The Portland daily press., 1893-06-30
olTY GOVERN EMIT.
Special Meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen.

n ePooidl meeting OIL TIC DOdru OF
Mayor and Aldermen was held yesterday
afternoon, the Mayor presiding;
Petitions We're received to- erect wood
en- buildings from Lucien Snow to erect
an addition to wooden building on
Spruce street; of Ezra Hawkes., an addi-
tion to No. lit Grant street.; Elizabeth
Dodge, to erect coal shed on Clark
street; L. 7. Chase, to erect dwelling
on Cherry street; r. S. Webster 6 Bros,
addition to dwelling on Pine street; R.
H. Ball, addition to dwelling on Pine
street; Richardson Wharf Company,
building on Richardson's wharf; Roland
A. Kent, corner of Mayo and Lincoln
streets. These were referred to the
committee on new wooden buildings
with instructions to report.
Petition of W. w. Huston to move
building on Salem street, was granted,
provided he pay all damages that may be
incurred.
The licenses of E. Ponce, Simon Rubin
off and j. A. Pine to keep billiard halls,
were granted, subject to approval of the
city marshal.
Petitions of Harmon Davis, Bernard
Aaronson, Davis Brothers, Nathan
Druker, Moses Brown. David Schwarz
and Simon Sivovolas for licenses as pawn
brokers were granted, subject to the
approval of the city marshal.
Catherine Foley was granted license
to keep an employment office, and j. w.
Brackett merry-go-round, subject to
the same conditions.
James P. Malone, George W. Gray,
John W. Davis, Frank Fl. sprague, Ow-
en- Bonv onie were appointed special po-
licemen without pay.
S. w. Joy, A. w. Barbour, George f.
Harmon, f. Smith, B. G. Flaherty, F.
NJ. Smith, J., Mullen, S. B. Day, G. J.
Clement, E. e. Powers, E. HI. Tilnmons,
r. w. Joy were appointed special police
for the Fourth of July. e
Petition of j. B. Jordan was laid on
the table until The next meeting.
The Mayor said that j. B. Totman had
been appointed a special policemen at
Peaks Island at the last meeting. After
his appointment facts became known
that he had not heardsof at the time he
made the appointment He suggested
the reconsideration of the appointment,
and it was so voted. The appointment
was then rescinded.
Itwas voted the marshal issue an or
der for the prevention of the firing of
guns and crackers during the movement
of the procession of the fantasies and
grand parade on the Fourth.
These petitions of victuallars were
granted, subject to the usual condi-
tons:
Levi Bros, Cornelius Conlev.
Lizzie Burns, Elizabeth A. Herbert,
=. A. Sawyer, E. L. Mcintosh,
G. E. Gushing, Hosea French
Y. G. MountfOrt A. 7. Sterling,
j, A. Pine, Peter Grant,
G. F. Grant.
A list of SO persons were granted
permission to sell fireworks on July
4th.
The Mayor began to read report
from the overseers of the poor, stating
that an inves igation had been ordered
in the case of Casey, the keeper of the
insane Swede. He remarked that seemed
to be ancient history and not the report
of the investigation committee as he
thought it was when he took it up. Mr..
Prince saide he was away at the time of
the investigation and called on Mr.. Nc
Gowan to explain. Mr.. MCGOWAN had
no reflections to make on the almshouse
management, but thought keepers of the
insane should be carefully selected. He
offered these resolutions which were
passed after the Mayor had suggested
waiting till the report of the committee
had been received:
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
June 20, 1898. I
Whereas 1t is part of the Divine Economy
that the poor shall be always with us, and
whereas. The social character of the city is
best judged by the merits of it's public charita-
BILE Institutions therefore be it
Resolved, That in the opinion of this board
the inmates of theaAlms House, particularly
those suffering from mental diseases. should be
placed under the care of kind, intelligent and
competent persons. who, from past experience
can properly administer to their wants. r{
Resolved, That the custom of selecting keep
erS from inmates of the Aims House (more par
ticularly those suffering from loathsome diseas-
esq, is most pernlciouS practice and should be
discontinued at once
Resolved. That no male keeper should be EN-
played who Is under the age of 81 wears and
who is not citizen OF the United States, and
who cannot produce a certificate OF good moral
character and a proper recommendation for the
position of keeper.
RESOLVED That the City of Portland should
annually appropriate an amount sufficient to en-
keepers as the foregoing resolutions require, if
the customary appropriation be inadequate.
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