The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-15
Evening Session.

BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Immediately after assembling the Board
went into joint convention with the Council.
After the convention the following busin oss
was transacted:
Nomination .of James S. Gould to be
superintendent of burials was approved.
w. j. Mcdonald and Lorenzo Wallace were
appointed special policemen without pay.
The bonds of Edwin A. Leighton Stephen
D. Hall, James S. Gould, William W. Graves
and John B. Smith as constables were ap-
proved.
Nomination of Seth Sterling to be police
man was laid on the table.
Alderman Chapman and Winslow were ap-
pointed committee on the part of this board
on revision of the ordinances.
An order was passed that the Committee on
Public Buildings, when appointed, cause the
Aldermen'S and Common Council rooms to be
properly ventilated.
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
The two boards met in joint convention and
elected the following officers:
City Clerk-H. 1. Robinson.
Treasurer and Collector-Henry w. Hersey.
City Audtor-Cyrus NOVEL;.
City Messenger-John L. Shaw.
City Solicitor-Clarence Hale.
City Civil Engineer-Wm. A. Goodwin.
Street Commissioner-Hanson S. Clay.
Harbor Master-Charles H. Knowlton.
City Assessor for three years-Cyrus X. Ladd.
Assistant City Assessors-Ward l. Thomas A.
Bowen; Ward 2. Thomas Pennell; Ward 3, Edwin
A. Leighton Ward 4, Charles G. Douglass; Ward s.
Henry S. Trickey; Ward 6, Charles Il. Rich; Ward
7, VIM. HI. Plummer.
Weigher of Hay-Eli L. Wing.
Weigher of Hard Coal and Plaster-Richard
Cole.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-william R. P.
Cross.
Ringer of City Bell-Wm. A. Stillings.
Superintent of Clocks-Wm. S. Lowell.
Truant Oficer-Charles A. Beals.
Chief Engineer Fire Department-Granville H.
Cloyes.
Assistant Engineers-1st, Charles D. Shilling s.;
I'd, Amory H. Rogers; Sd, Charles w. Gushing; 4th,
Engineers of Steam Fire Machigonne
No. l, Edward w. Porter; Portland No. 2, John
Cousens; Cumberland No 8, Alfred Wiggin; Fall
mouth No 4, Thomas H. Williams; Casco No. 5,
Charles P. French.
City Physician-George H. Cummings.
Consulting PhysIcians-Eugene W. Brooks, Ma
hum A. Hersom, Horatio N. Small.
Superintendent of School Buildings-Francis E.
Pray.
years-Charles w. 7. Cooling. Ezra n. Perry, Henry
S. Trickey, VIM. H. Green.
Surveyors Of Plastering.;John G. Stevens, Thos.
City Constahes-Cyrus K. Bridges, John L.
Shaw, Thomas A. Bowen, Frank w. True, james
Joseph D. Decelle, Thomas Pennel VIM. H. Plum
mer, Levi S. Pennell, Philip B. Hughes, Dennis To-
bin, Lorenzo I. Chase, John Andrew, Jr., Adam w.
Barbour, VIM. W. Graves, Stephen D. Hall, James
G. Mcfarland, Grin Ring, Benjamin W. Slower,
Jesse H. Crowell, Rensselaer, Greedy, Edwin A.
Leighton.
Weighers of Coal and Iron-James H. Baker
Samuel Rounds Cyrus Cole, Calvin B. Poor, Paul
Prince, Augustus II: Prince, Henry L. Paine. Chas
Barnes, Henry F. McAllster, John S. Conley wal
ter Kelley Joseph LaRochelle, Joseph Larochelle,
yr., John F. Randall Albert ]; Randall, Charles F.
Gerrish, o: W. Eldridge. Frank W.: York, N. NJ
Woodman, j. H. Baker, Jr Frank H. Cole.
Surveyors of Ship Timber-Lorenzo TAYLOR, Ma
than Dyer Cyrus X Ladd, Thompson, Nathan
iel Walker, VIM H Simonton.
Surveyors of Lumber-Edward L Clark, Nahum
Jr, Lewis l. Thurston II Larrabee, Harris G
Barnes, Henry Billiard, Jerome Rumery M w Rip
ley, A s Legrow, VIM Walker, Thomas Deering,
mings, G H P Larrabee, w E Phinney, Edward
Cummings, Dame, Cyrus Ladd Howard Wins
low, Palmer Duly Cassius d Richardson, Edmund
G Merrill, James Horton, Samuel M Smart, Pliny
Allen, W Noble, Charles Z Deering, james Nc
Crink, Henry Bacon, Geo " Usher.
NIllard Hicks
Weighers of Lumber-Edward buddy, Martin
Kavanagh, David Decelle.
Weighers and Gaugers-Arthur M Small, George
McAllister.
Measurers of Wood and Bark brought by carts
ton, LaRochelle, j LaRochelle Jr.
Measurers OF Wood and Bark brought by railroad
and water conveyance-Wm Huse Lewis L Thurs
Augustus H Prince, Arthur Libby, A d Morse Har-
ris Barnes, Charles H Pike jerome Rumery.
Pound Keeper-Eli L Wing.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Samuel Cobb
Lewis l. Thurston.
Surveyors of Granite-Daniel NJ Mannix,. Geo E
Hawkes..
Cullers of Hoops and Staves-Loring Lombard,
Levi j Jones.
Wegher of Fertilizers-S Knight, d Ellis.
Weigher and Measurer of Leather-W II Roberts.
1t will be seen that Chas H. Knowlton was
elected Harbor Master. in place of BENZ. W.
Jones, the caucus candidate. On the first
ballot 26 votes were thrown and each received
| 10; on the second q votes were thrown, Mr..
Knowlton receiving 10 and MIR. Jones r..
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
| After meeting in joint convention the Coun-
Gil took up the contested election case in ward
| four.
The clerk at the request of Mr.. Pennell,
read the opinion of William Pitt Fessenden,
rendered in 1874, as City Solicitor, in a case
similar to that of Mr.. Sullivan. Mr.. Fessen-
den gave it as his opinion that under such cir
cumstances members of former board could
not rightfully be en- titled to seats in a new
board; in other words, could not hold over
without creating the anomaly of City Coun-
Gil with members of dead council-men