The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-19
CITY AFFAIRS.

An adjourned meeting Of the City Council
was held last evening.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The Standing Committees were announced
as follows:
On Liquor Agency-Aldermen Giddings, Bal
ley and Rice.
and Aldermen Lynch and Deering
On Drains and Secers-Aldermen Bailey
Gil on and Rice.
On Health-The Mayor and Aldermen Rice
and Gibson.
Lewis. Deering and Bailey.
On Police-The Mayor and Aldermen Gid
dings and Gibson.
The Joint Standing Committees were also
announced on the part of this Board. Sent
down and joined by the Board of Common
Council. They are as follows: ....
On Accounts-Alderman ellison; Councilmen
Milliken and Gould.
On Bells and ClOcks-Alerman Lewis; COun-
cilmen Buagess, Chase and Knowlton.
On Cemeteries and Public GrOunds-Alder-
man Lynch; Councilmen Fuller, Bradford and
Mari. e
On Engrossed BMs-AIderman Bailey; Coun-
cilmen Colesworthy, KnowltOn and Green.
On Fire observation-disclosures Rice and
Lynch; Councilmen Winslow, Dow and Smith.
on Finance-The Mayor and Aldermen Gid
dings and Lewis; Councilmen Fuller, Mari
On Judicial Proceedings and Claims-The
Mayor and Aldermen Lynch and Deering;
Councilmen Gray, Milliken and Gould.
On Laying Out Neao Streets-The Mayor and
Aldermen Giddings and Rice; Councilmen
Bradford, Chase and Files.
! On Public Buildintfs-The Mayor and Alder
man Giddings; Councilmen Fuller, Files and
On Public Instruction-The Mayor and Al
derman Deering; Councilmen Robinson, Dow
and Burgess.
On Street Lamps-A1derman Deering; Coun-
clmen Gray, Colesworthy and Phillips.
On Streets, Sideaodlks and Bridges-Aldermen
ellison and Lewis; Councilmen Tempson, Wins
low and Shirley.
License as an Auctioneer was granted f. o.
Bailey.
Rules and Orders, reported, and the report was
accepted.
Alderman Bailey offered an additional Sec
ton to the Rules and Orders, providing that
the salaries of all subordinate city officers shall
be fixed by concurrent action of the two
Boards, and, after being so fixed, shall not be
increased during the year. The additional sec
ton was adopted.
Alderman Rice also reported Rules and Or
ders for the government of the Board of Alder
men, which were adopted.
The Mayor reported upon the petition OF N.
S. Fernald for compensation for injury done
his hack by its being upset, that if the driver
had exercised common vigilance the accident
would not have occurred; and, therefore, the
petitioner have leave to withdraw. The re-
port was accepted.
The Standing Committee on State Pensions
was authorized to employ an assistant if
deemed necessary
A Joint special committee upon the salaries
of subordinate city officers was raised con-
sisting Of Aldermen Giddings, ellison, Bailey
and Rice The Common Council Joined Messrs.
Burgess, Green, Tompson, Shirley, Mari, Mil
lilsen and Gould.
The Mayor nominated, and the Board con-
firmed, the following appointments =
Undertdkers-David Stillings, William Still
Mason, George Fessenden, e. III. Ripley, John
w. Neal James Jordan James Tobin, Charles
L: Williams, Mark Wiggin, Henry Bennett,
Charles Sampson.
Police-John S. Head, Marshal.
Alonzo Wentworth, LIST Deputy; w. B. Irish,
I'd Deputy.
Policemen James W. Adams, Benz. Burn
ham, Thos. P. Beals, Alden w. Barber, John
B. Bowie, John w. Collins, Oliver ii. Davis,
Joseph w. Eastman, VIM. Foster, Ruel N.
VIM. W. Hall, VIM. H. Libby, Jonathan Me-
serve, Joel w. Merrill, VIM. HI. Robinson,
Robert f. Smith, Cyrus B. Trask, Charles III.
Williams, Clinton L. McIntire, Otis burlington,
James "A. MabCneWS, COSepu H. nice, IldShell
Jordan, Joseph G. Sterling, Robert Pennell,
George HI. Cammett, George S. Wilson, Philip
s. Corliss w. r. Garland.
Superintendent of Evergreen Cemetery. - A.
P. Fuller. st.+..
Superintendent of Burials.-Lewis Bunce
Superintendent of Forest City Cemetery.-E.
Fl. Ripley.
Inspector of Gas Metres-E P. Haines
The Board proceeded to elect the following
officers:
Overseers of the House of COrrectioa.-Elisha
Trowbridge, Nathaniel Ellsworth, John Brad
ford Edmond Phinney.
Order of notice was voted on petition of T.
G. Hersey that the Forest City Sugar Refinery
may erect two stationary steam engines.
An order was passed to take all papers from
the files, that were referred by the last City
Council to the present, and refer them to the
appropriate committees.
The several undertakers were appointed
special policemen without pay. Also, s.. w.
Emery, James HI. Derrick, John Griffin and
William G. Hart.
Petitions presented and referred.-Of III. B.
Hart and ais. for brick sidewalk on the North
side of Portland street; of E. r. Harlow for
compensation for property destroyed by the
city July 4th, 1866; of Thos. Cummings and
ais. for continuation of East Commercial
street; of engineers of steam fire engines that
their pay be fixed at So per day; of B. w.
Jones for increase Of salary as Harbor Master.
Adjourned. if Fl Ia EfEr