Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-22
CITY GOVERNMENT
Regular Meeting Held at City Hall,
Last Evening.

The regular meeting of the city gov
eminent was held in City hall, last
evening and business OF routine ma
ture taken up. The first business be-
fore the mayor and aldermen was z
report OF the joint standing committee.
Dm accounts, which presented Roll of
Accounts No. 8. amountir., in the ag-
gregate 10 S404s 81. On motion, the re-
port was accepted.
Alderman Aver, from the committee
on highways and sewers. presented a
report asking that a sidewalk be con-
Structed on Linden street, and on mo-
ton. was passed.
Alderman keene. from the joint
standing committee on police. to whom
vas referred the matter of the COM
munication of the mayor. reported that
under the city charter the matter was
one that pertaincd exclusively to the
| mayor and the board Of aldermen, AMI
| in another report rerommC nded thu
said communication be returned to that
body.
The mayor then read from the Re-
vised Statutes, showing that according
| to the law the power of Cealing with
| the police rested exclusively with the
mayor and aldermen. He also stated
| that the city regula tons had been made
| to conform to the Revised Statutes ami
| that the mayor might. under certain
| conditions. remove men. He showed.
how ever, that the function of the may
or had been held by tn courts to he of
| d judicial nature, and that men cOu!l
only be removed for calse, and said
1 - fr any
| slider such matters Of public interest.
| The next matter Of business was L
communication from city Treasurer
Townsend and showed that the amount
Of the city tax for 1902 committed to
him for collection left IN unsettled bal
ance TO be collected Of S434.19, and
offering to pay into the city treasury
| the sum of 800 on condition that his
official bond for that year be dis
| charged, according 20 tn custom Of
previous years. On motion that the
mayor be authorized to discharge the
bond the matter was carried.
| The matter of the Bridge street sew
| er. which emnties ini) the river net.'
| The bridge, Vas next taken up. in re-
Spouse to petition that the city take
some action regarding alleged unsani-
tary conditions. The mayor stated that
| the sewer mentioned was not the sewer
| that the petitioners had in mind. as
| the Bridge street sewer mentioned in
the petition, emptias into the rive
above the sewer in question. and hal
been put in proper condition by the city
| within comparatively short time. He
stated that the sewer mentioned in the
| nntitinn a nrIV.It.. and dill
not belong to the city. On motion. the
matter was referred 10 the committee
on highways and sewers.
The bill of George Bruce for hay fur
.tished the fire department was present.
| ed by the committee on accounts and
i ordered paid. 1t was also voted to ac-
cept an offer made by Mr. Bruce for
contract to furnish hay in the future.
At this time the mayor reported that
the action of the aldermen on the city
treasurer's communication, the police
matter and the Linden street sewer
were concurred in oy the council.
Before the board Of municipal Off
Gers. the petition Of the New England
| Telephone Co. for the right to erect
poles on certain highways in Augusta
| was presented, a Number CT the roads
in the rural districts being mentioned
According to custom. it was ordered
that a meeting be neld. Sept. :. ut 100
T.. NJ. to consider this matter.
The petitions of Albert F. Brown,
Mrs. Annie ]. Church and w. p. Ayers
for the right to sell milk and cream
We're next received
A petition was next presented from