The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-09

The regular meeting of the Board of Com
mon Council was held last evening.
Papers from the Board OF Mayor and Alder
men were received and passed in concurrence
Orders pdssed-That all business transacted
on the evening OF the meeting of the Common
Council by the Beard OF Aldermen be laid unon
the table; that the Committee on Printing be
and hereby is authorized to make arrange
ments with the daily papers of the CITY to fur.
nish, for the use of the City Council, printed
slips, containing full minutes of the proceed
ings OF each Board, at stated and special meet
lngs, providing tie same can be done for the
sum OF $l25, the same to be charged to the ap-
preparation for printing; that the Committee
on fn0hc Buildings be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to sell at public auc-
ton the one story wooden house on the CITY
lanu on spring street, near Centre street, the
Guy having no further use for the same: that
the joint Committee on Printing be and here
by are authorized to make a contract to do the
city printing with the party who, in the opin-
Ion OF the committee, has or may make the
lowest proposals to do said printing, after ad-
vertlsng Tor proposals to do the same: that the
Committee on Finance be directed to report at
the next regular meeting of the Board upon
the expediency of authorizing the CITY Treas
urer tS dispose of the whole of the four hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars of bonds of the
State of Maine now held by the CITY. and with
the city due in the year 1877 that the Com
mlttee ON Cemeteries and Public Grounds be
and are hereby authorized to contract for suit
able gates to be placed at the proper openings
on Lincoln lark; that the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings be and they are hersby authoriz-
ed and directed to have the bills against the
parties occupying the lands belonging to the
city on Milk and Market streets settled as thew
may deem expedient for the interests oil the
city. that to defray the expenses of the city Of
Portland for the Financial year commencing
with the first day of April, 1868, the sum OF
$7lO,O43.56 be appropriated
The report of the Joint Standing Committee
on Streets, Sidewalks, &c, r.lating to the
grading OF streets, was read and accepted.
The Committee on Damages of Grading
Streets, on the petition of Mrs. Sophia Manuel
reported recommending that the sum of $75
be paid. Read and accepted
The Committee on Laying Out New Streets
recommended that the distractions be re-
moved from the passage way leading from
Fore to Franklin streets. Accented and
adopted.
The Committee on Salaries was directed tC
again report on the expediency of allowing
additional compensation for the arduous du-
ties OF the late Treasurer on account of the
Building Loan, reported that they were not
prepared to recommend the principle of allow
ing additional compensation for these services.
Read and accepted.
The Joint Standing Committee on Public
Buildings, to whom was recommitted the re-
port OF the committee on the petition of j, L.
Boston and others respecting rent of land for
market and other purposes on Market and
MIX Streets having given the petitioners a
second hearing, made report, which was read
and accept.
Alfred o. Loring was elected Constable.