Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
SOME PROPOSED CHANGES
In the City Charter and Ordinances
Now Being Talked of.

Following the action of the city gov
ernment at the meeting, Monday night.
when a committee consisting of Aldermen
Turner and Weeks and Councilmen
Amesbury, Harmon and Wing was ap-
pointed to confer with, prominent citizens
to formulate a bill in relation to chanse s
proposed in the city charter and ordi-
nances. The committee will meet this
evening. The following changes are pro-
posed, but this copy is not considered the
bill which will be presented to the Legls-
!ature for action. The amendments are
IS follows:
Section l. Section of an Act to incor-
porate the City of Gardiner is hereby
1nended by Inserting in the 18th line af-
ter the word, Treasury" the following:
and all bills and claims against the City
Of any and every nature shall be paid by
he City Treasurer
Section 2. Section as amended by
Chapter 4o5 of the laws of 1885 is hereby
amended as follows, by striking out the
last ten lines of this section and substI-
tuting therefor the following: the alder
men and common counclmen shall receive
no compensation tor 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 8. The Mayor, with the advice
and consent of the Board of Aldermen,
shall annually, on the third Monday II
March, appoint City Marshal, who shdi
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 ali
police officers. The number Of regular
and special police officers shall be deter
mined. from time to time by the City
Council, and their duties shall be regu
lated by the 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.
Ali special police officers shall be ap-
pointed by the City Marshal each year.
and may be removed in the same man
ner 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 AN Act to incorporate
the City of Gardiner is hereby repealed.
Section A. The care, construction ie-
pair and maintenance of the streets,
roads, ways and bridges, and the care,
the sewers in said city is hereby invested
in a board of commissioners to be known
as Highway and Sewer Commissioners.
Within thirty days after this Section
takes effect, the Mayor with the advance
and consent of the Board of Aldermen.
shall appoint three commissioners, whose
terms of Office shall expire, respectively,
in one two and three years from the first
Monday in January, 1903; and annually,
thereafter, as conveniently as may be.
shall appoint one such commissioner for
a term of three years. In case of a va
cancy. c like appointment shall be made
for the unexpired term thereof. The com.
missioner who has served the longest
hall be chairman of the board. The
board shall have sole charge Of the main
tenance and repair of all streets, bridges
sidewalks, public ways, sewers. drains,
culverts and catch basins. 1t shall APP
point some competent person as Superin-
tendent of Streets, who shall perform ali
the duties incumbent upon the present
Street Commissioner of the city, which
office is hereby abolished, and when ne
,cessary, may employ competent ensi-
neer.
Act shall not be binding upon the CITY