The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-29
Doing, Of the City Government.
In Board Of Aldermen, Ma, Is. 1856

Doinss Of the City Government.
In Board Of Aldermen, May Is, 1856.
Board met o per adjournment, Aldermen
Allen and Fairfield ab ent. Order for rails
ing money by tax came back from the Com
mon Council further amended, a. per alp
B, and passed, ss amended. Board Of Al.
dsrmsn non-concurrsd, and rs-o0mmittsd TO
Committee on Finance for Q new draft.
Sent down for concurrence. Common
Council receded and soncurrsd. Thereupon
the COMMITTEES on Finance presented the fol.
lowing-vis:
Ordered, That the following sums ofmonsy
be raised by tax on the polls and estates Of
the city Of Biddsford for the support of the
city government the past fssal year, viz:
For support Of Schools $e7so,oo
For Highways 72s0,0o
For part payment Of city debt $4,000
For support Of Poor and for Gen.
sral Expense $4,000
Read twice and passed by yeas and nays,
as follows: Yeas, Goodwin, Hill and Gov.
sn-3. Nays. Bettss and Smith,. Sent
down for concurrence.
On motion Of Alderman Bsttes, the order
directing the present Board Of Assessors to
deduct from the school money raised the
present year, sum equal to 10 per cent Of
the sixty cents per head Of the population Of
1855, agrseably to the law Of said year 1885,
and assess the same TO tho small districts,
was taken from the table and refused pass
age by yeas and nays, a. follow: Yeas,
settes-l. Nays, Goodwin. Hill, Gowen,
and Smith,. Alderman Smith explain
cd by stating that, though he thought the
assessors Of 1855 ought to have distributed
the money, as the law then empowered them
to do, yet he doubted the authority Of the
present Council to appropriate money for
the payment Of tho same, a. the order CON
templatsd.
Petition Of Thomas D. Lock for the use
of o portion of Chestnut street for depositing
lumber for the purposes Of building, agree.
ably to City Ordinance relating thereto.
Granted.
Alderman Gowen moved the following
Ordered, That the joint standing COMMITTEES
on streets DO requested to inquire into the
e1pediency Of rs-running and defining the
bounds OF any streets or ways, which may
seem to require the same, and report to the
City council thereon. Read and passed.
Sent down for concurrence.
Report Of the Committee to whom was re.
ferred the order fixing the salaries Of certain
city officers, came back FROM the Common
Council non.concurred in the amendment
by the Board of Aldermen Of the Sd Article
substituting 500 for SIS as the salary Of
the City Physician, and adopted by the Com
mon Council as reported. Board Of Alder
men receded and adopted in concurrence.
City Marshal submitted the appointment
Of Ebenezer Emerson as Deputy Marshal
for the approval of the Board. Approved
On IN ;tion of Alderman Gowen, the Board
then adjourned to meet with the Common
Council in convention, for tho choice OF ont
or moro Overseer of the Poor, to oil the va
cancy occasioned by the declining of Col
II. Lowell and the resignation Of Marl
Staples, on Mond.y next at I l.2 O'Clock
p. NJ. =.
In CoNNoN Council.
Absent, Messrs. Pratt, Wilson, Mason
and H. II. Mckinney. Papers from the
Board Of Aldermen disposed Of in concur.
renee.
Report Of Committee on tho order for the
acceptance OF Summer street, was read and
accepted, in concurrence, and said order
was then finally passed in concurrence.
Mr.. Stafford moved the following:
Ordered, That the City Solicitors salary
be fixed. and that he receive, for his services
the sum Of seventy. five dollars, for the pres;
ent fiscal year. On motion offs. p. McKen-
ney, read and passed. Sent up for concur.
rence.
The order reported by the Finance Com.
mittee In Board Of Aldermen, passed by that
board and sent down for concurrence, TO
wit
For supper. of Schools s6750, 90
For Highways 72sO,oO
For part payment Of City Debt $4,000
For support Of Poor, and Gsneral
Expense $4,000
Finally passed in concurrence, by yeas
and nays, as follows-Yeas, Messrs. Bick-
ford, Emery, Kendall, Anthoin. Berry,
Pierson, Gould, Ford, Durham, Whittier,
Dow and Pattenon-l2 Nays, Mssrs. 5.
P. McKenney and Stafford. Adjourned.
0tE Bell AND ruK fRrI MssoSs. We
make the following extract from Masonic
address delivered at Burlington, VI. . few
years ago, by John II. Sheppard, Esq. Of
New York
Nearly four years ago, the triumph Of Mu-
nc and Masonry, hand in hand. presented
splendid exhibition in the city Of New York.
The proceeds Of an immense Concert, at the
Tabernacle, were generously devoted BY Ole
Boil to the " Widows and Orphans Fund
II the Order Of Freemasonry. The Grand
Master, with q Committee Of the Grand
lodge Of New York, ranged themselves