The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22
MAINE TOWNS.
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Cape Elizabeth. z
"A LEG AL TOWN MEETING HELD
SATURDAY.
Tt will be remembered that the first
meeting in the new town of Cape
Elizabeth was illegal because the mode
rator was not sworn. Conseq uently a
new meeting was necessary. This was
held at Grange hall. There were two
tickets in the field, but the following
was elected with little trouble:
Town Clerk-Edward F. Hill.
Selectmen. Assessors and Overseers of
the Poor-Charles Peabbles, Nathaniel
Dyer, Clement e. Staples.
Collector of Taxes-Alvah 3. Poland.
Town Treasurer-Edward F. Hill.
experimenting School Committee
Ernest NJ. Jordan, Nathan l.Sawyer, Ed
ward F. Hill, Pomeroy. W. Jordan, Ed
gar W. Jordan.
Town Agent-Elisha N. Jordan,
Town Auditor-Harry S.JoIdan.
Truant Officers-Edward F. Hill, Pom
eroy W. jordan, Nathan I.Sawyer, Ed
gar W.Jordan.
Town Constahles = Albert Jordan,
Charles W. Goddard, Fred, Burkhart
Edwin r. Files, VS.. Jones, John =.
Peabbles, Geo. e. Cushman, VIM. c. Rob-
inson, E. r. Prout.
One hundred and forty-nine of the
towns 225 electors were present and
voted. Mr.. Charles E. Jordan was mode
rator and was duly sworn.
The following appropriations were
made:
For schools. IS 800
Poor. 800
Roads and bridges, 1900
Winter and Spring bills, $50
Town charges. 1000
Messrs. Charles Peabbles, Nathaniel
Dyer, Clement E. Staples, Charles T..
Jordan, M. j. Peabbles, Albert F Han
naford and William G. Robinson were
chosen a committee to determine the
public Indebtedness of the town. 1t was
voted to pay Ia per cent Tor the col
Letting of taxes. One hundred dollars
was appropriated for COLLECTORS COM
mission. 1t was voted to allow per
cent discount on taxes paid within four
months of commitment and appropriate
$125 therefor.
Three hundred and fifty dollars was
voted for Free High School instruction.
1t was voted to authorize the seieotmen
to hire temporarily SO much money as
may be needed;to pay the same for labor
per hour as last year; to pay town clerk
$25 and town treasurer $50. Twenty-Five
dollars was appropriated for decoration
day. The management of the town Iafn
for the ensuing year was left to the Sc
lectmen. $50 was voted for repa1rss ON
school buildings and $50 for text BOOKS
1t was voted TO fit up a selectmen.s once
in Grange. hall, and 500 was appropri-
ated to furnish and to purchase sucn
books, etc., rs might be necessary
The selectmen we're authorized TO DE-
termine the several highway d'stfi in,
and appoint highway surveyors me ne
seiectmen were authorized to JOIN the
selectmen of South Portland to arrange
for running and marking the division
line. 1t was voted that future town
meetings should be called by postln
attested copies of the warrant, one a,
Grange Hall, one at Bowery Beach, anu
one on Ephraim's Dyer's corner. Al
journed to the third Saturday III June
at 2 o. clock p. m.
Wiscasset.
Wiscasset, April 19.-Steamer oagaoa
| hoe, of the Kennebec and Boston nus
which has been lying at Erskin's wnafl
this winter, sailed for Bath rriuas
morning, April 18th. She has peen ~"
dergoing quite extensive repairs severe
new state rooms have been bulle aux
electric lights have been added 10 ne
comforts. She goes to Bath 10 ieeel''
her dynamo and some finishing lo"'Ae
preparatory to going into service.
l There was an assignee's sale riAA"'