Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-10

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Percy w. Means and Bowditch a
Webster will return your money if Hy-
omei does not cure you of catarrh.
This shows their faith in the remedy.
roads, ways, sidewalks and bridges,
and the care. construction, repair and
maintenance of the sewers in said city
is hereby invested in board OF corr
missoners to be known as highway
and sewer commissioners. At the an
nual municipal election next after this
sections shall have been accepted as
provided in section five, the people
shall elect three commissioners, whose
term Of office shall expire respectively,
in one, two and three years from the
time of such election, and annually
thereafter, at the municipal election
they shall elect one such commissioner
| for term of three years. In case of
| a vacancy the mayor, with the advice
and consent of the aldermen, shall APP
point a suitable person to serve until
| the municipal election next following,
when, if there still remains q portion
| of the term uneXpired, the people shall
| elect n person to serve during such
remainder The commissioner who
has served the longest shall be the
| chairman of the board, provided,
however, that in its first organization.
| the person elected to serve for one
year shall be the chairman of the
board, to be succeeded by the person
| who was elected for two years.
| The board shall have full charge of
the maintenance and repair of the
s:lents. roads. ways, sidewalks, bridges,
sewers. culverts. drains and catch
! basins. 1t shall appoint some compe-
| tent person who shall not be member
OF the board as superintendent of
streets, who shall perform all the du-
| ties incumbent upon the present street
commissioner of the city, which office
| is hereby abolished, and when neces-
sary, may employ competent en-
| gineer.
| For the construction, repair and
| maintenance of drains and sewers the
board shall be the authorized agents
of the municipal officers, and shall only
| Get under their direction; and nothing
| in this act shall be construed to divest
| TIE municipal officers Of any duties re-
| (ating thereto. which are by law i'm
| posed upon them.
| Sect. Sat a special election called
for that purpose, the voters of said
city shall have the right by majority
| vote to accept or reject sections three
and four of this act; neither of which
shall take effect until it shall have
been so accepted, and upon being so
accepted, section three shall take ef-
| feet on the third Monday of March
next following it's acceptance, section
| four shall take effect as therein pro-
yi.l,d ;iad sections one and two shall
take effect when approved, provided,
that nothing in section two shall be
held to prohibit any member of The city
council from holding any Office to
which he may be elected prior to July
one nineteen hundred and three.
Sect g. All acts and parts of acts,
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act. are hereby repealed.
Sect Z. For the purpose of calling
the special election, provided for in
section five this act shall take effect
when approved.
The first evening session of the
House. this winter, began at $50 o'clock
last night. There was a much larger
attendance of members than was pres
ent at Saturdays sunrise" session, but
not enough to make a quorum. The
question was not raised, however.
The House concurred with the Sem
ate in suspending the rules and allow
ing the introduction of bill extending
the charter of the Bluehil & Bucks
port Electric Railroad Co., for the term
of two years.
Under a suspension of the rules sew
| eral new matters We're presented Pet
| tingil of Rumford, introduced an act
authorizing the Portland & Rumford
| Falls Railway to guarantee the pay
ment of both the principal and interest
of the bonds of other corporations up
| on such terms as the corporations may
mutually agree. --
Little of Lewiston. presented an act
| to amend the charter of the city of
Lewiston and to provide for street,
sewer and permanent Improvement de-
partment. The board shall consist of
seven members, one of whom shall be
| the mayor eX-officio; the other MEM
bers shall be elected for terms of six
years by the city council.
Newcomb of PASSPORT. presented a
bill to insert in the law relating to the
packing of sardines the words ''steams
of cooks in any manner" The law in
question provides a penalty for cook
ng sardines without first heading or
eviscerating the same"
A memorial from the Maine Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs asking that an
| appropriation be made for a State de-
partment of forestry and for the crea-
ton of a chair of forestry at the Uni
versity of Maine; was presented by
| Hall of Fort Fairfield.
A bill looking to the protection of