Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-23

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| here provided and as otherwise pro-
| vided in this act, the laws of the state
| governing annual city elections,
| special elections of city officers and
| special elections in cities shall. as far
as they are applicable, govern such
| elections in the city of Gardiner.
| See. 90. Upon the DEATH resignation
or absence of the mayor. or upon his
| inability 10 perform the duties of his
office, one of the two aldermen shall be
| chosen, by lot drawn by the city clerk
| in the presence Of both aldermen. 10
perform them. and ii he also be absent
or unable from any cause to perform
said duties. they shall be performed by
| the other alderman. until the mayor
| or alderman first chosen is able to at
| tend TO the said duties, or until the
| vacancy is filed as hereinafter pro-
| yided The person upon whom such
| duties devolVe shall be called Acting
| Mayor" ard. except as otherwise pro-
vided in this act. shall possess the
| powers of mayor, but only III matters
not admitting of delay,
| See. 20. If there be 81 vacancy. by
| failure to elect or otherwise. in the
| city council, whether as to the mayor
| or enc or more aldermen the council
shall. within seven days by its re-
| naming members appoint a special
| CITY election to fill the vacancy or va
cancies for the uneNpred term or
tcrrns respectively. except that II such
vacancy or vacancies occur less than
| four months before the annual city
election. the city council SHALL by its
remaining members. fill such vacancy
or vacancies for the remainder OF tie
| said four months. \ person elected Ia
| fill any such vacancy shall. before en-
teriug upon the duties of his Office.
| take oath before the Judge OF the mn-
nicpal court of the city II Gardner,
| or a Justice OF the peace faithfully to
perform the same.
Sec. =. Any member Of the city
council may he removed at any time
BIZ the voters qualified to vote at-city
elections hv the following method ot
procedure \ petition signed by a
number Of such voters equal to Ut
least Twenty-Five per Cent of the aS-
eregate number of votes cast Tor can
didatns for mayor or alderman at the
last preceding annual city election at
which a mayor or alderman was elect
ed, and demanding an election oi
successor OF the person whom they seek
To remove, shall be filed in the once
, of the city clerk. such petition Saali
contain Il general statement OF the
grounds on which the removal Is
sought. 1t need not hc On enc naD'f.
hui NAV consist NJ several distinct
papcrS each containing such demand
substantially upon Tie same grounds:
and all papers containing such deiadhd
and statement, which in any one day
shall &c filed in the "fiie" OF TIE CITY
clerk. shall he deemed parts Of the
same petition. Each Signer shall add
To his signature his place OF residence.
giving the street and street number, if
any. One signcr of every such paper
shall make oath upon his information
and belief before a notary public or y
Justice OF the peace that the state
ments therein made are true. and that
each signature to such paper is the
genuine signature of the person whose
name it purports IL he.
Within ten days after the date of
filing such petition the city clerk shall
examine the petition to ascertain
whether or not it is signed by the
requisite number OF qualified voters as
above prescribed, and Shall attach to
the said petition his certificate SHOW
ing the result of his examination, and
shall publish his said certificate in the
next following issue of one daily news
paper published in the city. if there be
any. otherwise in the nearest daily
newspaper published in kennebec
county. If from the city clerk ;
certificate so published the petition
appears to be signed by an insult
iicient number of voters, ii may
be supplemented within ten day -
after the date of such certificate by
aforesaid, and all such other papers
containing q like demand and state
ment, and signed and sworn to as
aforesaid, which shall be filed in the
office of the clerk within the said ten
days, shall be deemed supplemental
to the original petition.
The city clerk shall, within ten days
after such experimentation, make u
like examination of the amended pc
tition, and attach thereto a new GER
tificate, and publish the same as afore-
said, and if it appears from such new
certificate so published that the petit
ton still lacks the requisite number OF
signatures, it shall be returned to the
person or persons who filed it, without
prejudice however to the filing of a
new petition to the same effect.
If the petition as originally filed or as
supplemented. shall be certified by the
city clerk and published as sufficient. he
shall present it to the city council with
out delay, and the city council shall
grant the election demanded, and shall
fix a date therefor which shall be not
less than forty nor more than fifty days
after the presentation of the petition by
the city clerk to the city council. The
city council shall make or cause to be
made all arrangements for holding the
election demanded. and it shall be called
held and conducted, returns thereof shall
lie made, and the results thereof shall be
declared, in all respects as in the case of
other city elections. The successor OF
any officer so removed shall hold the
office during the unexpired term of his
predecessor. Any person whose removal
is thus sought may be q candidate at