Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-22

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ter which was recently before The city
government. 1t has been in type at
the Journal Office for some days, but
owing to the outcome of the matter
in the city government, was not pub
lished. AT the request of some of our
readers we herewith print it in full.
Section /. The city marshal shall
be elected by the city council on the
third Monday of March. He shall hold
his office for the term of one year, or
till his successor is elected and quail
flied. He shall perform all the duties
now required by the charter and ordi-
nances of said city, or as the same
may be hereafter amended, or as di-
rected by the mayor or city council.
Section 2. The marshal shall APP
point all police officers of the city.
Such police force shall consist of such
number of regular policemen and spe
cial policemen as the city council shall
from time to time determine, and all
such appointments shall be subject to
confirmation by the mayor and board
of aldermen.
The regular police officers, and the
special officers when on duty, shall be
under the direction of the city mar
shall and shall perform such duties as
he may require of them by day or
night; and the marshal may employ
one or more of said regular police Off
GERS as night watch, for such periods
of time and upon such beats as ..e
may appoint.
Not more than a majority of said
regular police officers shall at any one
time be members of the same political
party; they shall hold their Office dur
| ing good behavior and until they shall
| resign or be removed as herein pro-
vided
Any such regular or special police
officer may be removed by the mayor
| and board of aldermen for such. cause
as they shall deem sufficient and shall
| assign in the order of removal; pro-
| vided that no such officer shall be re-
moved without due notice, nor until he
| shall be given public hearing, if he
| shall so desire.
| In case the city council shall at any
| time reduce the number of such police
officers, the marshal, with the approval
| of the mayor and board Of aldermen
shall designate the officers whose
| terms shall thereby cease.
! Section 8. The care, construction
repair, and maintenance of all streets
roads. ways, bridges, public drains and
sewers in said city is hereby vested
| in a board of commissioners to be
known as highway commissioners.
| Within 80 days after this section takes
| effect, the mayor shall appoint three
such commissioners, whose terms of
Office shall expire respectively in one,
| two and three years from the first day
| of April, A. D. 1903. And annually
! thereafter the mayor, on the third
Monday OF March. or as soon there
after as conveniently may be, shall APP
point one such commissioner for a
| term OF three years: In case of a va
| cancy a like appointment shall be made
for the unexpired term thereof. Not
more than two members of said board
shall be members of the same political
| party. They shall designate one of
their number to act as chairman and
another to act as secretary. The sec
rotary shall keep a full record OF all
| of the doings of said board, which re-
| cord shall at all times be open to pub
lie inspection, and he shall make re-
port thereof to the city council, quar-
|
| Of the work completed or in process of
completion, and said city council shall
have power to inquire into the action
| of said commissioners at all times and
| to require of them full explanation
Of their doings. They shall be fur
nished a room by the city where all
| their records and accounts shall be
kept They shall hold public sessions
L, 4;
at which interested parties may be
heard. The secretary shall receive
two hundred dollars per year and the |
other commissioners shall receive one
hundred dollars each, per year. in full |
| for services. They shall appoint an
nually, and as soon as may be after
the third Monday in March a super
| intendent of streets who shall be a
practical road builder and who, under
the direction of said board shall per-
| form such duties as the commissioners
shall from time to time prescribe; and
said commissioners shall fix his COM
pensa ton. The said board shall have
sole charge of the maintenance and re-
pair, according to law. of all streets
and public ways in said city of Au-
| gusta, including sidewalks and bridges,
| anu OF all puDilc sewers anu drains,
and of the construction, maintenance
and repair of all culverts and catch
basins hereafter authorized by the city
| council, shall have sole charge of the
methods of construction and of the
construction of all new sewers, streets
| sidewalks or bridges hereafter laid out
and ordered to be constructed by the
city council; shall regulate and control
the erection and maintenance of all
posts and wires for purposes of elec-
tricity; shall establish regula tons, and
enforce the same, to see that the use
of said streets by public corporations
shall not injure the pavements, grades
or construction thereof, or of any mu-
nicipal structure therein and shall take
general care of all property belonging
to the city which pertains to their du-
ties. They are authorized to pur-
| chase everything necessary or conven-
lent to conduct the business of their
department, to employ all assistants
foremen and laborers, necessary there
fore. provided, however. that no in