Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-16

A SPECIAL ACT FOR Understandable leg
islature passed to be enacted and the governor
signed, on Saturday, the bill to legalizc a war
rant for another municipal election for the choice
of mayor in this city, and the board of alder
men can now proceed in the usual was to order
an election for successor to the lamented
Mayor Blake, The following is the text of the
new act:
Sect. l. The board of aldermen of the city of Wor-
cester hereby authorized to issue their warrant
for the election of mayor in place of James B.
Blake elected mayor at the last annual election held
in said city, and since deceased; and the mayor
elected in pursuance of such warrant, having first
been duly qualified, shall hold his office until the
termination of the present municipal year of said
CITY, and until another shall be chosen and qualified
in his place.
Sect2 Whenever the mayor elect of said city
shall die before entering upon the discharge of HIS
duties 1t shall be the duty Of tine board ofaldermen
and of the common council Of said city respective
y by vote to declare that fact; and the board of al
dermen shall thereupon issue their warrant for
new election of mayor, to be held at such time as
they shall deem advisable; and the mayor chosen at
such election shall bold MS office for the term for
which such deceased mayor was elected, and until
another is chosen and qualified in his place
sect D. Ihls act shall take effect upon its passage.
The New LIBRARIAN.-Our citizens, inter-
ested in the free public library must reio ice
that the charge of this important institution is
to devolye upon one who has taken deep in
terest init and is so well fitted to discharge the
duties of the place. Mr.. Samuel S. Green, the
new librarian, enters upon his duties to-day, and
will, by his courteous manner, his acquaint-
ance with the workings of the library, and his
love for books soon give proof to the public that
the directors made an admirable choice of per-
son to fill SO useful and responsible position 1t
is a noteworthy fact that Mr.. Green is nephew
of the late DR.. Green, whose muniiceuce founded
one department of the library. He has been
valuable member of the board of directors for
the past four years, serving on its most useiul
committees. Going from our city schools to
Harvard college, where he graduated in 1858, he
has since led the life of a student, varying it by
voyage to the Mediterranean, by learning the
forms Of business as bookkeeper and teller at
two of our largest banks for a time, and by study
at one Of the professional schools at Cambridge,
where he also graduated. He is a young man
but 80 years old-and brings to his office excel
lent qualifications and valuable experience. His
recent able report to the directors showed him
to be close student of library economy and
the great public, for whose benefit this library
is gathered and TO whom it belongs, will find
that he is "the right man in the right place"
MEssRs. EDITORS: -There was a notifying mis-.
take in my notice respecting the "History of Wor-
cester in the War" published on Saturday, and !
ask for room to correct it. The types make me say
that the 'recOrds of the Massachusetts volunteers"
were prepared by myself OF course had nothing
to do with the preparation of that immense work
twas done in the Office of the adjutant general,
and so well done that it will always be the standard
record of the officers and soldiers who went from
Massachusetts, to put down the rebellion. In max
ing up the "Roll of Homer in the history those
records" were literally copied.I A. P. MARVIN.