Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-15
Board of Councilmen.

Lewis Administers the Oath-ElectiOn
 of OHicers-President Gallagher's Ad-
 dress
 The first meeting of the newly elected Board of CounciImen was held last evening.
 The meeting was called to order by His Honor Mayor Lewis.
 Assistant City Clerk Crowley read the cer- tifcate of the election of members of the Court of Common Council, and the certificate of the election of members.
 The clerk then called the roll and the oath of office was administered to the mem- bers.
 His honor then appointed J. Fl. Goodsell, of the 18th ward, president pro tenn of the
 board, he being the senior member of the
 board.
 Councilmen Earle of the Second and Wolfe
 of the Fourth were appointed tellers.
 John c. Gallagher and Henry B. Sargent
 were appointed tellers.
 The first ballot resulted as follows:
 John 0. Gallagher ................-......24
 Henry B. Sargent ent......-..................9 g Resolution appointing John c. Gallagher
 president of the board was passed un-
 animously.
 The president pro tenn asked.Mr. Gallagher
 the president-elect, to take the chair. He did so and the newly elected president then administered the oath to Councilman Daley, of the Tenth, who came in after the election of president
 next in order.
 Timothy J. Crowley was the only nomi- nee.
 The ballot resulted as follows: Whole number of votes, 35; Timothy J. Crowley, 35.
 The usual resolution was passed declaring
 MT. Crowley elected Assistant City Clerk.
 The election of page was next in order. David R. O'Donnell was placed in nomina- | tion. There being no other nominations, ! on motion of Councilman Stevens, the clerk | was instructed to cast the ballot for Master O'Donnell and he was declared elected. The usual resolution was passed. Peter Carberry was placed in nomination | for sealer of weights and measures and there ! being no contestant the clerk was instructed | to cast the ballot for Mir. Carberry and he | was declared elected. | Richmond w. Armstrong was elected direc
 tor of the Derby railroad in concurrence | with the Board of Aldermen. Resolution that the rules of the Board of I Councilmen for 1883 be adopted until other ! wise ordered was adopted. Resolution that all business left over from | 1883 stand in the same relation to the coun- | of cil 1884 was passed. Resolution that the joint rules of 1883 be | adopted until otherwise ordered was ap- ! proved.
 Resolution appointing His Honor the | Mayor, Alderman James H States and the ! Auditor committee to borrow money as the | city may need. Passed. Resolution appointing five Aldermen and | twelve Councilmen to act as the joint con-
 mittee on nominations of the Court of Com nom Council for 1884 was passed.
 The president appointed Councilmen Sar- gent, Stevens Melia. Caldwell, Hollis
 Goebel, Knoth, Graves, Clark, Perry, Futile \ and Kent.
 Petition of Charles Whittlesey to be ap- pointed special constable was passed in con | currence.
 Petition of John w. Rose to be appointed | special constable was laid on the table
 Petition of James J. Harvey for appoint
 ment as keeper of the Beach street bath house ! was referred.
 The board elected Charles Graves and | Frank P. Mills members of the Board of | Finance for one year. Petition of the Elm City Boat club for per- mission to erect 8 building at the foot of ! Ssltonstall avenue was referred. Petition of Cyrus Northrop for sewer in I St. Roman street was referred. Petition of Connecticut Savings bank for compensation for land take in the extension ! of Mulberry street was referred. 1 Monthly report of the Board of Public Work for December, 1883, was read by title l and ordered on file Report of the clerk of the City court for l December, 1883, was read and ordered on f file.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de | layout and extension of Rosette street was 1 read, accepted and layout adopted as reported Petition of J. Gardner Clark for change | of order de Court street pavement and for a | new hearing on the same was read. Resolution granting land in rear of the City Hall for public barn was passed in 1 concurrence.
 Resolution appointing committee of three consisting of His Honor the Mayor, one AL derman and one Councilman to take such | measures assmay. be deemed necessary to se- ! cure by the legislature the passage of an act ! ordering the widening of the Tomlinson bridge draw to one hundred feet and put ting the bridge in good and thorough repair at the expense of the Bridge company was passed.
 Report of the Committee on Ordinances de permits for buildings outside the fire limits was read and tabled for printing. Petition of John J. Byrne to be appointed
 keeper of the West river bath house was re- ferred.
 Annual report of the lamp department was read and referred to the Committee on An nual Reports.
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas- ures for the two months ending December I5, 1883, was read and ordered on file. Report of the East Rock Park commis- sioners was read and approved to the com nittee on annual reports to be raised. The Auditors report for 1883 was read and referred to the committe on annual reports ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GALLAGHER.
 After the table had been cleared of all
 business President Gallagher made short address, thanking the members for the honor they had conferred upon him. q would
 like to add few words, " said he, s'concerning our duties as councilmen. This year our city
 will celebrate it's centennial, and it is for you
 to see that it is done appropriately but not extravagantly. This year, too, there will be 8 national election, with it's attendant excite ment, and we must be most careful to keep out of our deliberations political interests of all kinds. It is probable that the question of consolidating the town and city govern. ments will in some form or another be brought to your attention. resolution concerning Tomlinson's bridge is ready for your action to night. The old State House problem has not yet been solved. You will therefore see the necessity ofs attending regularly our meetings, when items of such importance
 re liable at any time to come up for. your consideration.
 ''I would like to suggest one or two changes in our mode of procedure I wish that the
 resolution passed last year, and which requir- ed each applicant for the position of special constable to furnish his name In full, resi- dence, occupation and reason of appointment, could be made by law or rule of order I think that more difference should be shown
 to the chairmen on the part of this board of
 the various standing committees. When the
 report of a committee is under consideration, the chairman ef that committee should be ready to state the reasons for the committees
 recommendations and to answer all reasona-
 ble questions concerning the subject of the ] debate. This leads me to say that most of I the real work of the Court of Common Coun- | oil is done in committee It is as much your ! duty to attend committee meetings as it is to | be present at the sessions of this board,
 ''Ehere is report concerning the cost of repairing this council chamber which has