Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-20

PETITIONS.
OIL Washburn & Co., for lamp on the corner of
Grove and Lexington streets-referred to the
mittee ON lighting streets; of Charles White and
Others that Chatham street be made pubc-referred
to the highway committee; of Mr.. Burnham, for Ii
cense for exhibition at the City Hall on Saturday
evening next-referred TO the Mayor and Aldermen
Goddard and Messenger, with power to ret; of Ste
phen Taft, TO be appreciated as innholder-laid on
the table, of A. j. Warfied and Others to have Con-
gress street laid out and located as public highway
referred to the committee ON highways; of Mrs
l. E. Knapp, for pay for damages to her estate on
Elm street on account of overflow of water from the
highway-laid on the table.
REPORT OF ovERsEERs OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor for 1853 made their
nual report, which was accepted and sent down.
The whole number of persons who received aid from
the city during 1859 was 1872 Ofthese, 128 were
dents of the city, Il from other in this state
S6 from other states of this Union, % from Canada,
9 from Germany, from England, and 46l from Ire
land The number of persons out of the almshOuse,
assisted weekly allowance, q, at prices vary
ing from rs cents to So per week, OF which number
IA were receiving aid at the close of the municipal
year. January l, 1860 there were at the amshouse
II persons supported as pauperS. During the year
IA persons received there sentences from the
court. There have been at the house births and
deaths The city has supported insane persons at
an average cost of 50 81 per week of whom remain
The average number of persons supported at the
almshouse, on weekly allowance. ana at the hospi-
tai, has been 49, at an expense of about 81 II per
week, exclusive of interest the cost of the aims
house establishment. During the year 40 persons
We're sent to the State Amsbouse at Monsoon and
TO Rainsford Island In addition to the foregoing
numbers, during the same period, 305 persons seek
ing employment have received meals and lodging at
the city almshouse The actual cost of supporting
paupers, in 1852 was S5S22 81. OF this sum, there
was paid out for persons having no settlement in
this state, Sl63l 46 leaving as the cost supporting
our own poor, in 1852 S4l91 0S. The aggregate ex-
penditures of this department, during 1858, were
Sl0,052 Y, while the appropriation but 5000.
Of the above expenditure Sl392 IL was for new fur
isl nead-
ed S975 for the purchase of two additional of
land; $50 for shed; 1886 IS for wall and fence
in front of the establishment; SO 20 for right of
water and for conductors at the barn; 1878 60 for
numerous cases of small poX The appraised value
OF the furniture at the almshouse, Jan l, 1860,
$3.50 55; and of stock TOOLS hay, and grain, upon |
the farm, S3943 &c. Total personal property there, |
1924 As. The report commends the judcious man.
agement of the superintendent, Mr.. Drury, and the
matron, Mrs. Drury, of their respective depart
ments
THE LIQUOR AGENCY.
The bonds of John Q. Hill, liquor agent were
read and approved The rules prescribed for the
government of the agency embrace the 9Th, 9Th 7th
and Sth sections of the 215th chapter of the laws
and resolves of 1866. The fifth section relates sim
ply to the appointment of agent for the sale of
spurious or intoxicating liquors for medicinal chem
cal and mechanical purposes and no other The
ith requires the agent to keep record of every SALE
he person to whom sold, the kind, quantity and
price, and the purpose for which is solo, the record
70 be always accessible to all the officers of the city
and justices of the peace The agent also to keep
an account of his purchases and of all forfeit
ed liquors delivered to him in course of law. The
eth section fixes the penalty for making false state
ments to the agent fine of from five to twenty dol
lars the person offending to stand committed till
paid The 9Th section relates to the method of au-
thorizing the agent to act, and to the bonds re-
quired.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The revised jury list was read and accented The
commissioners of Hope Cemetery sent in a commun- |
ication enclosing petition from the engineers of
Ine nre department asking the grant of free lot in
hope Cemetery for the burial Of such remen as are
not otherwise provided for The Commissioners
were clothed with authority to select and set apart
three lots for the purposes mentioned the petition
Adverse reports were made the petition Of Samu-
ell Smith of Barre to have refunded to him certain
money paid as taxes, and the petition of VIM
Dickinson and Others for appropriation in aid of
the Bay State corporation in boring the artesan
| well; Lyman Bugbee was elected measurer of wood
and bark at the City Square.
In the absence of the president of the Common
| Council, Mr. Gerry Valentine was elected The
board, after some discussion, concurred with the
Board ofAldermen in the appropriation of $4,000 for
the public library by vote of II toe Both branch.
| es adjourned for one week