Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-03-19
CITY COUNCIL

4 Special Meeting Will Be Held Next Monday
Evening.
The outgoing city government met at
9l5 and the records of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The following paper came from the
board of aldermen abatement of the sewer
assessment against George f. Macomber
he having previously paid the same
The board Of aldermen passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
City OF Augusta,
In board Of aldermen. March IS, 1895.
This being the last meeting of the board
Of aldermen for the municipal year 1894 5
it is fit that there be some formal rccogni-
tion Of the respect due to it's presiding
officer, therefore be it
Resolved, That this board extends to
Mayor Chas. A. Mlliken it's thanks for
the fair, courteous and impartial manner
with which he has presided over it's de-
liberations, and that 1t is the belief and
that success and honor will attend him in
his official duties and I'D his private life,
in the future as they have in the past.
In the common council votes of thanks
to the presiding officer, President Dud-
ley, and the clerk, Chas. r. Hall, were
passed and the gavel was presented to Mr..
Dudley, the retiring president OF the
body. At 945 both bodies adjourned
without day.
At 10 A. M. the aldermen and council
men met in joint convention, which was
called to order by the city clerk who called
the roll He then administered the oath
of Office to the two bodies respectively.
The convention dissolved and each branch
organized. In the board Of aldermen Fred
Cony was chosen president On the bal
lot Fred Cony had 4, G. H. Cunningham
I, and S. A. Miller 1. In the com
mon council VIM. Fl. Allen was chosen
president, receiving seven votes, ID. W.
Webber 6 votes, and Chas. r.. Hall was
chosen clerk.
Joint convention was then announced
and called to order by President Cony of
the board of aldermen. Alderman Gun
ningham and Councilmen Wardsworth
and Coburn were appointed the committee
to announce to the mayor elect that both
branches of the city government bad duly
organized and were ready to administer
to him the oath of Office. The mayor was
sworn by the city clerk.
Rev. C. A. Hayden offered prayer
The mayor announced that owing to
sickness he had been unable to prepare
his inaugural address for this meeting.
The convention then proceeded to the
election of city officers with the following
result:
Lewis A. Burleigh-City Clerk.
J. r.. Townsend-City Treasurer.
Joseph II. Wall-Assessor.
J. +. Bcan---City Marshal.
Il. J. C. Little-City Solicitor.
ID. =. LeClair-City Physician.
G. Ii. Gannctt Street Engineer
j. A. Norton Street Commissioner
Western District.
Parker n Savage Street Commission
or Eastern District.
S. W. Lane Auditor.
G. W, Ricker-Chief engineer.
Elbridge Pedder-lst Asst. Engineer
n. II. Cay Second Assistant Engineer.
J. II. Townsend Collector,
A. ID. Russell-Member experimenting
school committee.
Alex McCausland- Driver City Team.
There was no division in the election OF
the above. A ballot for keeper oil city
clocks resulted in the election OF Harry
=. Lowell who received IA votes, George
X. Rosworth Z. The election of the other
officers was deferred and the joint con-
vention dissolved.
Two orders passed in concurrence were
That tho regular meetings OF the city
council be held on the second Monday
evening of each month at 7.30 O'Clock
also that adjournment of this meeting DC
TO next Monday evening at 7.3o o'clock,
when the mayor will deliver his inaugur-
a, address and other city officers will be
chosen.
Then President Allen announced as
members on the part of the common colih
Gil of the committee on accounts Couh'
cilmen Webber of Ward 3, Cobtirn o'
Ward s and Parkman of Ward l. The
common council then adjourned. The
aldermen appointed as committee on ac'
counts for that body Aldermen Cunning
ham of Ward l and Lewis of Ward 0.
The committee on pensions is composee
of Aldermen Cunningham and Cross
The board then adjourned.
(. Chjld's Thouuhts are Quaint. Queer Thoughts
An Augusta miss of six years seeing
her father open letter and take out
slip of paper asked What's that papas
''That is bill my dear. why did TN
post office people allow EN- to SEND its'