The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Re gular Monthly Meeting of the
City Council.
Considerable Rise in Annual Sal
aries.
$4,000 Appropriated for the G. A.
r. Encampment.
The Rules Governing Police Exam
inatiOnS.

Aho regular monthly meetlng OF tn6 Olty
Council was held last evening.
I'm Board of Mayor and AIdermeR.
The full board was present, with Mayor
DeeriDg in the chair.
COMPETITIVE POLICE EXAMINATIONS.
Mayor Decking referred to the act OF the
Legislature in regard to the police of Portland,
and read the following order with the rules
and regulations reported by the special GEM
mittee to which the matter was referred:
Ordered, That the following rules and regu-
latlons respecting the competitive examina-
ton Tor the police force are hereby adopted by
this board:
RULE l. The Mayor shall in the month of April
appoint three persons to act as a police examining
board one of whom shall be appointed for one year.
one for two years and one for three years, and ali
subsequent annual appointments shall be for three
years.
RULE 2. The examining board shall In the month
OF April organize by the election Of chairman and
clerk, and all subsequent meetings for the purpose
of examining candidates shall be held on the irst
tuesday evening OF each month, in some room of
the city building to be designated by the Mayor.
RULE 3. Amy vacancy occurring in the board
shall be filed by the Mayor for the unexpired
term.
RULE 4. The examining board shall Immediately
prepare and transmit to the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen code of rules to govern admission to the
police department, and no rule or rules shall be
Aldermen.
The rules and regulations we're adopted.
The Mayor appointed the following examin-
ing board:
For three years-Edward B. winslow.
For two years-Augustus S. Thayer, NJ. d.
For one year-Charles w. Goddard.
The appointments were confirmed.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
For commission of cemeteries and public
grounds, the MAVOr Qnnniutad.
For three years-George Walker
Two years-Alonzo W. Smith.
One year-Capt. Jacob s. Winslow.
George Humphreys, the present superintend-
superintendent of burials. The nomination
was approved by vote OF to 2, Aldermen
Dennison and Noyes voting nay.
The nomination OF Fred q. Haskell as trus-
tee OF Evergreen Cemetery, was rejected by
vote OF 3 yeas to 4 nays, Aldermen Prince
Sawyer, Dennison and Noyes voting nay.
SKATING Kinks.
The petition OF Charles E. Warwick for a Ii
cense to maintain a roller skating rink at the
corner OF Federal and Church streets, was pre-
sented. The act in reference to rinks, passed
by the Legislature, was read. This act re-
quires rinks to be licensed, and also com pels
their closing at 10 O'Clock in the evening, un-
lass permitted by the local municipal govern
ment to keep open later,
On motion OF Alderman Denison, the peti-
ton was referred to special committee which
was instructed to consider and report as to the
advisability of licensing rinks. Aldermen
Denison, Sawyer and Russell were appointed
the committee.
1t was voted that blank forms for licenses be
prepared, to be filled out by applicants in the
usual way.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The joint standing committee on engrossed
bills reported that they had found the ordi-
nance relating to the Board of Health to be
properly engrossed. 1t was then passed TO be
ordained. The mayor appointed Alderman
Sawyer member Of the board for two years.
and Alderman Denison for one year.
COMMITTEE CHANGES.
The joint COMMITTEES on rules and printing to
whom was referred the consideration of the
rules and orders of the city council recon-
mended the following changes:
1st-The discontinuance of the board of commits
sioners en- cemeteries and public grounds.
I'd The appointment of joint standing commit
tee on rules and orders.
3d-That the committee on engrossed bills be
committee on engrossed bills and printing.
4th-The appointment of joint standing COM
mittee on mayors address.
bth-The repeal of sec of rules and orders re-
latlng to committees of the city council.
The recommendations were adopted.
SALARY BILL.
Chairman Birnie, Of the committee on sala-
ries, reported the salary bill. of which the fol-