The Portland daily press., 1877-04-03
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the City
Council.

Ihe regular monthly meeting Of the City
council for April was held last evening and
the following business was transacted:
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
John Melaugh and James 81. Tobin were APP
pointed undertakers and 81 ecial policemen.
Andrew j. Cummings, Daniel B. Burns,
James S. Lombard, Lsander G. Phillips were
| appointed special policemen without pay.
Henry S. Burgess was licensed as an auc-
tioneer.
The bonds of Henry W. Hersey as City
Treasurer, of Cyrus NOVEL; as City Auditor
were approved.
The joint standing committee on public
buildings reported recommending that the De.
titioners for the change of rates for weighing
hay have leave to withdraw.
The Mayor stated that as some new facts
had come to his attention since the appoint-
ment of Henry g. Stone as policeman he wish
ed to withdraw, it whereupou the board recon-
sidered the vote whereby they approved the
appointment of Mr.. Stone
Orders Pased-That the auditor of accounts
be directed to lay before the city council on or
before its next stated meeting estimates of the
expenditures and receipts of the city of Port
land for the current fiscal year ending March
31St, 1878; that a committee of two on the part
OF this Board and three on the part of the
Common Council be appointed to makeEin-
curry awhether there arelany parcels of unprO-
ductive real estate belonging to the city which
it would be for the interest of the city to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of, and report there
on at the next stated meeting of the City Coun.
Gil. This Board appointed Alderman Hasel-
tine and Cunningham, and the Council Joined
Conncimen Latham. Chaplin and Hayden.
Petitions Presented and Reterred-Of G. E.
Jordan to erect wooden building on flats be-
tween Pearl and Wilmot streets to be used as a
cooper shop and storehouse; of G. w. Gushing
Tor PERMISSION to erect wooden building on
Mubjoy street; of Woodbury. S. Hatch, ct ais,
for sidewalk on westerly side of Hampshire
street between Newbury and Federal streets;
of citizens for the building of sidewalk on the
corner of Pine and Carleton streets.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The school bill which passed the upper board
at the last meeting, came down, and Council
man Haskell moved to amend it by providing
that the School Agent must provide the schools
with stationery and other apparatus by con-
tract to the lowest bidders The amendment
was adopted and the bill was passed to its Gee
ond reading. An attempt was made to lay it
OF the table, but it was voted down and the
bill as amended was passed
councilman Haskell proposed an amendment
to the ordinance providing for truant Off
cerr, which made the truant officer member
of the police force and under the direction of
the Marshal and deputies
Councilman Chapman objected to the ordn-
ance as amended and it was refused first
reading.
The report of the committee relative to the
fees of the weigher of hay was laid on the table
Until the sum to be charged for the use of the
scales was settled.
JOINT CONVENTION.
Joel W. Merrill and James M. Black were
chosen city constable; Augustus W. Berry as
measurer of wood and bark, Wilbur A. Lord,
N. S. Hazelton and George FL. Davis survey
ors of lumber, A. 81. burlington weigher of
coal and iron and measures of wood and bark.
On the first four ballots for fourth assistant
engineer of the fire department. there was no
choice. On the fifth ballot Augustus L. Chase
received majority of the votes and was de-
cared elected vice r. S. Rand resigned.