The Portland daily press., 1883-05-08
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the
City Council.
SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS APPRo-
PRIATEp FOR A NEW FIRE ENGINEu
Election or Liquor Agent Evergreen
Cemetery communicated from the
Mayor Salary Bill Re-committed,

The regular monthly meeting OF the City
Government was held last evening.
In Board OF Mayor and Aldermen.
The full board was present and the follow
ing business transacted
An invitation was received from Bosworth
Post, G. A. r., for the City Government to
participate in the observance Of Memorial day.
The invitation was accepted with thanks.
Micah j. Strout was appointed special police
without pay, at the P. s. o. r. R.. Daniel H.
Towle at the rooms Of the Reform Club, and H.
T. Cook and VIM. Burnham at City Building.
Ebenezer Rich at Forest City Cemetery, and
Freeman Libby.
A petition that N. B. Noble be appointed
Liquon Agent was placed on file.
The secretary and treasurer OF the board OF
trustees OF Evergreen Cemetery presented his
annual report, which was accepted and placed
on file.
The bond Of VIM. NJ. Marks, secretary OF
the board of trustees of Evergreen Cemetery,
was approved.
The City Solicitor gave an opinion in the
case of A. w. Whitmore, who petitioned that
a fine imposed on him for the removal Of a
tiee on Danforta street, be refunded that he
HAA ANt I0A1tact ~ WAtbiu bht HpuefG
Of the City Council to practically assume the
funetena o. the Superior Court. and to author
izs the sum refunded. The report was received
and placed on file.
The committee on public instruction, to
whom was referred the petition OF II. Fox and
others that the correspondence and kilograms
received In the fire Of 1865 might be preserved,
reported that they he'd consider ed the matter,
aud recommended the passage of an order that
they be placed in a proper box and pu. in the
safety deposit vault. The matter was laid on
| the table.
| The joint standing committee on finance re-
| ported that they had examined the cash and
securities in the hands OF the City Treasurer,
and found they compared with the balances ex-
hibited In the books
The usual order TO pay the Portland Dispen-
sary $50 was passed.
| The bonds OF Michael Gulliver and James
| b. Wiley, as victuallers, were approved.
The report of the City Treasurer was pre-
senled, showing the receipts OF the city for the
| year to be 81, ,15s. .90T.si, and the expenditures
to be sl,O9o,5si.3i; leaving balance in the
Treasury OF Si2s, ,323.50
| The City Treasurer made the following
statement Of receipts and expenditures Of
Evergreen Cemetery for the financial year
| ending March 3lst:
Balance brought forward. ...:,...."...s AL "a
| Appropriation of City Council 1000 00
Received from sale OF lets...... 1888 16
Other sources $3.50 81
sIs,7o1 2s
| DIR.
To pay roll........".,-.,..s 9.233 81
Sundries s................... 5,0s6 b3
Balance to new aecount..... 1881 A
Twitchell, Champlin & Co. asked that Johr
FL. Greenough be appointed inspector o.
| oils at their oil works on West Commercial
street. The petition was laid upon the table
Rssel T. Fields sent in his resignation as I o
liceman, having accepted position on ths
Grand Trunk railroad. His resignation was
accepted.
The following licenses were granted:
yictuallers--I. @. Leach Julia A Roberts
Geo. ID. Reembs, II. N. Bates, III. Walsh, E. I
Conway, p. Keegan, Michael Gulliver, It. E
Anderson y. y. Percy, w. Freeman, A. Win
chester, j. f. Murray, A, @. Arey, III. M. Par
ker, l.. w. Atwood, Robert Drew, IL. Freeman
Il Co, s. w. Fletcher, L. j.. Kimball, Sewa
Lang, s. johnson, w. l.. Gill, III. b. Shaw, s.
III. Cannon, ID. i. Murdoch, r.. III. Rich,
R, Taylor. Geo. ID Bibber, Louisa Wicker
stfone, Rebecca johnson, George Webster
Nellie A. Reed, A. Paine, j. ii. Frost. G. j
Hodgdon, Il. p. Morse, Sarah Costello, Ed
nund Tobey.
Innholders- Geo. waterhouse, M. s. Gibson
J. X Martin, VIM. II. Mcdonald, J. w. Rob
inson.
Employment ofice--Mrs NJ. E. Titus, Mrs
Mary Thayer.
Pawnbrokers--J. G. Mcfarland, patricl
O'Malley, Geo. E. Currier, j. III. Coolidge.
Jank Dealers-I1dward Gallagher, William
Shea.
Billiard Hall Keeper y. II. Perry.
SALARY BILL.
The Mayor read the following communica
tion to the Board
The failure OF both boards of the city coun
oil TO agree on the salary bill, requires me Il
call your attention TO the fact that SOM
method should be adopted TO reach q just AM
unanimous decision, that those who depend ol
their salaries should not be Inconvenience,
| long, but that the business OF the city sh0ul
not be delayed and caused to suffer at th
| hands OF the city government. / wish to cal
your attention to the fact upon record, that
member OF the lower board, member Of th
conference committee, declared on entern
the committee room that their minds wer
made up and conference was useless" de
caring then in full cognizaDce of the fact tha
section Of the joint rules and orders say
'such committee OF conference shall meet an,
state to each. other the reason of their respec
tive boards for or against the matter In cor
troversy and confer freely thereon, thus seem
ingly having an understanding that under n
circumstances would they meet committee o
the part Of the upper board to consider th
failure TO agree. Such being the fact, / cal
see no method for you to adopt except TO re
commit the salary bill TO the committa
on salaries. This course will not b
productive Of delay on the part of either boar
for had the two boards agreed upon the bill
my views of It's provisions were such that
should probably have returned II without M
approval. My reasons would have been sub
stantially that the salary bill as IL now stand
is an old bill handed down yea
after year without change, and witt
amendments and provision tackled upo
the salaries of different officers whic
have become obsolete and ridiculous, as tn
city has outgrown the primitive munieipa