The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-04
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Portland. Representative Hopkins OF
Deering has the bill in his pocket to-
gether with petition urging its passage.
The bill follows closely the terms OF the
enabling act passed by tine last legislature
and the report of the annexation COM
mission made last winter, many of the
paragraphs of that report being incor-
pnrated verbatim in the bill Sections
tive six, seven and eight of the bill are
taken without change from the report.
The other changes are of u minor charso-
ter. The promoters of the bill are ON the
ground with 1t In good season and hope
to pass 1t SO that tho annexation would
be accomplished at the next municipal
election in March. The following is the
text of the measure:
Section 1.-The city of Deering is here
by annexed to the city of Portland and
all the inhabitants and territory of the
enlarged municipality shall thereafter be
subject to the charter and city ordinances
of Portland, and to the legislative enact
ments pertaining to said city, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Section 2.-1be city of Deering Is
divided into two wards by a line begin.
ming on Back bay, at point in the cen
ter of Pearl street in the city of Deering
extended to the boundary line of Port
land; thence in straight line across
Bacy Bay to the center of Chenery street
In the city of Deering: thence by tie CEN
ter OF Chenery street to the center of
Ocean street; thence by the center of
Gee street TO the center of Forest ave-
nue.; thence by the center of horest
avenue to the center of Pleasant street;
thence by the center of Pleasant street TO
the center of Stevens Plains avenue;
thence by tie center of Stevens Plains
ave nue. to the enter of Spring street;
thence by the center Spring street to the
center of Brighton street; thence by the
center of Brighton street to the Westbi ook
city line.
All that part of the city of Deering ly-
ing westerly of the line thus described
shall become Ward and all that part of
the city of Deering lying easterly of said
line shall become Ward o of the city OF
Portland, so that thereafter said city shall
be divided into nine wards, and these
swards SO constitutedshall have the same
form of organization, and the same rights
of representation in the city government
and in the school committee of Portland
as belongs to the other wards of said city
so that the number constituting the Com
mon Council shall be increased to twenty
seven, and the number constituting the
Board of a ldermen, and the school COM
mitiee, shall be increased in each case to
nine.
At the first municipal election of the
city of Portland as enlarged by said an
nexation there shall be elected like ward
officers and members of the city council
from said Ward and as by the other
wards of Portland. A member of the
school committee shall be elected from
Ward to serve for one year, and a mem
Der of the school committee shall be
elected from Ward 9 to serve for two
years, and thereafter each of these wards
shall elect its member OF the school COM
mittee for the term of two years. The
ward meetings in said Ward shall be
held at the present ward room of Deer
ing Ward 5 and in Ward 8 at the ward
room of Deoring Ward Until the city
council shall provide other ward rooms.
The warrants for the first ward meet
ings in said Wards and shall be made
returnable by the constable posting the
same, to some voter in each of said wards
designated by the municipal officers of the
city of Portland, who shall call said
ward meetings to order for the election BY
open ballot of a warden and ward clerk
to preside at said meetings, and the
warden and clerk so elected shall qualify
and perform all the duties devolving
upon the warden and clerk under the
provisions of the city charter.
The necessary ballot anu election clerks
of Wards and o shall be appointed ac-
cording to law by the municipal officers
OF the city of Portland
The board of registration of Deering
shall forthwith prepare list Of the regis
tered voters of said Ward by adding the
names in Deering wards five, six, seven
and that part of ward four situated in
said ward eight, and also of the regis
tered voters of ward nine by combining
the names in Deering wards one, two
three ana that part of ward four situated
In said ward nine, and shall deliver said
lists together with their records 70 the
board OF registration of Portland at least
twelve days prior to the next municipal
election and thereafter changes may be
made as in other Portland wards.
Section 3.-All city property of Deering
Shall become the property of the city of
Portland. and the city of Portland shall
assume all obligations of the city of
Deering existing at the date of this
report, and all indebtedness, both tenn
porary ana bonded of the city of Deering.
and shall provide for the Payment of
the same according to the term under
which the several debts were contracted
/ but until the process of annexation Is
completed, no obligation, MOTTO be pro-
vided for by current taxation, shall be
incurred by either city. except for public