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The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01

Rhoda Ann, wife u MILO y. DAnforth
Of Madison, died Monday morning. Nov.
II, At the ago Of n years, months and
ID days. She had been confined to her
bed but eight weeks, although during
the most OF the past summer she had
been falling yet her condition was not
considered critical until short time
before her death. She leaves hus-
band and three children, Mrs. George
Hall, Mont ii. and Eugene Danforth, all
of Madison.
The funeral service was held at the
residence of her son, Mont, Thursday at
10 o'clock, Rev. Mr.. Goodwin of Scion,
officiating The singing was conducted
by the Grange choir, using the songs,
"Over the Mystic sea-" 1.-THE Beautiful
Love-" The floral offerings were many
and very beautiful. From the Rebek-
abs we're cut flowers, consisting of roses
pinks, chrysanthemums and smilax,
from the Grange sickle with the word
"sister" upon it. The attendance was
very large as Mrs. Danforth was known
and loved by large circle of friends.
She was the daughter of Edgar and
Betsey Hilton of Starks, and was mar
ried to Mr.. Danforth May %, 1888, and
to them six children were born. Last
spring they celebrated their golden
wedding on the farm where they began
life together fifty years before. She
was devoted wife and mother whose
exemplary life leaves an influence of
good. She was a member of Arson
Grange No. SO, having first identified
herself with the order in Scion in the
spring of 1884, and also charter MEM
Der of Emerald Rebekah lodge No. IS of
this village. The burial was in the GEM
etery here, beautiful Grange service
being used at the grave with the sing
ing of the hymn "Nearer My God to
Thee NO. Arson Advocate.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01
LarOne.

The dogs have been killing some of
Z. H. Farnham's sheep. And by the
way, wouldn't it be good plan for all
owners and keepers of dogs to be obliged
to pay the whole tax on sheep, and in
clude also all damages done to sheep by
dogs, as we'll as good tax on the dogs
themselves?
Uncle Hiram Good win does not go out
door but is confined TO the house, where
he gets around with the help of canes.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01
Dyer-Wells.

A pretty home wedding took place in
North Arson at the brides fathers, Mr..
Robert Wells, Wednesday evening,
when his daughter. Aurilla, was united
in marriage to Mr.. Allen Dyer of King
field. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Mr.. Norcross of Madison. None
but the immediate family were present.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Dyer will reside in King
field.
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MainStream.

The storm of Sunday and Monday
filled the roads in many places so that it
was necessary to shovel them out.
There was no preaching in town last
Sabbath on account of the storm.
Frank Bachelor and Earnest Willis
are cutting 100 cords of white birch on
the aste Harmony lot
The Odd Fellows have completed re-
pairs on Grange hall which are a marked
improvement.
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Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas, Thomas K. Bremen, of Scion. in
the County of Somerset, and State of Maine, by
his mortgage deed, dated December 6fth. 1889,
and recorded in Some rset Registry OF Deeds in
Book 220, page 308. conveyed to me. the under.
signed, certain real estate situated in said
Scion, and bounded and described as follows,
viz: All of lot No. 106, in the north
half OF said Scion, except the part
belonging to the Lake estate: Also the
south hall OF lot No. 104 in north half OF
said Scion; Also about ten acres In the west
Solon and bounded as follows, viz: On the
north by land formerly owned by Hemsn
whipple, on the east by land owned by b: +,
Williams, on the south by land OF said vii.
liams, and ON the west by said lot No. 104. And
whereas he conditions of said mortgage have
been broken, now therefore by reason Of the
breach of the conditions thereof l claim fore
for that purpose 3w48
Dated at Scion Maine Nov. %, 1893.
SELDEN +. GREEN.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01

and chicken pie dinner. We were also
shown a splendid specimen of silver gray
fox caught by Mr.. Beal the day before.
1t was as near black as possible to be and
not be. That was the fifteenth fox
caught by our host this fall. The general
verdict was, a royal good time.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01
North Fairfield.

Thanksgiving was pretty generelly
observed in this part of the town. Labon
Allen entertained friends, also Miss
Minnie Bicknell, friends and relatives on
that day. Twelve gathered at the home
of Lewis Beal and partook of turkey
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01
HELP WANTED.

We want girls to work in Stitching
room of Shoe Factory-experienced and
inexperienced hands. Steady work and
fair pay. Call or address, Iw48'
BE-. SPINNEY & co. Norway Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01

Universal food choppers at
BLUNT'S.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-01

4, Pumps and pump tubing at
.BLUNT's. .t
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
CHAPI FER II.
Municipal Elections.

SECTION 1. . There shall be held in the City and County of San Francisco I on the first Tuesday after the first | Monday of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine, and in every second year there after, an election to be known as the municipal election.
 At said elections there shall be elected by. the electors of the City and County the following off1cers:. The Mayor, eighteen Supervisors, an Auditor, Treasurer, Assessor, Tax Collector, torney, Public Administrator, County Clerk, Sheriff, Coroner and four Police
 Judges. Each of the above officers shall be elected for two years, except the Police Judges and the Assessor,
 each of whom shall be elected for fouf
 years The Superintendent of Public Schools shall be elected for four years, and the Justices of the. Peace for two years, at the same time that members
 of the Legislature are elected.
 Sec. 2. All of the officers of the City and County of San Francisco who shall
 be elected in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, under existing laws, except the Superin- tendent of Public Schools and the Jus tfces of the Peace, shall hold office only until the hour of noon on the first Mon day after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred.
 Sec. 8. The officers first elected as aforesaid under this Charter shall take office at noon on the first Monday after the first day of January following.
 F Sec A. The Mayor shall issue his proclamation and publish the same in the official newspaper for at least twenty days previous to the day in each year on which the municipal election is | to be held under this Charter calling upon the electors of the City and | County to meet for the purpose of
 electing. such officers as are provided | for in this Charter, reciting in such
 proclamation the different: officers to be elected at such election. .
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ganize within ten days after their ap- pointment by choosing one of their number President. Tn case of failure to agree, he shall be selected by lot. He shall hold office for one year and until his successor is chosen. The Board shall appoint a Registrar of Voters who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Board, and shall keep a record of it's proceedings, and shall execute all orders and enforce all rules and regula- tions adopted by the Board. The term of office of the Registrar shall be four years.
 Sec. 4. The Board may appoint such other clerical assistants as may be ne- cessary at a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars a month each for the time actually employed. The Board shall, by resolution adopted by a ma- jority vote of all its members and en- tered upon it's minutes, designate the service to be rendered by such as- siStants and the time for which they shall be employed. The time of em- ployment of such assistants shall not be extended except by like resolution of the Board, and when a salary shall have been once fixed it shall not be in- creased. This section is subject to the provisions of Article XIII of this Charter.
 Sec. g. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting elections shall be applicable to all elections held in the City and County of San Fran cisco. All provisions of the general laws of this State respecting the registration of voters shall be applicable to such registration in the City and County. The Board of Election Commissioners must provide for precinct registration so far as: it can do so under the Con- stitution and laws of the State.
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CHAPTER VII.
Promotions, Suspensions, Dismissals
 and Disratements.

SECTION 1. All promotions in the Department shall be from the next lower rank, seniority of service and meritorious public service being con- sidered.
 Sec. 2. Any member of the Depart ment guilty of any offense, or violation of rules and regulations, shall be liable to be punished by reprimand, or by fine to be fixed by the Commission CTS, or by dismissal from the Depart ment; but no fine shall ever be imposed at any one time for any offense ex- ceeding one months salary. h.: .-.
 Sec. 3. No member of the Department shall be subject to dismissal for any cause, or to punishment for any breach of. duty or misconduct therein, except after a fair and impartial trial before the Commissioners upon a verified com pl2int filed with the Board setting forth specifically the acts complained of, and after such reasonable notice to him of the time and place of hearing as the Board may by rule prescribe. The ac- cuseds shall be entitled upon such hear. ing to. appear personally and by coun- sell; to have a public trial; and to se- cure and enforce free of expense to him the attendance of all witnesses neces- SaTy for his defense.
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CHAPTER V.
Fire Marshal.

SECTION 1. The Board of Fire Com
 missioners, on the written recom- mendation of the Board of Directors of the corporation known as the Under writers Fire Patrol of San Francisco, may appoint such persons as may be recommended by said Board of sDi- rectors as Fire Marshal and Assistant Fire Marshal. Vacancies occurring in the office of Fire Marshal or Assistant Fire Marshal shall be filled in the same manner. The salaries of said Fire Mar shal and of his assistant and deputies shall be fixed and paid by said Board of Directors of said Underwriters Fire Patrol of San Francisco, and in no event shall the City and County be liable therefor or any part thereof.
 Sec. 2. The Fire Marshal or, in case of his disability, the Assistant Fire Marshal shall attend all fires. which may occur in the City and County, and he shall take charge of and protect all property which may be imperiled thereby.
 Sec. g. The Fire Marshal may call upon policemen during the time of. any fire for the purpose of protecting prop erty until the arrival of the owner or claimant thereof, and in case the owner or claimant of such property does not take charge of the same within twenty four hours, the Fire Marshal may have such property stored at the owners or claimants expense.
 Sec. 4. The Fire Marshal shall be charged with the enforcement of all laws and ordinances relating to the storage, sale and use of oils. conbls- tible materials and explosives. together with the Investigation of the cause of all fires. In all cases where there is reason to believe that fires are the re- suit of crime or that crime has been committed in connection herewith, the Fire Marshal must report, the same in writing to the District Attorney. The Fire Marshal shall also have the care of. and may sell, subject to the orders of the Board of Fire Commissioners, alt property saved from fire for which no owner can be found, and at once pay the amount realized from any such sale into the treasury. He shall exercise the functions of a police officer.
 i Sec. 5. The Fire Marshal shall have power to appoint deputies for inspect ing buildings, but such deputies shall receive no compensation for their serv- ices from the City and County.
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2. Twenty-Five per centum of all fines collected in money for violation of any ordinance.
 8. All rewards to members of the Po- lice Department, except such as shall be excepted by the Commissioners.
 g.. The Treasurer shall retain from the pay of each member of the Police Force two dollars month, which shall be forthwith paid into the Police Relief and Pension Fund. No other or further retention or reduction shall be made from such pay for any other fund or purpose unless the same is herein au- thorized
 Sec 12. When a request is made for regular policemen to be detailed at any place of amusement or entertainment, ball, party or picnic, the party or per son making such request shall first de- posit two dollars and fifty cents for each man so detailed with the Property Clerk of the Department, who shall give him a receipt for the same, and such sum shall be at once paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Re- lief and Pension Fund.
 Sec. Is. On the last day of June of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Auditor shall make a report to the Supervisors of all moneys paid out of such Fund during the pre- vious year, and of the amount then to the credit of such Fund. The surplus then remaining in such Fund exceeding the average annual amount paid out of such Fund during the three years next preceding shall be transferred to and become a part of the Surplus Fund, and shall be no longer under the control of the Board, or subject to its order. Pay ments provided for in this Chapter shall be made quarterly upon proper vouchers. When in any one year de- ficiency shall exist in such Fund, such deficiency shall be provided for and made good by the Supervisors in their next ensuing tax levy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
CHAPTER III.
The Chief En gineer.

SECTION 1. The Board of Fire Con- missioners shall appoint Chief Eng1- neer, who shall be charged with the special duty of experimenting the ex- tinguishment of fires. The Chief gEn- gineer shall be the chief executive off, cer of the Fire Department, and it shah be his duty and that of the Assistant Chief Engineers and of the Battalion Chiefs to see that all laws, orders, rules and regulations in force in the City and County, or made by the Commissioners concerning the Fire Department, are enforced.
 Sec. 9 The Chief Engineer may sus- pend any subordinate officer, member or employee of the Department for in- competency, or for any violation of the rules and regulations of the Fire De- partment, and shall forthwith report in writing such suspension. with his req. sons therefor, to the Commissioners for their action. He shall diligently ob- serve the condition of the apparatus and workings of the Department and report In writing thereon at least once a month to the Board and make such recommendations and suggestions re- specting the same as he may deem proper. In the absence or inability Of the Chief Engineer, an Assistant Chief Engineer shall perform his duties.
 Sec. 3. The Chief Engineer, or, in his absence, the Assistant Chief Engineers, or, in their absence, any Battalion Chief in charge may, during a confiagration, cause to be cut down or otherwise re- moved any buildings or structures for the purpose of checking the progress of such conflagration.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
CHAPTER IT..
Duties of the Commissioners.

| - =
 E. SECTION l. The Board of Fire Com rntssioilers shall immediately after their appointment and qualification proceed to :reorganize the Fire Department in conformity. with the provisions of this Charter. . Ia so doing the Board shall make it's appointments of officers and
 members from the persons constituting the force in the service of the Fire De- partment at the time this Charter goes shall not be required to pass any Civil Service exan1ination. All future ap- pointments and promotions: shall be made subject to the provisions of Arti- cle XIII of this Charter: If any reduc- ton is made in the force of the Depart rnent,. the Commissioners may tempo rarily discharge those persons, whose discharge: shall be most conducive to the efficient reorganization of the De- partment, but in case of subsequent increase of the force, those temporarily discharged shall be reappointed without Civil Service examination and assigned to the same rank in. which they were at the time of their discharge. l.: :: Sec, g.. No officer, member or em- ployee' of the Department shall be dis missed or transferred except for: cause nor until. after a trial, The accused shalf=be furnished with a written copy of the charges against him at. least three days previous to- the day of trial. He shall have; the right to appear in person and by counsel and examine witnesses in his behalf All witnesses shall be examined under oath, and all trials shall be public. ::
 =. Sec. 3. When any officer, member or employee of the Department shall be- come temporarily disabled by reason of injuries received while in the actual performance; of his duty. therein so as
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CHAPTER. VII
Firemen's Relief. Fund.

SECTION 1. Tn order to continue In force and make effectual pensions already existing in favor of firemen. a fund is hereby created to. be known and designated as the Firenien's Relief Fund The Board of Fire. Commission CTS. of the City and County and it's sue cessors in office shall constitute a Board of: Trustees of said Fund. The Board shalf be known as the Board of Fire Pension Fund Commissioners.
 :. Sec. 2. There shall be annually levied, collected and apportioned to the Firemen,s Relief Fund a tax sufficient to meet and pay all demands upon. said Fund, for the purposes set out in this Chapter.
 Sec: 3. The Commissioners may. by & unanimous vote, retire and relieve from service any aged, inf1rm or disabled fireman of the Department who 1as Ia ar- rived: at the age of siXty-f1ve years. and who, upon an examination by two regu- larly certif1cated practicing: physicians appointed by the Commissioners for that purpose, may be ascertained to be by reason of such age, infirmity- or other disability, unfit for the perform ance of his duties. Such retired fire man shall receive from the Firemen,s s Relief Fund monthly pension equal to one-half of the amount of the salary attached to. the rank held by him three years prior to the date of his retire. inent. No such pension shall be paid unless such person has been an active member of the Fire Department for twenty years continuously next pre- ceding his retirement. and the same shall cease at his death. : Sec. 4. Any Inemter of the Fire De-
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the Police Denartment shan consist of

the Police Department shall consist of Captains, who shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; LieutenantS, who shall each receive an annual salary or sixteen hundred and eighty dollars; SergeantS, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; and Corpor- als, who shall each receive an annual salary of fourteen hundred and four dollars.
 Sec. ?. There shall be one Captain for each one hundred police officers The duties of Captains shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners and by the orders of the Chief of Police.
 Sec. 8. There shall be one Lieutenant for every fifty police officers. The du- ties of the Lieutenants shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police, and by the orders of their respective Captains.
 Sec 4. There shall be as many Ser geants as in the judgment of the Com missioners may be advisable, not to eX- ceed enc Sergeant for every ten police officers. The duties of Sergeants shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, the orders of the Chief of Police, and the orders of their respective Captains and Lieutenants.
 Sec. 5. There shall be as many Cor porals as in the judgment of the Com 1nissioners may be advisable. The du- ties of Corporals shall Le defined b the rules and regulations of the Commits sioners, the orders of the Chief of Po- lice, and the orders of thelr respective Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants.
 Sec. G. The Chief of Police may detail for detective duties such members of the Department as he may select, not to exceed twenty-five. He shall desig- nate a Captain of Police to act as Cap tain over the officers so detailed who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Such Captain shall rank as Captain of Detectives and his duties shall be defined by the Commis- sioners and by the Chief of Police. The members so detailed shall be known and ranked as Detective Sergeants. Each of said Detective Sergeants shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. They may be re- moved at any time from such detail by the Chief of Police. Their duties shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police and by the orders Cf the Captain of Detectives.
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to incapacitate him from performing his duty, the Commissioners shall allow his salary during the continuance of such temporary disability.
 Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall see that all contracts awarded and work done for the Department are faithfully performed, and shall, upon the award ing of any such contract, exact an ade- quate bond for the prompt and faithful performance of the same.
 The provisions of Article II, Chapter III, of this Charter, in regard to the ad- vertising for proposals, the affidavit and security . com lanying the same, the presentation and opening of pro- posals, the av ding C. contracts and the security for the performance thereof, shall. so far as the same can be made applicable, apply to all pro- posals and contracts made, awarded or entered into for furnishing supplies to the Fire Department Any contract made in violation of any of the provI- sionS of this Chapter shall be void.
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CHAPTER VI.
Police Officers.

SECTION 1. The Police Force of the City and County shall not exceed one Police Officer for each five hundred in- habitants thereof. Police Officers shall receive an annual salary of twelve hun- dred and twenty-four dollars.
 Sec. 2. Every Police Officer shall. upon the arrest of any person charged with the commission of crime, search the person of such offender, and take from him all property and weapons, and forthwith deliver the same to the prison keeper, who must deliver the same to the Property Clerk. to be kept by him until other disposition be made thereof according to law.
 Sec. 8. Police Officers shall be health officers by virtue of their office.