Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-17

votes for each and every Office to be filled
shall be printed in the order determined
by lot under the titles of the office to be
voted for: % no other names snaia De print, PRINT,
to the number of Offices to be elected
shall be provided under each Office.
The voter shall make an x before the
name of the person he wishes to vote
each Office to be filled. The person receiv-
ing the highest number of votes for each
office shall be declared elected to the
office.
known as the municipal council.
The municipal council shall meet and
organize on the first Monday in January.
The mayor shall preside at all meet
on all questions. but shall not have a veto
power. The municipal council shall elect
a president. who shall preside in the alb
sence of the mayor; All meetings. OF the
municipal council shall be public. Three
members of the municipal council shall
constitute a quorum. All votes of the mu-
nicipal council shall be by yeas and nays.
and shall be entered on the records by the
city clerk, who shall keep all records OF
meetings.
The municipal council shall divide the
city's affairs into four departments, each
Of which shall be presided over by a
councilman, who shall be ASSIGNED thereto
by the municipal council. The depart
ments shall be:
l. Department of accounts and finances.
g Department of education and public
property.
3. Department of public safety and
charities
4. Department of streets and highways.
The affirmative vote of at least three
be necessary for the passage of any or
der ordinance or resolution.
The municipal council shall NOT vote
any appropriation or make any contract
involving more than 5000 until after it has
b zen presented in writing ard has re-
mained on file in the Office of the city
cle rk for public inspection for at least
one week.
The council shall publish each month
for distribution report of all its acts
and of all receipts and expenses for the
month last passed. and snail al so publ Sh
a complete report at the end OF each
y"ar.
The municipal council shall have all the
power now vested in the present city
council, the mayor, board of aldermen,
municipal officers, common council,
board Of education and overseers of the
poor, and shall have the control OF eV-fy
department of the city's business.
All subordinate officers shall be elected
| or removed by the munlclpal councli. ana
| they shall be selected for merit ana mt
ness alone and their terms of office shall
expire at the close of the municipal year.
The salary of the mayor shall be $l2f0
| and the salary of each councilman snail
| be 5000 per year. and these oinclais can
| not hold any other office for which the
| city pays a salary. or be party to any
| contract or franchise given by 'he citv
If there is a vacancy In the office OF
mayor or councilmen by reason of f9ilure
to elect, a new election shall be imme-
diately held. If a vacancy occurs fro n
any other cause it shall be filled by the
| re naming me nbers of the council until
| the next regular city election, when 1t
| ehall he filled by the voters as in the orig
| inal election.
The initiative is a plan by which the
| people Nv direct vote. and on their own
| initiative, may, by majority vot1, pa IS
any ordinance which the city council re-
The referendum Any ordinance OF
, grant of franchise which has been passed
! or granted by the municipal council may
| if it is not acceptable to the voters. b
| nulified by majority vote of the people
The recall is a plan whereby majority
, Of the voters may, at regular election
| recall the mayor or councilman from Of
fee and substitute an acceptabl. officer
in his place.