Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-11

nearest express office. address, J. c. AVER CO.,
| TO change the position Of their cable
on kennebec bridge so that it shall APP
! proach the trusses thereof parallel
| thereto. and thus remove the danger
OF lateral strainng of the bridge.
The mayor. with the concurrence OF
the city solicitor, reported that there
Is no liability on the part of the city in
the case of Hattie +. Norton owing to
the change of grade of Sewall street.
| This report was read and accepted and
! the damages assessed at nothing.
| The mayor was authorized to draw
| his warrant in favor of George r. ala
comher for $l511 for the construction
of the sidewalk on Water street in
| front of the store occupied by q. Fl.
| Mason.
| An order was passed giving the citi-
Zens of Augusta permission to use the
rooms in the city building for legis-
lative reception on Feb. If. 1901.
The following ordinance amending
certain sections of Chapter NNII OF the
revised ordinances. was passed to be
enrolled and referred to the committee
| on enrolment by the board of alder
men. 1t was read the second time, Al
derman Scwalrs motion 10 table vas
lost on division. and il was passed to
be ordained. 1t was read second time
before the common council and passed
to be ordained.
BE it ordained by the city council Of
the city of Augusta. as follows:
Sprfinn I SastjGns | a nd nf ~
ter NNlI of the revised ordinances are
hereby amended by striking out the
whole of said sections and substituting
the following, viz:
Section l. The several joint standing
committees of the city council shall
have supervision over their respective
dcpal tments and within thirty lays
after their appointment shall organize
by the choice of a chairman ana sec
rotary. They shall meet from time to
time as the interests Of the city may
require and shall keep q record of their
transactions which shall at all times
be open To public inspection. They
shall examine all bills, claims or &c-
counts chargeable to their respective
appropriations. ana on the third day of
each month shall file with the city aud
itor such bills and accounts as have
been approved by said committee. the
same to be submitted to the commit
tee on accounts at its next regular
meeting.
The moneys raised and appropriated
for specific imposes in the annual es
| Inmates of the city council shall be ex-
pended under the supervision of the
| joint standing committees of the re
| spectiVe departments. but no money
| except as hereinafter provided. shall
be expended or paid out of the city
| treasury except on orders of the city
council. approved by the mayor. des-
| ignating the fund or appropriation
| from which said orders are to be paid.
| Provided. however that the mayor is
| her cby authorized and directed to draw
on the treasurer on the first day of
| each month for the salaries of all city
| officials. as established by Chapter vi
\ of the revised ordinances; also for the
| salaries of all teachers in thte public
| schools, on the requisition of the su
| perintending school committee. He is
| also authorized to draw on the treas
urer for the payment of city liabilities
by reason of matured bonds, interest
on the city debt and judgments of the
| superior or supreme courts: and pro
vided further that in cases of enIer-
| gency the committee having charge of
any appropriation may with the writ
ten APPROVAL of the mayor eXpend not
exceeding 5000 when in their judgment
| the interests of the city require such
expenditure to be made before the next
| meeting of the city council. but the
bills or accounts for all such eXpendi-
lures shall be presented to the commit
tee on accounts and audited in the US
ual manner
Section ,. The committee on accounts
shall meet at least once each month
and all bills. claims and accounts
against the city. except as otherwise
provided in the preC eding section. shall
be presented to said committee, VINO
shall examine the same and present to
the city council at its next regular
meeting roll of such &c counts as have
been approved by said committee. ar
ranged under their respective appro-
priationS. with an order for the pay
ment of the same. When said accounts
have been allowed by the city coun-
Gil and an order passed for their pay
ment. the mayor shall draw his war
rant for the payment thereof and de-
liver said warrant and roll Of accounts
to the city treasurer, who shall record
the same in a book kept for that Dur-
pose and when paid take proper re-
ceipts therefor and place the same on
file. But no warrant shall be drawn
upon the treasurer against any :und
or chargeable TO any appropria ton for
more than the balances remaining to
the credit Of such fund or appropria-
ton, and when any fund or appropria-
ticn is exhausted the committee on ac-
counts shall not approve any bills,
claims or accounts payable from or
chargt able to such fund or approp;ia
ton until the city council shall have