The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-02

The regular monthly meeting of the Cit
Council occurred last evening. Considerable
business was transacted in both Boards.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
JURYMEN.-Alvin Deering, William Curtis
George Durham, Jr., Jeremiah G. Floyd
Daniel Clark, John Dennis, John Randall ant
Sylvester Mari were drawn as jurors for the
January term of the Supreme Judicial Cour
(civil), which commences its session % the
third Tuesday of this month.
The Joint Special Committee on the sub
ject of petitioning the Legislature for an act
authorizing the city to insure the property OF
its citizens, reported that it was inexpedIent
to petition for such authority. The report was
accepted.
The report of the Widows Wood Society OF
the beneficiaries Of the Clapp Fund the past
year, was received and placed on file.
Petition of heirs of Elias Merrill, that the
City Council will rescind its order laying out
Chadwick Street without allowing damage tic
the petitioners, was referred to the Committee
on Laying Out New Streets.
The Committee ON Judicial Proceedings re-
ported, upon petition of John Sparrow, that
the tax upon the Sugar Refinery proposed to
be established here, be RENTED for five years.
After some debate, in which the Mayor and
Aldermen Donnell and Phinney took ground
against RENTING the tax as an injustice to
= Hon. j. b. Brown, who had, at great expense
established sugar mandatory here and had
always paid the taxes, Messrs Whittemore
Morgan and Foster spoke in favor of the re-
port and for remission of the tax. The report
was accepted, and, subsequently, an order was
passed exempting said Company from taxation
for the period of five years by the following
vote:
1EAs.-Ald. Jack, Whittemore, Morgan
and Foster
NAYs-Ald. DonneI and Phinney.
1.-THE Common Council concurred in the
passage of the order.
Mrs. j. p. Thurston had leave to withdraw
her memorial, presented at former meeting,
which was laid upon the table in this Board.
Report of the City Engineer on the sewer
cor~''ucted in Bank Street, was read and &C.
copied. f.s
-.r papers in relation to increasing the pay
of the police, were taken from the table on mo-
ton of Alderman Foster The order increas-
ing the pay of the Police to 500 was mega
tived by the following vote:
Yeas Whittemore and Foster. Nays
Jack, DonneI, Morgan and Phinney.
On the order to increase the pay of the
Marshal to 81 POO, and the Deputy Marshals t.
$3.50, the vote was unanimous against 1t.
Leave to withdraw was reported and voted
upon petition of John Harrison for remunera-
ton Tor damage to his property by defect In
the sewer in Fore Street.
Orders Passed-To pay the Widows Wood
Society S240-the interest on the Clapp fund;
Appropriating $2,750 for payment of a lot OF
land on Bracket Street, adjoining the school
house lot; To pay Phillip Cassidy $3.50 for
land taken to widen the southerly end of the
Western Promenade; To pay 5. B. Beckett
$3.50 for services in taking the census of the
city; Directing the City Engineer to prepare
a street book, in which the bounds and rum
ming Of all the streets in the city shall be kept;
Authorizing the Committee on Fire Depart
ment to make all necessary repairs on the
steam fire engine Machieonne; Directing the
City Marshal and Police officers to use in
creased vigilance in prosecuting persons who
sell liquor; Establishing the assessments for
the new sewer in Bracket street connecting
with Pine Street; Directing the City Engineer
to cause an accurate survey of the Eastern
Promenade to be made, with plan of the
most suitable grade to be established.-Ad-
journed. 4kf ~a