Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-09
F'REsREPARSIIMaEENliT5 ENliT5sA AcCT;a cCT;ayl
FuH Text Of the Act Signed by Gov
ernor Plaisted on Friday.


City of Augusta, and relating to the
tenure of office of the members of tn"
fire department of said city and
which was signed by the Governor on
Friday, is given below. An attempt
was made by Rep. Davies of Var
mouth to amend the act by refcren
dun provision which would allow the
voters of Augusta to pass an opinion
on the bill without petitioning for
that right but this was defeated,
and an amendment by Rep. William
son which provides referendum ON
written petitions signed by % per
cent. of the legal voters of the city
(about 500 sgnaturcs) substituted
The act follows:
Ec it enacted by the People of the
State of Maine. as follows:
Section /. Section four of chapter
three hundred seventy three of the
private and special laws of nineteen
hundred and five is hereby amended
| by inserting after the word city in
| the fourteenth line, the words except
as hereinafter provided as to officers
| and members of the tire department: :
| said section is also amended by in
Scrting after the word aldermen" in
| the twentyfourth line, and before the
| word the" the following: But all
members and officers of the fire de-
partment shall be continued in ths
service of said department without
| re- election or appointment unless
removed for inefficicncy. or other
cause, or retired on arriving at an
age limit which may be determined By
| l,. 1T pnr,nril of S1jI oil saj1
section is further amended by insert
ing after the word department in
the thirty seventh line. the words in
case of vacancy by reason of resigna-
ton. removal or retirement on ac-
count of age limit, SO that said Sec
ton as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
| Section 4. The executive powers Of
said city generally. and the admins
| tration of police, with all the powers
of the selectmen OF the town of Au-
guSta, shall be vested in the mayor
| and aldermen as fully as if the same
had been herein particularly enum-
Grated. all other powers not vested
| in the inhabitants of said town, ard
all powers granted By this act, shall
| be vested in the MAJ or and aldermen
and common council Of said city, to be
exercised BY concurrent vote, each
| board to have d negative upon the
| other. but all elections Of officers by
| the city council shall be by joint bal
lot of the two boards in convention.
| Except as otherwise provided by law,
| the city council shall annually. on the
| third Monday of March, or as soon
| thereafter as conveniently may be.
elect and appoint all the subordinate
| officers and agents for the city, except
as hereinafter provided as To officers
and members OF the fire department.
| for the ensuing year. shall define
their duties and fix their compensa-
ton, in eases where such duties and
compensation shall not he defined and
fixed by the laws Of this state, and
| may by concurrent vote remove all Of
iicers whom the& have power to APP
point when in their opinion sufficient
cause for removal exists The city
council may by ordinance provide for
the election oi. and prescribe the du
ties oi members of the fire depart
mcnt provided, that the several fire
companies may adopt such rules and
regulations not Inconsistent with such
| ordinances as they may deem cx-
| ~. dient subiort In tho au,,royal of the
chief engineer. mayor and aldermen.
| Eut all members and officers nf the
| ltiIe DEPARTMENT shall he continued i'm
the service of said department with
| ont recollection or rc-aunointmcnt mn
Hess removed for inefficientsv. or other
cause. or retired ON arriving at an
| age limit which may he determined hy
the city council of said city. The
inl+yor AMI hoard uf aldermen in ad-
dition To the apnointment of any Of
ficers to he bv them appointed under
any law of this state. shall on the
third Monday of March. annually. or
las soon thereafter as conveniently
may he. apnoiut officer, +, the follow
| Ing r,nsitinns tn I'M. ,u,,uh.r and with
| thu. tenurn nov or hereafter ostah-
I1isbad nv ordinance. nt tho CITY couu-
| ell namely s,Iucrint,ndent of hurry
| ir,, grounds insnact,,, ar insn.ctnrs
al any ar all citv brid.res trustees Of
| thn Iitben,v Hhr,r, and readiny
room. and unnn the nomination of tbc
city marshal = dcmItv city marshal
and other no,icc nfticrr. E,xcent as
| i,,b.rV.is,. urovidod nv ,y.a,Il. oftic.re