Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-10

struction. The matter of the proposed
changes was then taken from the table
and the following bill presented to the
board of aldermen:
Section l. Section of the act to in
corporate the city of Gardiner is here
by amended by inserting in the 2Sth
line after the word treasury the fol-
lowing: land all bills and claims
against the city of any and every ma
ture shall be paid by the city treas
urer.''
Section @ Section as amended by
Chapter 455 of the Laws of 1895, is here
by amended as follows. by striking out
the last 10 lines of this section and
substituting therefor the following:
the aldermen and common council
men shall receive no compensation for
their services as such. Neither the
mayor nor any member of the city
council shall, during the term for which
he may be elected, hold any city of :.
|fice.n
Section 8. The mayor, with the adj
vice and consent of the board of alder
men, shall annually, on the third Mon
day in March, appoint city marshal,
who shall have all powers and exercise
al the duties: that now sppertain to the
constables of towns.
The city marshal shall, with the adj
vice and consent of the mayor, appoint
all police officers. The number of regu-
lar and special police officers shall be
determined, from time to time, by the
lefty council, and their duties shall be
regulated by the city marshal. All
regular police officers shall hold office
during good behavior and until re-
moved by the city marshal, with the
consent of the mayor.
All special police officers shall be APP
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 pow
ers and exercise all the duties that APP
pertain to the constables of towns.
Section 10 of AN Act to incorporate
the City Of Gardiner" is hereby re-
| pealed.
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 in
vested in a board of commissioners to
| be known as highway and sewer COM
lmissioners. Within 80 days after this
section takes effect. The people shah
elect three commissioners, whose terms
! of office shall expire, respectively, in
one. two and three years from the sec
ond Monday in March, 1908, or a special
election called for that purpose; and
ANNUALLY, thereafter, as conveniently as
may be, shall appoint one such COM
missioner for a term of three years. In
| case of a vacancy, a like appointment
shall be made for the unexpired term
thereof. The commissioner who has
served the longest shall be chairman of
| the board The board shall have full
charge of the maintenance and repair
of all streets, bridges, sidewalks, pub
| tic ways, sewers, drains, culverts and
catch basins. 1t shall appoint some
competent person who shall not be a
member of the board as superintendent
of streets, who shall perform all the
duties incumbent upon the present
street commissioner of the city, which
office is hereby abolished, and when
necessary, may employ a competent en-
gineer.
Section s. Sections /, 2, 8 and 4 OF
| lTlS ACT SIldli IiOl DC OlIihillS upOii thN
city until accepted by vote of the legal
voters at the annual municipal election
in March, 1908, or at a special euection
called for the purpose, and said voters
shall have the right to accept or reject
each OF said sections.
The bill was considered by the alder
linen in sections and each section was
accepted in turn. A yea and nay vote
was called for on the whole bill and re-
suited as follows:
Yea-Alderman Larrabee, Milton
Turner, Weymouth and Weeks.
Nay-Alderman Cole.
| The bill was then taken down to the
common council for action and here the
bill was considered in sections and a
yea and nay vote was taken on each
section. This vote resulted as follows:
First section-Yea, Councilman Haley
Berry. Rhines, Wing, Blaisdell, Burns
Amesbury, Harmon, Douglass and
Eastman. Nay, Councilman Newell.
Second section-Yea, Harmon and
/ Douglass: nay, Newell, Haley, Berry
Rhines, Wing. Blaisdell, Burns, Ames-
bury and Eastman.
Third section-Yea, Harmon and
Thurlow; Nay Newell, Berry. Rhines
Haley, Wing. Blaisdell, Burns, Ames-
bury, Douglass and Eastman.
| Fourth section-Yea. Harmon and
IThurlow; nay, Newell, Haley, Berry,
Rhines, Wing, Blaisdell, Burns, Ames-
bury and Eastman.
Fifth section-Yea, Newell, Haley,
Berry. Rhines. Wing, Blaisdell, Burns,
Amesbury Harmon, Thurlow, Douglass
and Eastman.
| 1t will be seen that the bill met with
considerable opposition in the common
council, but the bill as above will be
presented before the present session of
the Legislature for action. However,
before the amendments can become a
law the whole bill will have to go be-
fore the people as provided by the last
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