Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-07

Ss'esrs and Ss,perage-Aldermen Pratt,
Strong, aud Chandler
and Pond
E'Uojlaea;-Aldermen Walker and Har-
rington.
Elsc,ioas-Aldermen Strong, Pratt, and
Chandler.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON
COUNCIL
bals "a Second Reading-Tucker Metcalf,
and Kelley.
Observation-Disclosures, Green, and Cleve-
land
Elections Barton, Goddard, and White
more.
in joint convention, w. A Williams was
elected city solicitor, on the second ballot, re.
ceiving 10 votes, to for E. B. Stoddard, 2
for d S Morrill,, aud for w. W. Rice and
Gill Valentine was re elected city auditor, re
ceiving p of the 81 votes cast
by concurrent votes, IIenr; Prcntiss was
Reelected highway commissioner, unanimous
y i'll the board OF aldermen, and receiving IS
votes in the common council to for Francis
Strong David Gleason was re elected city
messenger, and George Sessions, Thos. Ma
gennis, and George G. lIilIrelh, undertakers.
unanimously in both branches VIM. D.
Cherver was re elected aqueduct commissions
err receiving votes in the board OF aldermen
to for Phinehas Ball. and Is OF the % votes
cast in the common council. DR.. L. Gilman
was elected city physician.
The city treasurer was authorized to borrow
$4,000 in the name OF the city, for the building
OF the causeway across Long Pond.
The annual report OF the city marshal, Col
Levi Barker, was read and accepted, as fol.
lows -
CITY MARsHAi's REPORT
The commitments to the waIch-Louse for
the quarter ending this day, are 1873 of which
number So have been prosecuted in the police
court; the remaining rs have been discharged
from custody by my order From Jan. LIST,
1851, to the present date, the whole number
OF persons arrested and committed to the
lookup, has been SIC, of which number 453
have been prosecuted before the court on
complaint. The remainder, arrested Tor the
lighter and more yenal class of offeDses, have
not been subjected to prosecution, under the
belief That the temporary confinement to which
they were subjected, would prove as efiectual
A"t iu hiS amt lllG llll1dSltlOn OF lnpS,
which IN many instances are discharged only
by confinement in the house of correction OF
this number 391 were non-residepts of tile CITY,
have held myself in readiness at all times in
accordance with the provisions of tie urdi-
nance creating The office 0f city marshal to
receive all complaints Tor any violation of Tie
statutes of the commonwealth and the ordi-
nances OF the city, and prosecute the same,
providing the evidence was or could be pro-
duc d, sufficient to warrant Il cunvcon
with This determination, | have made or
caused TO be made, during the year, sos com.
plants in the police court for the following
oiftnscs. viz =
For disturbing religious meeting L. attempt
at shop breaking l; selling charcoal in basket
not seated, / selling impure milk, l ; larceny
oil boat, l F.; refusing To pay railroad fare, l
assault with intent to kill, attempt to stea
l f; renting tenement for the purpose of liuuor
selling, permitting s'nk-water to run into
public street, l injuring shade trees l; threat
enlng thedite Of person, l aiding prisoner
to escape, l ; malicious mischief, l perjury,
obtaining goods under false pretenses, l !;
lnJuring school house, l driving away horse
without leave, /; stealing horse, l. refusing
to assist officer, enlightenment of goods,
/; liquor nuisance, l !; fast driving, 2; ne
neglectlng to support family, 2; keeping5shop
open on Sunday, 2 malicious trespass, 9;
playlu cards on Sunday, 2; throwing stones
in streets, 2 deposiling snow and ice in the
public streets, 2; collecting and carry ing away
house ofial, 2 passing counterfeit money, 8;
stubborn and disobedient children, 8 falsely
causing alarm OF fire, 3 stealing fruit, 4 as
saut with a deadly weapon larceny from
the person, 6; keeping disorderly house 4 +;
search warrants, 4 keeping dogs without IL
cense, I; assault upon officers, 4 breaking
glass, IL; selling intoxicating liquors, 16;
breaking and entering stores and shops in the
night time, rs; common drunkards, 81 va.
2rncy, TO; disturbing the peace, 81 larceny,
81 assault and battery, 1874; drunkenness,
los; total, 695; Of this number 27l were
against persons claiming residence out of
the city.
Food and lodgings have been furnished dur
ing the year to 209S poor persons, mostly
travelling in search of employment These.
with the prisoners confined in the watch
house, number during the year, 1914: which
have been furnished with food at a cost of S14l,-
~, and although large part of this sum should
be charged to the pauper account, it has been
charged as IN former years, to the police de-
parlment. he appropriation for the police
department the current year was S6000 Tie
amount earned by the department accruing
to the city during the year is sos 90, making
the amount earned together with the appropri.
atlon o,lJo w. Inc ordinary expenses of
the department are as follows =
Salary of marshal, S1lO0 90
Salary of captain of the watch and watch
!. men, 453a.61
Extra police on military occasions, 100 90
Extra police Oh Sunday, rs 90
Extra police at theater, II on
Extra police at Bgelow monument celebra-
ton. q IN
Extra police at cattle show Is GO
Extra police at circus, II 90
Washing and labor in cleaning watch
house, so Il
iI pol ,loeuiSeIs account, IA 81 |
Marshais account for cash paid out ~ O3 |
New stoves for police and Inarshas office AZ n |
New blankets for the police Office 10 % |
Repairs in the police and marsha's Office II "a |
Sundry small bills for the department. "a "a |
Aulouh'ihg III all 10 the sum of S6467 S. |
Being an excess of expenses over earnings
and the appropriations for the department. of |
Two hundred and sixty nine dollars and eighty. |
five cents.
In my quarterly reports have credited the
city with the fees earned by the marshal as
complainant before the police court. But at
the last term Of the superior court, Tor the
trial OF criminal causes it vas ruled that the
law restoring fees to officers did not appI, to
the city marshal; therefore, the city became
the loser to the amount OF about two hundred
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