Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-02
City Hall Meetings.

City Hall Meetings. Of 6lae Boards of Police and
 Fire Commissfoners and the Board Of
 Realth-ElectIom Of Clerk for the Conn
 mittee on Building Lines.
 The various city commissions. the road | department excepted, met last evening for | organization, and, as the result shows, the | makeup of the slate is different from that l proposed by ss44e of the knowing ones, which again proves the old adage true that ''there is many slip" &o.
 FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
 The Board of Fire Commissioners met in their room at 7:30 o'clock. Present, Con- missioners Mullen, Brown, Fuller, Holcomb pointed temporary chairman and on m otion the Board proceeded to elect a permanent president of the Board Commissioner Full CT received the unanimous vote of the Board as president and was declared elected. He returned thanks for the honor conferred and then called for other business. A ballot for clerk resulted in the unanimous choice of B. M. Prescott, who so ably filed the position for the past two years. The president ap- pointed standing committees as follows
 Standing Committee on Houses and Re- pairs-Mullen and Fuller. Apparatus and Repairs-Brown and Evarts. Horses and Houses-Holcomb and Mullen. Fire Alarm Telegraph-Evarts and Holcomb. Supplies Fuller and Brown.
 Bills were approved as follows: Sundry bills, s ,O12.56; pay roll, $2, 21S.80.
 The applications of Philip F. Reilly to be driver; J. B. Morgan and James A. Gowey, stokers John W. Camp. foreman, and Frank V. Shanley, hoseman, were read and ordered on file.
 The following appointments were made:
 William c. Smith, assistant superintendent of fire alarm telegraph; Charles B. Martin, driver of hose 4, to be driver of steamer 2;
 William M. Page, extra driver, to be driver of hose 4 Julius B. Morgan appointed to be
 extra driver call stoker Charles E. Clark to
 be permanent stoker of steamer 5; hoseman Edward Hoffman, of No. 2, to be permanent stoker of No. 8; hoseman Johnson Walker, of No. l, to be permanent harness man and
 serve as hoseman on No. 2; hose driver Samuel Hurley, of steamer No. l, to be stoker of same company, and John Mullen, stolzer, to be hose driver; substitute John F.
 Doherty to be hoseman of No. l. Ad-
 journed.
 POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
 The Police Commissioners held their regu-
 lar monthly meeting for the purpose of or ganization and approving bills. Commis- sioner Hooker was chosen temporary chair man. The pay roll amounting to $6, ,969. 83 and sundry bills amounting to $162. 10 were approved.
 The applications of James c. Owen, Sidney Gerard, Thomas Ward, Thomas P. Kane and Louis P. Kone for positions on the force were read and ordered on file. A ballot for president of the Board was or l dered and resulted as follows: Whole number of votes.. William J. Atwater. ..2 Frank H. Hooker The second ballot resulted as follows: Whole number of votes -5 Patrick Gallagher. Frank H. Hooker. II Commissioner Atwater was declared elect ed. Adjourned.
 BOARD OF HEALTH. The adjourned annual meeting of the Board of Health was held last evening. Present, His Honor Mayor Robertson, president ex oficio, Professor Brewer, Dr. Whittemore and Messrs. Sperry and Welch. Complaints were made regarding the in efficient removal of garbage by w. G. Allen, Henry Storer, Samuel D. Gilbert, E. E. Kim berly and Mary Allen. Mir. Lawrence, the contractor, explained h1S reasons TOT non- compliance, which were accepted with the understanding that he should investigate the complaints and report at next meeting. Bills for the month of January amounting to $354.77 were approved Officers of the Board for the ensuin year were elected as follows: President, Profes- sor Brewer: clerk, Charles R. Whedon health officer, Dr. Charles A. Lindsley. The salaries of the clerk and health officer were fixed at 5000 each, the same as last year.
 The clerk and executive officer submitted their annual report, which was ordered printed.
 The reports of the sanitary inspectors for the past month were received and ordered on
 file. Adjourned.
 COMMITTEE ON BUILDING LINES. The Committee on Building Lines held 8 ! meeting in the Mayors office last evening for the purpose of organization. The candi- | dates for clerk were A. J. Kennedy, the clerk of last year, and Capt. Thomas O'Brien, 8 l member of the Board of Relief Captain O'Brien received a majority of the votes and was declared elected.
 Judge Pardee and Liquor Prosecutions. Representations having been made that | Judge Henry D. Pardee was unduly lenient l in cases of liquor prosecutions, the following 1 extract from the court records is published, which speaks for itself.
 TABLE AGAINST LIQUOR DEALERS BEFORE THE CITY HAVEN, MARCH l, 1879, FEBRUARY 1, 1881.
 Under Judge Stoddard. Number of nai1a R aI-oft