The Portland daily press., 1868-12-15
City Affairs.
A special meeting of the Board of Mayor

A special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen was held last evening.
Jurors-Charles Burns, Charles Fl. Marks,
Milton Higgins, r. w. Gage, Matthias Libby.
Albert B. Stevens, Daniel Gill and Jonas W.
Clark were drawn as traverse jurors for the
January term of the Supeeme Judicial Court
Albion Blackstone, HAGEN Nj. Chase, John
G. Baker, Ezra T. Hartford, Charles Sager, c.
HI. Fling, Archeaus L. Fox and Henry Kim.
ball were drawn as traverse jurors for the jan
uary term of the Superior Court. The four
first named come in tue first Tuesday aud the
last four the second Tuesday
The ordinance relating to numbering the
streets having been correctly engrossed, was
passed to be ordained.
The resignation OF William II. Stewart as
Sd Assistant Engineer Of the Fire Department
was read and accepted. A joint convention
was formed and Granville NJ. Chase was elect
ed to fill the vacancy.
license as inn keeper was granted T. E.
Ward of the st Julian Hotel.
Petition Of George Warren for remuneration
Hampshire streets, by altering the grade of
those streets, was referred to the committee on
damages for grading streets
An order was passed in concurrence to nav
John A. Larrabee the amount he paid, at a
city sale, for lot of land to which he did not
obtain any title.
Petition of the Portland Light Infantry
Company for aid was referred to the Commit.
tee on Finance. Adjourned.
IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Common Council was held last evening.
Various papers from the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen were acted upon in concurrence
The order passed in the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen to hire $4,000, to be added to the
original appropriation for water expenses, for
the payment and purchase of hydrants, &C.
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Councilman Chadwick, of Ward 4, offered a
preamble and resolution in relation to letting
the City Hall ON Sabbath evenings for con-
certs.
The preamble sets forth the action of the
Board of Aldermen in passing resolution re-
questing the Committee on Public Buildings
not 10 let the hall for concerts on Sabbath
evenings
The first resolution urges protest against
such restriction.
such concerts tend to the cause of morality
&c.
Ihe third resolution expresses the belief that
in no way can the public mild be SO fully ele-
waited as through the gentle and intellectual
influence Of music.
The fourth resolution urges upon the COM
mittee The hope that they Will continue their
action in this matter, and consent in the future
as in the past, to let the hall for sacred concerts
with such restrictions as they in their good
judgment may deem best.
Some discussion arose. which was participant
ed IN by Mr.: Burgess, who opposed the reSolu-
tons, and Messls. Chadwick, Jose and Nc
Carthy, who supported them.
Mr.. Burgess offered a subs itute for th 3 reso-
lutions that the Committee on Public Build
ings be requested to refrain in future from let
ting City Hall for concerts and similar enter
tainments on SUNDAY evenings.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Burgess was
lost by vote OF yeas 10, nays 10, as follows:
eas-Burgess, WinsIow, Knowlton, SWEET
Gould Thompson, Smith, Moves, Merrill, Chap
manic.
Nays-Lynch, Harmon, Chadwick, Mccarthy
King Mari, Jose, Wright, LeavItt, Winship-
10.
The question then required upon the passage
of the resolutions offered by DR.. Chadwick,
and it was voted that the resolutions be taken
up seriatim. Hl ~
On the first resolution the vote stood 10 yeas
and 10 nays, and it was lost. The members
who voted for the passage of Mr.. Burgess sub
stitute voting nay, and those who voted against
it voting yea.
1t was then voted, on motion of Mr. Mari,
to lay the remaining resolutions on the table.
MIR. King of 5, offered an order directing the
Committee on Fire Department to sell any OF
the Lowery hydrants now unused, and that the
proceeds of the sales be passed to he appropri-
alton for water purposes. The order was pass
ed without division. Adjourned.