Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-27
CITY GOVERNMENT,
Order for Transfer Of Appropriations
Stranded in Council.
Complete 'u1 List as Approved. Special
PoIlee Appointed.

There was a regular meeting Of the
mayor ana board of aldermen and a
SPECIAL meeting of the common coun-
eli al the rooms of the city COVE nment
last evening. The principa! business
WhiCh was to come up was to supply
certain deficiencies in some appropria-
tons by transferring unexpended
nmbunts ffcit otiief appropriations
and unappfopriatsd funds.
With this in view Alderman Keene
introduced into the b6ard the following
order:
Oldered, That the mayor be and he
is hereby authorized to transfer. from
tle TO time. as may be necessary
from any available uneXpended appro-
prtatiohs or from any ufapirofriat ted
iunls. amounts sufficient to pay the
various rolls Of accounts as they accrue
hereafter and to make the fortnightly
payments 10 city laborels: also to pay
the amounts cverdrawn from the high
way appropriation. Western District
and the Stationery and Blank Books
appropriation. Also ordered that the
rev work ordered at the meeting Of
Scott street and kcnneb9c bridge. tc
suspended until further order Of the
city council.
This order passed the aldermen With
out difficulty but its troubles were to
begin VIXEN il reached the common
council. II was pointed out that there
Were nut eight members Of that body
p cScnt and that under the charter of
the. city a two-thirds vote of the whole
body vas required. Here was the rock
on which the order got stranded. Ii
was suggested that if no one of the
memt ers Objected on the ground of a
lack of a quorum the action Of the body
would he legal But this was objected
to ard he c.dcr s:ill remains before
the C0UuCu
Previous to this order the jury list
Was approved by both branches ard
the appointment of 4. NJ. Bennett as
special police at the mill of the Angus
ta Lumber Co. was confirmed.
The jury list as approved ives Is fl
lows:
Ward Edward T. Abbott. Arthur
L. Brown. Thomas Clark. Thomas y.
Cooper. Clarence ID. Gram, H. j. Cross.
! =
Edwin F. Farnham. f. {. harrington,
John Ferran. Charles F. Flynt, Fred
O. Getchell. II. Humphrey. Edward F.
Hussey. George g. Libbey, James :.
Little. Edison Locke, George w. Mer-
rill, Chester a. Messer. w. w. Morse
Arthur A. Nichols. George r. Petten-
gill, Harry w. Reid. a. n. Soule. W.
s. Soule. Will II. Stilkey. Everett
Stone. George w. Sylvester. Charles y.
Trask, V. f. Trouant. George ". Nlck-
cry. James +. Wade. l.. l.. Weliman
O. +. Wellman, f. A. Weston, James
w. White. William Young.
Ward 2-J w. Beck, NJ. Y. 3. Chase.
Hiram 'lark' Neo- ,o"s"ts -
Drummond. G. II. Durham, f. ". En-
cry, I. u. Fifleld. Geo. F. Gannett, Geo.
r.. Gay. @. II. Groves. y. NJ. Gulld'
G.. J. House T. NJ. Jewett, +. w. kins-
man. r.. II. Langston<kC. y. Mllllken,
Howard owen. F.. +. Parkman. :. w.
Perkins. Frank J. Pierce. r. Il. Purin-
ton. f.. S. Reid. W. II. Reid. a. d. rus
sell. T.. L. Shcrburne. L. II. stevens
J. f. Sturgis, ". r. S"il' ", n.,;a ~
T"itchell' Natnah "eS'u''' -.
ten. /. l. liiaNis. "a D. p'u"' ,
Nafd I'll e. i'''c1'
bury. I. G. buckieS' *. W. al -e'oi,
r. +. DaN ~ ,l,,a, Al ~
\. Dennis Leoila'o n, puu'e ~,,;,1
EugleN' T.. T.. Tase' +t'pl,e"
Charles X Han rreu 1iai'i,V"
Hersey. W. H. Jones James T.
ley. +. q. kinsnlah. 'harles .
ton. f. :. LYMAN. }. j. Manner a.
Parrott. Stanley :. Patten. = "
SearleS, lam ,ra,,,,,,ins, +
a. y. Soulc. William r. Tomphins' : i
Il. Townsend Jesse TUCK. T. =. ' lch-