The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-06-07
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
Considerable Business Transacted
Last Evening.
THE INFIRMARY GETS A DONATION
OF $4,000.

City Solicitor Says Band Concerts are Le-
gal-Pay fof Firemen-Registry of Dogs,
Special Policemen, Methods of Auditors
Office and Other Subjects Considered.
At the meeting of the city government
lart evening considerable business of
routine and miscellaneous nature was
transacted; but nothing came up in either
board to occasion much debate, except
the order giving $1,000 to the Eye and
Ear Infirmary.
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
Present, the Mayor and Messrs. Cup
till, Tolman, Gallagher, Bracket and
Rogers.
We Shall Have Band Concerts.
The opinion of City Solicitor J. J.
Lynch as to the legality of band con-
certs was received. The city solicitor
calls attention to section 16 of the Char
ter, which says: ''They (City CounciD
may assess money for celebrating the
anniversary of our National Indepen-
dance and other public celebrations"
Inc queSLlOu hangs upon Uno meaning OF
'sother public celebrations
The city solicitor is not aware that
this point has ever been passed upon by
Name courts; but Massachusetts courts
have. in 140 Mass. 467. Hubbard VS. City
Of Taunton. From this the city solicitor
concludes that appropriation of money
for band concerts would be legal.
This question of band concerts was
held up in a conference committee, hav-
ing passed the lower board in May. Last
evening the Aldermen receded and con-
Cured with the lower board.
Messrs. Simpson, Howe and Smith
were appointed from theCommonCou Council
as a committee under the order, for ar
ranging the concerts. To these the May
or added Aldermen Gallagher and Rog-
ers.
The committee will determine wheth-
er any of these concerts shall be held on
Sundays. From the sentiments ex-
pressed last evening it seems that con-
test will come up on this point in the
committee.
A portion of the committee are bent
on having Sunday concerts, while others
are against it. The question was dis
cussed informally last evening after the
adjournment. Aldermen Gallager and
Rogers seemed opposed, and it is proba-
BILE that one at least of the councilmen
on the committee will act with them and
defeat Sunday concerts.
The Donation to the Eye and Ear In
Urinary.
An order to give the Maine Eye and
Ear Inirmary $4,000 came up from the
lower board passed. With the order
came petition asking for it's passage.
This petition was signed by a long list of
the most prominent business and profess
sional men in the city.
Alderman Gallagher moved that the
order have passage as he considered
the institution very worthy one.
Alderman Guptill moved that the or
der be laid upon the table until the city
solicitor could be consulted. Mr.. Cup
till was not certain that the appropria-
ton would be legal.
Alderman Bracket said the city had
appropriated 5000 for several years for
the institution. If that was legal, this
was.
Mr.. GuptilPs motion was voted down;
and then the order passed only Mr.. Cup.
till voting nay.
Deposit of Rubbish.
Alderman Gallagher introduced an Or
der which was passed unanimously, that
all refuse arising for care of streets and
construction Of streets and sewers, and
by the operations of corporations or indi-
viduals, shall be delivered and deposited
on land belonging to the city, under di-
rection of the street commissioner with
the approval OF the committee on streets,
etc.
New Fire Company and New Horses.
Alderman Rogers introduced an order
that the organization of new engine
company, to be known as Chemical No.
1, be and is hereby authorized in &C
cordance with Sec. 10 of fire department
ordinance. This company will consist of
three men at a salary not to exceed So. 25
per day each. Mr.. Rogers presented an
order authorizing the fire department
committee to purchase the horses for
use of the department at a cost of not
more than $500, which is to be charged
to fire department appropriation. These
two orders received an unanimous pas
sage.
Special Policemen.
The following were appointed special
policemen without pay: Howard P
Knight, Howard F. Hall, Chas. R.
Moore, John W. Clapp, Henry Chamber
lain, Lewis A. Littlejohn of Peaks Island
and Ezra Drew.
George D. Reemts of Ward was ap-
pointed special policeman in the en-
ploy of the city at Peaks Island.
The Methods of tie Auditors Office.
Auditor Deake, in making his monthly
report of the amounts expended on APP
preparations, called attention to what he
considers defective methods of keeping
the accounts of his office. He recon-
mends that as soon as any committee
makes a purchase or contract the terms
of the same be forwarded to the auditor
to be entered on his books against the
appropriation. According to the present
method the auditor knows nothing of
these contracts or expenditures until the