No city manager, no member of the city council, no subordinate
city officer, no member of any board or commission charged with the
expenditure of any money appropriated by the city council or belonging
to the city, no officer or employee of the city, elected or appointed,
shall be interested, directly or indirectly in any contract entered
into by or in behalf of the City of Old Town for work or material,
or the purchase thereof, to be furnished to or performed for the city,
and all contracts made in violation hereof are void and the city treasurer
is expressly forbidden to pay any money out of the city treasury on
account of any such contract. No such officer or employee, except
a policeman or fireman, shall accept or receive from any person, firm
or corporation acting under a franchise or license from the city,
any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service, or accept directly
or indirectly from any such person, firm or corporation, and service
upon terms more favorable than those granted to the public generally.
This provision shall not apply, however, to any free service now or
hereafter provided for by contract, franchise or ordinance.
This act shall be submitted for approval or rejection to the
qualified voters of the City of Old Town at an election to be held
the second Monday in September in the year A.D., 1945, and warrants
shall be issued for such election in the manner now provided by law
for the holding of municipal elections, notifying and warning the
qualified voters of said city to meet in the several ward meetings
of said city, there to cast their ballot concerning a new charter
for the City of Old Town.
The vote shall be taken by ballot at said election in answer
to the question: "Shall an act passed by the legislature in the year
1945 entitled 'An Act to Grant a New Charter to the City of Old
Town' be accepted?" which shall be printed on the official ballots
and at said election the voters of said city in favor of accepting
this act shall vote "Yes" and those opposed shall vote "No".
Otherwise said ballot shall be in the form provided by law when
a constitutional amendment is submitted to the vote of the people.
The provisions of law relating to the preparation of voting lists
for municipal elections shall apply to such election and said election
shall in all other respects be conducted by law, and the results thereof
shall be determined in the manner now provided by law for the determination
of the election of mayor. If a majority of the valid ballots deposited
as aforesaid shall favor accepting the same, then this act shall forthwith
take effect as herein provided.
So much of this act as authorizes the submission of the acceptance
of this charter to the voters of the City of Old Town shall take effect
as provided in the constitution of the state, but it shall not take
further effect unless adopted by the voters of the City of Old Town
as hereinbefore provided. If adopted by the voters of the city, then
this act for the purpose of nominating and electing officers hereunder
shall take effect on the date of its adoption by the voters, and for
all other purposes this act shall take effect on the first Monday
in January in the year 1946.
All ordinances in force at the time when this charter takes
effect, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, shall
continue in force until amended or repealed.
All rules and regulations of the municipal officers of the City
of Old Town in force at the time when this charter takes effect, not
inconsistent with the provisions hereof, shall continue in force until
amended or repealed.
All rights, actions, proceedings, prosecutions, and contracts
of the city or any of its departments, pending or unexecuted when
this charter goes into effect and not inconsistent herewith shall
be enforced, continued or completed in all respects as though begun
or executed hereunder.
All officials, officers, trustees, members of departments, hereafter
to be appointed or elected under the provisions of this charter by
the city manager or city council, whose term of office has not been
herein otherwise provided for, shall not serve out their present terms,
but shall continue in office only until their successors are appointed
or elected, and qualified, as provided in this act. The term of office
of the present members of the board of overseers of the poor, board
of health, park commission and cemetery board shall terminate on the
first Monday in January, 1946.
In case this act is approved in the manner hereinbefore provided,
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
