Section L. In case of vote In favor of
said annexation by the qualified voters as
herein provided, the then existing city
governments of said cities of Portland
aud Deering, shall continue, with the
same powers and authorities as they may
then have under their respective city
charters and the terms of all city officers
of said cities of Portland and Deering,
shall not expire, until the next regular
municipal election under the then charter
of said city of Portland.
Section 5. In case of the adoption of
this act as herein provided the ward lines
of the city of Portland, as enlarged by
the annexation of said CITY OF Deering,
shall theIefter be as determined by said
commission and at the first and regular
municipal election under the then char
ter of said city of Portland thereafter,
there shall be elected like ward officers
and members of the city council from
each ward, as may then be provided for
in said charter of said city of Portland