Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-02-08

at the regular annual election on the
first Monday of March, 1917.
Section amends the Hallowell city
charter by providing that the mayor
shall receive from the city no COM
pensation other than his salary for any
service rendered in any other capacity
or agency.
Section increases the value Of real
and personal property that the city
concil may purchase in the name OF the
city from $50.00o to $5o0.0o0.
Section provides that the Hallowell
police court shall have original and ex-
elusive jurisdiction of all offences aris-
ing within said city now cognizable by
said court and concurrent jurisdiction
with the Augusta municipal court and
the Gardiner municipal court of all
such offences arising within the town
of Chelsea.
In order that the sections to be re-
ferred to the citizens of Hallowell may
be so referred at the annual election
on the first Monday of March next the
act carries the emergency clause.
Police Commission for Bangor.
Rep Hart of Holden-An act to provide
a police commission for the appointment
of the police force and chief of police
and in inspector for the administration OF
the police force of Bangor, Me. Section
one provides that the police department
of the city of Bangor shall consist of
three police commissioners, a chief of
police, one inspector, two captains and 80
patrolmen.
Section two provides that the police
80
dent citizens of Bangor to be ap-
pointed by the governor of Maine from
the two political parties, polling the larg-
est nufsber of votes in the preceding
State election, one to be appointed for
three years, one for two years and Tor
one year and one each year thereafter
for a term of three years. 1t shall be
the duty of the police commission to ap-
point patrolmen to serve during good be-
havior after the applicants have passed
satisfactory test as to physical and such
other qualifications. The police commits
sioners shall each receive the sum of $500
for each meeting which they shall attend.
Patrolmen when guilty of unbeCominS
conduct shall be punished by fine not
exceeding 800 or by suspension without
pay for period not exceeding 80 days
for each offense or by removal on COM
plaint of the chief of police to the police
commissioners or upon written complaint
by any 10 citizens of Bangor except that
the chief of police may suspend any pa
trolman for unbecoming conduct or neg
lect of duty for a period not exceeding
seven days without preferring charges
to the police commissioners for each Of
fense.
Section three provides that the chief of
police shall be appointed by the commits
sion, shall hold Office for the term OF
five years and must have resided in Ban
gor for a period of not less than five
consecutive years Immediately preceding
his appointment.
The salary of the chief of police shall
be $3.50 per annum and he shall be en-
titled to a vacation of two weeks each
year with pay. During the absence of
the chief of police the duties of his office
shall be assumed by the senior captain.
The chief of police shall be removed only
by the police commission, by majority
vote for neglect of duty unbecoming con-
duct. incapacity preferred against him
by at least 10 citizens of Bangor.
Two captains and one inspector shall
be appointed by the chief of police from
the patrolmen and police captains and In
spectors shall each receive a salary Of
$1,000 per year.
Section provides that any citizen of
Bangor between the ages of "a and 81
years shall be eligible for the position of
patrolmen with the exception of those
acting as patrolmen at the time this act
becomes a law, all of whom shall be eigi-
BILE to appointment as patrolmen if in the
opinion OF the police commission ne