The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-11-06
Doings Of the City Government.
In BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

In BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Nov. 9, 1851.
Board met according to adjournment
Alderman Hill absent.
Petition Of Ira Andrews and SO others
for the purchase Of u lire engine. Read ant
referred to Com. on fire department. Sem
down Tor concurrence. Concurred.
An order was presented to procure BY
loan the sum Of SllS,90 to complete tn,
payment Of the expense of grading "Buzze
Hill" 80 called. Real and passed. Sem
down for concurrence. The Common
Council refused to concur.
The City Marshal made report of Polict
doings from Sept. % to Oct g, 1857, ant
number Of hours Of Police service. Whole
number OF arrests 10 For assault and
battery 9. For drunkenness 3. Vagrancy
l. Read and accepted.
(These reports Of the City Marshal en-
brace only the services OF the police force
the doings Of tue Constables not being 70.
turned. This seems to be fault in oul
police regulations, rs it is very desirable
that the statistics relating to the number OF
arrests &C., should be furnished in full and
it is well known that most of this business
is done by tho City Conshlbles, tho City
Marshal's whole police force consisting ONLY
OF two, so that the monthly statistical 10
turns made by the City Marshal are Of nc
real value. Should not our municipal regu.
lations be such as to enable the City Mar.
shall to make complete returns Of these im.
portant statistics rs is done in other cities. p
Alderman Bettes moved the following
Ordered, That the 0verseer of the Poor
Be instructed to make monthly returns OF
oil their doings to the City Council, stating
the number Of persons sent TO the poor farm
and oil otherwise helI 81, and the country
Of their nativity; and that the same DO pub.
lished in the Biddeford paper monthly irou
this time 10 the end OF the municipal year.
Read and passed. Sent down for concur.
renee. Concurred.
An order come up from the Common
Council instructing the Committee on Street
to make report on all papers referred to
them, on which report has not been made,
or to ask further time on such as may 70.
quire it, agreeably to the rules and order
VI the City Government. Read and passed,
in concurrence.
The oder appropriating $500 to the
Triumph Engine Company was taken from
the table, and on motion Of Alderman Smith,
the Board non-coneurred in its passage by
the Common Council, and requested Com.
mittce Of Conference, Alderman Smith up.
pointed on said Committee. Sent do~ n 70
be joined. The Common Council joined
Messrs. Ford and II. II. McKeuney.
Alderman Allen presented the following /:
Ordered, That the Chief Engineer OF the
Fire Department be requested to make rs-
port TO the City Council Of the condition Of
tho 6rc apparatus, the number Of men con.
stituting the Triumph Engine Company and
the efficiency ofits present organization. and
also Of the Hook and Ladder Company
Read and passed. Sent down for concur.
renee. Concurred.
An order was moved, by Alderman Bettcs,
for the appropriation Of eighty dollars to
defay the expenses Of tho Biddeford Artil.
lsry Company, tho current year. Read and
laid on the table.
Adjourned 10 Nov. 30th, at Q O'Clock p. NJ.