The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-07

made by the City Council in which mem
bers of the Council are interested, an
which passed second reading on Mafeh
49, was reported by the committee OF
| engrossed bills as truly and correctly en-
crossed The report was accepted aho
the ordinance then came up on lts pas
sage to be ordained.
On motion of Alderman Pagan, it was
given second reading. The vote was
unanimous.
THE CVERSEERS OF THE POOR
VS.. THE BOARD.
A Herman leighton presented COM
mun ication from the board Of overseers
of the poor, senclosing the contract OF the
overseers with Sewell Lang for fish and
Sargent, Dennison & Co., Tor GOAL, and
asking the road to approve or reject the
same. To a certain degree the communl'
cation from Secretary Baker was re-
| quest for instruction.
Alderman leighton then introduced an
order as follows "That all existing con-
tracts made by the board of oyerseers OF
the poor of the city of Portland with
members of said board of overseers, are
hereby declared null and VOID, and the
board of overseers are hereby requested
and instructed to resoind the same.
"Ordered, further, that the board of ov-
erseers Of the poor are hereby directed to
advertise for bids for all supplies to be
f1rni G bQdftn ho of no MI of the
workhouse or elsewhere after the first of
May, 1895.
Alderman Ilsley said it seemed to him
that the matter had been covered by the
ordinance already adopted. He asked for
the reading of all the papers submit ttrd
Secretary Baker, and at the request OF
the mayor the papers were read by Alder
man Leighton.
Alderman Leighton said that while he
had all possible respect for the members
of the board of overseers of thu poor, he
believed the ordinance should be lived
up to.
Alderman Pagan said the treasurer was
already forbidden to pay any bills con-
| traoted with any member of the board.
If they desired to furnish the goods un-
der the circumstances the city would be
so much in.
| Alderman Thompson asked if the board
had right to declare null and void the
contracts made by the overseers.
The Mayor-"We have clearly the right
| to disapproye.
| Alderman Thompson-'Yes.
| Alderman Kehoe said that this board
had passed an ordinance forbidding the
overseers to trade with themselves. II
might be a question whether up tonight
the overseers did not have a right to make
a contract, but they waived that, and il
is now before this board by consent of al
parties interested. He favored the order
presented by Alderman Lei ghton.
The order was then given passage.
Alderman Leighton then moved to re
consider, and to insert the word fdisap
proved" in place of "null and void
Adopted and the order was passed in its
amended form.
THE FIRE LIMIT.
l. Alderman Leighton read the annua
report of Building Inspector j. C. Ward
who recommended that the fire limit bt
extended so as to make the limit State
street instead of High, and from Cumber
land.to Portland and Oxford streets TIL,
present provisions governing the erection
of new buildings within the old fire lilni1
to apply to the nav lines.
| Alderman Pagan presented an order tt
carry out the recommendations made by
Inspector Ward.
Alderman Kehoe, thought that hear
| ing might be asked for by some of the
| interested parties, and the order wen
| over.
| The report of Inspector Ward was the I
received and placed on file ON motion O.
Alderman Mcdonald.
A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
| The board was at this point informed
that the Common Council had refused tt
concur on the salary bill, and asked fol
a committee of conference
Mayor Baxter appointed Alderman
Ilsley and Alderman Howell as thu
members of that com mittee on the part O.
the board, and pending the report of tn,
committee the board took recess.
THE BOARD LISTENS TO "A RE
PORT.
Alderman Ilsiey said that the commit
tee could not agree. The lower boart
was not willing to make the salary O
Mr.. Staples of the department. of publ
works $1400, instead of $1,000, and had in
creased the salary of it's clerk to $50.
Alderman Thompson moved that thi
board stand by it's original action
A dopted.
Alderman Isley thought it might b