Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-07
CITY COUNCIL
Holds Special Meeting,
Wednesday Evening,
And Accepts Revision Of the
City Ordinances.
Tenders Vote Of Thanks to Members
Of the Revision Committee.

At the special meeting OF the 'i.s
council. last evening called TO pass tile
revised ordinances of the CITY, L. a.
Rur,eiph q member of the commits
s;onars on revision, explained the his
tory Of the subject in the joint con-
yention of the two branches.
Tho CITY charter. as revised by the
commissioners consisting of l.. A. Bur-
leigh Melvin f. Sawtelle, and Willard
NacFadden, has been twice presented
tn the Legislature for enactment.
II was first presented at the special
legislative session in September, 1908,
but the Legislature at that time re-
fused to entertain any legislation
whatsoever, except the passage of the
general revision of the public laws of
the State, for which purpose the spec
ial session was held.
The charter was accordingly again
presented, and was enacted at the 1905
session of the Legislature, with the
provision, however, that certain mat
tiers which had been inserted in it, by
order of the city council, should be
submitted to popular vote of the citi-
zens of Augusta. on June 10, 1905.
After this election had settled what
the form of the charter was to be. Il
special committee of the city council.
contracted on Sept. 80 for the printing
of the revised charter ordinances,
rules, and supplementary matter,
which will comprise the 1905 revision.
At the meeting. last night 80 copies
of that portion of the work completed
to date, We're presented 10 the CITY
council for their use. pending the COM
plction of the entire volume.
The Joint convention then dissolved.
and the revised ordinances were pass
ed to be ordained in the two branches,
and signed by the mayor and presi-
dent of the common council.
The following order was then pass
ed in both branches:
I'm Board of Aldermen. Dec. 6. 1908.
Ordered, that the city clerk forth
with present to Justice Whitehouse.
of the supreme judicial court, for APP
prevail. An ordinance to revise and
consolidate the ordinances of the
city"
Also ordered that the city clerk be
authorized to procure a new record
book. for the enrolled ordinances, with
the enrolled ordinances of the city,
printed and bound in the first part
thereof. and containing a suitable
number OF blank pages for the record
of future ordinances.
Also ordered that the mayor be and
is hereby authorized to draw his war
rant for the payment of said book of
enrolled ordinances. and of the 30 pre-
liminary copies of the charter, Or
dinances and rules which have been
printed for the use of the city council.
Also ordered. that upon the compile
ton of the indeXing and proof read
ing of the 1905 edition of the city
charter and ordinances, the mayor is
authorized and directed to draw his
warrant in favor of the commissioners
on the revision. in the sum of 5000.
being the balance due them, under
their contract with the city.
At the conclusion of this business,
Mayor Hichborn made mention of the
able manner in which the work of the
revision had been conducted by Mr..
Burleigh and his associates, and stat
ed that the work was of most ar
duous character, and that it had been
performed with such care and able
management that the 1905 edition will
be the best that has ever been pub
lished by the city. On motion of AL
derman harrington of Ward 1, the
following order was passed in both
branches:
Ordered. that the thanks of the city
council are hereby extended to Lewis
A. Burleigh, and his associates of the
committee, for the most excellent man.
ner in which, under their direction
the revision of the charter and or
dinances Of the city has been COM
pleted.
And it is further ordered that a
copy hereof be forwarded to Mr.. Bur-
leigh, by the city clerk. over the seal
of the city.
The city council adjourned at $50