The Portland daily press., 1866-03-27

Prior to the passage of theorder appointing
the Joint Standing Committees, orders were
passed for the appointment of Joint Snecial
Committee on Salaries, and for Special Com
mittee from this Board on Aid to Soldiers
Families.
Communication of the City Engineer, C. R.
Goodell, Esq, appointing Frank d. Moore and
VIM. L. Bradley as LIST and 2d Assistants in
ments.
y communication from the same, recommend
ing the purchase of the Fort Sumner lot for
the purpose OF obtaining gravel, was referred
to the Committee on Streets, &c.
Petitions presented ard referred-Of Free
dom Nash 81 ais, for brick sidewalk ON Casco
and Prospect streets; of G. K. Laid & ais,
for sewer in Spruce street; of Lemuel Bry-
ant q ais, for brick sidewalk on the NV side
OF Wlmot street, between Cumberland and
Oxiord streets; of j. T. McCobb, attorney for
Snaries w. johnson, for remuneration for
manages l to Johnson's hack, caused by the un-
sa.e s.ate OF Canal street; of Frank M. Smith
~ ~, PERMISSION TO keep fish market at OF near
~ .f1 n corner y OF Cumberland and Wilmot Sts.
State street; of Edmund Libby (, ais. for brick
sidewalk on the north side of Portland street.
-@ IN CONVENTION. .
A Convention of the two Boards was hold
for the purpose of electing certain subordinate
city officers. The following were elected:
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Samuel
Cobb, Joseph Batchelder, Leonard Penny, An
drew l.. Taylor, Thomas Wildes, Andrew Bar
ry, James +. nj. johnson, ARENAS Prentiss,
James Powell, James FL. Rogers, Ellis Mans
field, Thomas Tracey.
City COnstable-Henry P. White. ,r
Surveyors OF Woo and Bark-Andrew NJ.
Benson, John Guilford, Benz. F. Brock.
Surveyor OF Lumber--AndreW NJ. Benson.
Surveyor of Mahogany and Hard Wood
Benz. Larrabee, I'd. l-lrad1E'i G' -r.[
The Convention then dissolved. s.r .r.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. a
A motion was submitted by Alderman Whit
temore to proceed to the election of Gas Agent.
But the Board of Common Council having adj
| journed he withdrew the motion. q Q ,rTs'1-l
An order was passed for paying soldiers who
enlisted on the quota for this city since Feb.
9th, 1865, under the call of Dec. 10th. 1864.
who were engaged in active service out of the
State and have been mustered out. or to the
heirs of those who died in the service, the sum
OF $50 additional bounty. ie -ot ~ ~ 3 %
An order was passed to pay the usual amount
| OF State Aid the present year to the families
| OF soldiers and sailors who had participated in
the land or naval combats during the late war
| An order was passed to take from the files
OF last year all papers referred by that City
Council to the present, and referring them to
the appropriate Committees - ~
| Alderman Southland offered an order that a
committee Of three from this Board be raised,
to enquire into the expediency of appointing
one or more suitable persons to be inspectors
OF Flour, under the act approved Feb. 23d,
| 1856. The order was passed, and Aldermen
Southarc, Phinney and Whittemore were APP
pointed said Committee. g.. ~
An order was passed, in concurrence, in
| structing the Committee on Cemeteries, &c. .
TO select and set apart such lots in Evergreen
Cemetery, not already sold or in use for other
purposes, as they may deem necessary, for the
erection of reservoir Adjourned. q 2