Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-05

The appropriations for the year 1857, were as
follows.
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These appropriations were for ordinary ex-
penses, with the single exception of three thou
sand five hundred dollars towards constructing the
school-house at New Worcester. This building is
LETT for you to finish, at expense of about four
thousand dollars, as is also the road from Stafford
street to James, Mills which will cost about two
thousand dollars more. These two items making
six thousand dollars, must be provided for, over
and above the ordinary expenses of the city. This
system OF providing work and expenditures for
future city governments, is wrong in principle
when It can be avoided, Every city government
should be left to make their appropriations, &C.
eomplsh their enterprises, pay for them, and take
the responsibility of them. | recommend to you
to lay out no work for your successors
You will judge whether it will be necessary to
make as large appropriations for the current year
as they were for the past. The value of property
is changed, and will not command the price it did
one year ago, by fifteen or twenty per cent.
greater depreciation has taken place in most of
the necessaries of life.
Retrenchment in the expenditures of the city,
should be made wherever it is practcable--not,
however, SO much as not to command the best tai
ent to accomplish the objects desired Nothing
will be so great hindrance to the onward pro-
gress and Improvement of the city, as oppressive
taxation.
Our city debt has been reduced the past year
about four thousand dollars, leaving it one hum
dred thousand dollars. This has been accomplish
ed by reducing the cash on hand several thousand
dollars less than it was at tho commencement of
the municipal year. The amount of cash in the
city treasury, one year ago, was seven thousand
eight hundred and eighty five dollars seventy-nine
cents. The city debt and the mode of funding,
Will be the subject of a communication hereafter
to be made.
Gentlemen of the City Council: We are now to
assume the high trusts and important responsible
tiles conhded to us. The peace, happiness, and
welfare OF thousands of our fellow citizens, and
the security and enjoyment of millions of proper
W, VIII be affected by the manner in which we ex-
ecute these trusts, and discharge these responsible
tues with great confidence, l rely OIL your cor
olal cooperation in every measure which will pro-
mote the prosperity of the city. Be assured, gen.
tlemen, that you will have my cordial o.opera-
ton, In all legal and constitutional measures,
which you may adopt, to improve the system Of
education in our public schools, to perfect the
method OF feeding, clothing, and sustaining the
poor, TO make better our bridges streets and side.
walks, to ornament and make attractive our pub
Tic grounds, to protect life, liberty, and property
10 prevent crime, vice, and wickedness, to secure
health, temperance, and virtue, to preserve order
peaeer and tranquility, to reform abuses, to re-
trench expenditures, to give to our sitizens wise
ana frugal government, and whatever else Dll pro-
mote the well-being Of the city.
May He Gin whom we live and move. and have
our being" SO guide our deliberations and direct
our actions that we may subserve the interests
promote the prosperity, welfare, and happiness of
the citizeus OF our beloved city.
Alter the conclusion OF the delivery Of his ad-
dress, the Mayor gave notice to the Aldermen
and Common Councilmen to meet in their respec.
tive rooms, for business.
Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
On the assembling Of the Board it was voted
that the rules and orders Of last year be adopted
until otherwise altered or amended
The Mayor then announced the following stand
ing committees on the part Of the Aldermen:
Public Buildings Haywood, Ruggles,
and Lincoln
observation-disclosures. Lincoln and Haywood.
Bills in Second Reading-Messrs, Lincoln and
Pierce.
Enrolled Bills--Messrs. Messenger and Pierce
EVENING SESSION.
The petition Of William Piper, for license OF q
theatre, was referred to Aldermen Lincoln. Hol.
brook, and Ruggles.
The petition Of George Sessions, to be appoint
ed constable, was sent to the other Board, for
concurrence.
The petition Of William Thompson to be ap.
pointed sealer Of weights and measures, was re.
ferred to the other Board for information.
David 5. Gleason was unanimously elected, on
the part Of this Board, city messenger.
Jonas Hartshorn, Benjamin Flagg, and Isaac
Lamb, were appointed fence viewers.