Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-19

Section 49, At city elections, other
J than are above, described preliminary
| elections for nominations. the person
| receiving the highest number of votes
| for an office shall be deemed and de-
clared elected to such office; and if two
or more persons are to be elected to
| the same office, the several persons, to
| the number to be chosen to such office,
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be deemed and declared to be
elected; but persons receiving the same
number of votes shall not be deemed
| to be elected if thereby greater num-
Der would be elected than ar by law
| 10 be chosen II there is}a vacancy in
| the office of mayor or councilmen by
| failure to elect as above provided, the
remaining members of the municipal
| council shall call another election to
| take place on the Monday following the
regular election at which the vacancy
shall be filled by election from the can
diiatcs affected by the tie in the same
manner as provided for the regular
| election. In case of vacancy from any
other cause, it shall be filled by election
| by the remaining members of the NUM-
cipal council to serve until the next
regular election, when the vacancy
shall be filed as in the original cleo
ton. On ballots to be used at an
nual or special city elections blank
spaces shall be left at the end of each
list of candidates for the different Of
fees, equal to the number to be elected
thereto, in which the voter may insert
the name of any person not printed on
the ballot for whom lie desires to vote
for such Office.
Section II. Except as otherwise pro-
yided in this act, the laws of the State
governing annual city elections, special
elections Of city officers and special
election in cities shall, so far as they
may be applicable, govern such cleo
tons in said city.
Section IS. At 10 o'clock in
the forenoon on the first Monday
of January in the year following the
acceptance of this act, the city coun"
ell. board OF mayor and aldermen.
board of aldermen and common coun-
ell and the board of education of said
CITY shall be abolished; the terms OF
office which the present mayor, alder
men, common cOuncilmen, members OF
the board of education and assessors
are now serving shall terminate, and,
except as otherwise provided in this
act all the present powers and duties
of all or any, the mayor, mayor ana
aldermen, aldermen, board of alder
men, city council. common council,
common councilmen. the municipal Of
ficerS, the board of education, and the
overseers OF the poor of said city, I'M
der any general or special acts. shall
devolve upon and shall thereafter be
exercised and performed by board.
STYLED the municipal council. which
shall consist of the mayor and four
aldermen elected under the provisions
of this act The municipal council
shall be the judge of the election of
its own members.
Section 10. The mayor and the al
dermen elected as aforesaid shall meet
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on the
first Monday in January of each year,
and those of them whose term of office
then begins shall severally take oath
before the city clerk or a justice of
the peace to perform faithfully the
duties of their respective offices. The
municipal council shall thereupon be
organized by the choice of a president
who shall be called the president of
the municipal council and shall hold
his office during it's pleasure. The
president of the municipal council
shall be some member thereof other
than the mayor. The organization of
the municipal council shall take place
as aforesaid Notwithstanding the abb
sence, death. refusal to serve, or nom
election of the mayor or of one or
more of the four aldermen, provided
that at least three of the persons en-
titled to be members of the municipal
council are present and take the oath
as aforesaid. Any person entitled to
take the aforesaid oath who was not
present at the time above fixed there
fore may take the same at any time
thereafter.
Section 20. A majority of the mem
bers of the municipal council shall
constitute quorum. It's meetings
shall be public and the mayor if pres
Ont shall preside and shall have the
right to vote. IN the absence of the
mayor, the president of the municipal
council shall preside, and in the alb
sence of both, d chairman pro tempore
shall be chosen. The city clerk shall
be. ex-officio, clerk of the municipal
council and shall keep the records of
its proceedings. All votes or the mem
bers of the municipal council shall be
by yeas and nays, when that is prac-
ticablc, and shall be entered upon the
records. The affirmative votes of at
least three members shall be necesS-
AIRY for the passage of any order, or
dinance, resolution or vote.
Section II. The municipal council
shall not make or pass any order reso-
luton or vote appropriating money In
excess of 5000, or making or authoriz-
ing the making of any contract in
volving liability on the part of the
city in excess of $500. unless the same
is proposed in writing and remains
on file in the office of the city clerk at
least one week before it's passage, ex-
cept an order, resolution or vote for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lie peace, health or safety which con-
tains a statement of it's urgency and
is made or passed by a four-fifth vote.
Section %. The municipal council
shall each month print a detailed item
lied statement of all receipts and ex-
penSeSs of the cify during tho precpd-