Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-09
THE CITY CHARTER.
Special Meeting of City Government
Will Consider Changes, Tonight.

A special meeting of the city council
will be held, this evening, and the mat
ter of the proposed changes in the city
charter and ordinances will be taken up
after being tabled in the aldermens room,
last Monday evening. When this matter
was first talked of committee was APP
pointed to confer with prominent citizens
and draw up bill to be presented to the
city government before its presentation
to the Legislature. The bill was drawn
and presented to the city government,
last Monday night, but on account of the
opposition which met certain points of the
proposed amendments the original bill
had been changed and the really impor-
tant points and the ones that were most
essential in the opinion of the aldermen
had been lost in the second shift and the
bill was tabled by that board. Realizing
that some action was necessary on this
matter and that if adjusted in time to be
presented to the Legislature at the pres
| ent session, Immediate action called for
and special meeting was called for this
evening. The proposed changes are given
below but it is not known If the final bill
will be the same or changed in some par
tculars. The original bill is:
| Section /. Section of an Act to incor-
o crate the City of Gardiner is hereby
amended by inserting in the 18th line af-
ter the word Treasury the following:
| land all bills and claims against the City
of any and every nature shall be paid by
the City Treasurer"
| Section 2. Section as amended by
| Chapter ASS of the laws of 1895 is hereby
amended as follows. by striking out the
| last ten lines of this section and Substi-
t,,fj
| men and common councilmen shall receive
no compensation for their services as
! such. Neither the mayor nor any mem
| Der of the City Council shall. during the
| term for which he may be elected, hold
any city office"
| Section 3. The Mayor, with the advice
| and consent of the Board of Aldermen,
| shall annually, on the third Monday in
March, appoint a City Marshal, who shall
| have all powers and exercise all the du-
| ties that now appertain to the constables
| of towns.
The City Marshal shall, with the advice
and consent of the Mayor, appoint all po-
| lice officers. The number of regular and
| special police officers shall be determined,
| from time to time. by the City Council,
and their duties shall be regulated by .he
City Marshal All regular police officers
shall hold office during good behavior and
| until removed by the City Marshal. with
the consent of the Mayor
All special police officers shall be ap-
pointed by the City Marshal each year,
and may be removed in the same manner
as the regular officers.
All police officers shall have all powers
and exercise all the duties that apper-
tain to the constables of towns.
Section 10 of IAN Act to incorporate the
City of Gardiner is hereby repealed.
Section 4. The care, construction, re-
pair and maintenance of the streets,
roads. ways and bridges, and the care,
construction. repair and maintenance of
the sewers in said city is hereby invested
| in board of commissioners to be known