The Portland daily press., 1872-03-12


the necessary rules and orders of each Board.
Aldermen Winship and Mccarthy were APP
pointed on the part of this Board. The Coun-
ell appointed MeSsrs. Clement, Sampson and
Brunei.
Ordered-That all bills and claims against
the city shall be referred to the appropriate
Committee for approval, and shall, prior to the
payment thereof, be approved in writing and
signed by majority of the members compris-
ing the same, in Committee actually assembled
for the purpose; and the Auditor is instructed
to audit and allow no such bills OF claims un-
less approved as aforesaid
Adjourned to IL o'clock.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
The Council proceeded to the election of
President of the Board for the ensuing year
and made choice of William II. Fessenden,
Esq, of Ward +.
Mr. Fessenden, ON being conducted to the
chair, addressed the Board. He said that the
Office to which he had been elected was one not
to be sought nor declined He thanked the
members for the honor that they had done him
and assured them that he should rely upon
their forbearance and look to them for assis-
lance in fulfilling the duties of the position.
b. Barnes, Jr., was reelected Clerk OF the
Board for another year.
Mr.. Barnes thanked the Board for this mani
festation of confidence. The unanimity with
which they had called upon him to perform the
duties of the position was especially gratifying.
paid him, and hoped to give satisfaction in his
office
1t was ordered that the rules and orders Of
the last Common Council be continued in force
until otherwise ordered.
Papers from the Board of Mayor and Alder
meu were disposed of in concurrence, under q
suspension of the rules.
Adjourned to IL o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Both branches went into joint convention i'm
mediately after assembling and the following
subordinate city officers were elected, the sue
cessful candidates receiving about 25votes each:
City Clerk-Hosea Robinson.
Treasurer and Collector-Heury w Hersey.
Messenger-George Ingraham.
Auditor-Cyrus Novel;
Solictor-3oseph w Symonds.
Civil Engneer-William A Goodwin.
Commissioner of Streets-John F Leayitt.
Visiting Oticer-Joseph Short.
Harbor Master-Benjamin ". Jones, -- go.
Assessor-William Fox. -5-'r
Assistant Assessors-William Weeks, Ward 1; Wal
f e Wsld MsnrI T Msm Es Ward
Gardiner, Ward 6; VIM d Mariner, Ward7
Weighers and GaugerS-Arthur M Small, George
McAllister. ~ Fl
Weigher of Hay-John Taylor -a ..
Weigher Of Hard Coal and Plaster-Richard Cole.
Sealer oil Weights and MISREPRESENTATION r P
Cross
Ringer of City Bell--wiliam StIings.
Superintendent OF Clocks-William H H Hatch:
School Committee for three years-Chas F Libby,
than Cleaves, NJ Frank, Thomas Pennell. ~ =. 'f
School Committee for two years-Thomas Reed.
School Committee for one year-Clarence Hale, Jas
Z Haseltine. s4l.- l.~ .ls r3iiasa.- eI
Truant Officer-William Fitch a44,st .if y
Chief Engineer Fire Departmental j Cummings.
First Assistant-Frank A Merrill. itlrs fna Dlg
Second Assistant-G HI Cloves .ll,4f ID. t-cF f-au1l
Third Assistant-N Nahum Littlefield y uH..1 . 5if ID
Fourth Assistant-John + Chase gIatlI .s9g
Engnemen-Edward w Porter, Engine No 1; John
Cousens, Engiue Ne2; Alfred Wiggin, Engine No 8;
Geo Hayes, Engine No 8. .,.....
City Physician-Barzillai Foster. - go
Consulting Physcians-John Gilman, Augustus
Thayer, Horatio n Small. ."s . - i'f
ovefseers Of tho Poor-H H Burgess, Francis E
Keeper OF Powder Magazine-William H Bige-
low. =
Surveyor of Plastering-George H Hanson ..ilr
City Constables- Thomas Beal, George T Ingra-
ham, William H Plummer, Arthur NJ Sawyer, John
S Head, James Gould, Henry Gallison, William
b Irish, Lyman Hall, Joseph A Perry, Thomas Mack
ey, Alonzo II Libby. 5GsiE4FT sfs9ege,F
Surveyors of Lumber-Isaac Libby, Edwin Glenn
Walker George Larrabee, Ezra Russell, Spencer
Rogers Joseph X Merrill Rufus Deering, Nahum
Libby, james Berry, james Knowlton, Benjamin
w Ripley, Cassius M G Pratt John Roach, Geo.
S Sylvester, Francis Widber, Andrew w Thomp-
Jr., Alexander Edmonds, Nathaniel Pierce, Andrew
Benson, Luther Pingree, Manly Skinner, E L
G Lewis, Samuel L Lyford, Lewis H Cole, John L
Bracket, Robinson Williams, A S Lyford, Jerome
Rumnery, A Legr0w, George Means, Lewis L
Thurston, Charles III Merrill, A A McFadden, Simon
Sawyer, William Kiby, Joseph Wldtmore, Henry
agan, Palmer Duly, e G Smith. 1x
Surveyors of Mahogany aud Hard Wood-A M
Benson, Benjamin nsley, Simon A Dyer, Samuel
Rich, Nathaniel Walker, Increase Pote Francis II
Widber, Charles III Blake, John B Cummings, Ben
jamin Larrabee, Nathaniel Walker. '''''fi % d
Surveyors of Masts and Spars-Joseph W Dyer,
William II Simonton, John Bradford, William W
Dyer, John Thorndike, John Bradford, Robert
Holyoke Joseph Roberts. 4.
Surveyors of Ship Timber-Joseph w Dyer, Chas
Jordan, VIM w Dyer, Lorenzo Taylor, D w BDwn,
Nathan Dyer, Joseph X Merrill, Henry Trickey, VIM
Curtis, Nathaniel Walker.
Cullers of Hoops and Staves-George Burnham, Geo
Dow, Emery Gushing, Stephen 3. Chase, John Brooks
John Chase, Thomas 7. Sawyer, VIM r Hartman,
George Mcclellan, John Hobbs, Edmund Phinney,
Dow, Levi J Jones, Hora 10 White, Abraham w
Whitmore Albion Harmon Joshua Hobbs.
MeaSurers of Wood and Bark brought by Railroad
and Water C0nveyance-Reuben Holt Andrew M
Benson, Benz Brock, Albert j Merrill W Stew
ems, VIM Huse, Lewis L Thurston, Samuel Libby, VIM
Walker David Chandler, Paul Prince, Simeon
Shurtleh, Arthur Libby, Daniel Mayberry
Measurers of Wood and Bark brought by Carts and
Sleds-Amos Grover Worthy Barrows Francis
Tibbetts, John Baker, Winslow Hall, David Lib
by.
Culers of Dried Fisli-John Chase, Jeremiah Proc
tor, Willard, Geo Trefethen, Joshua w Sawyer,
Emery Gushing, Francis Sawyer.
Pound Keepers-James Powell Ell Wing, John
Taylor, Isaac Libby.
Tythingmen-JacOb Quimby, Mark Wiggin Louis
Bunce, Geo Fessendep.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Samuel Cobb
James L NJ Johnson John Taylor, James Powell
Thomas Tracy, John Weeks, Isaac Libby. $780,