The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
WEsrBRooK CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Monthly Meeting Of the
Board Last Evening,

Changes Proposed in tho Manner of Elect
ing Members of tho Scoool Board
Petitions for Attachments.
An adjourned nesting OF the city
council was held Monday evening. Mayor
Cutter read a communication from the
Portland and Rochester Railroad com
pany in regard to the placing Of gates at
Spring and otroudwater streets, and
Superintendent Peters of that company
said the matter would be placed before
the directors of the company at their
next meeting.
The osder appropriating $3.50 for school
books had it's sscond reading and final
passage. An order 10 pay the Portland
Water company s107. 80 was given final
passage. The council resolved itself in
to committee OF the whole to listen to
the abuttors OF tho new sewer on Forest
street aa to certain assessments for the
same
A. N. Waterhousa appeared before the
committee saying he bad been wrongful
ly assessed and explained it fully to the
committee. City Solicitor +. M. Ray
appeared before the committee for the
schoul committse as to making changes
in the city charter relating to the election
OF school committee Solicitor Ray also
spoke in regard to several minor changes
in the city charter. The discussion was
participated in by President Craigie,
Mayor Cutter and others of the board.
The mejority of the board were in favor
of changing the election of the school
committee SO that there you'd not be a
new board elected every year.
10 amend section two by substituting
the word seven in place of the word
"ten'' concerning the ber of meln-
bers comprising the road.
TO have the COMMITTEES composed of
seven members, two of whom shall be
elected from the citizens at large, and
one mem ber shall be elected from each
ward being a resident in the ward where
elected.
To elect the COMMITTEES for the follow
ing terms: Ore member from ward one
and one member at large for one year;
one member each from wards two and
five for two years, one member each from
wards three and four, and one at large
for three years, and az these terms OK
pire the subsequent elections shall be for
the full term of three years.
To elect the committee by ballot, by
plurality of the votes given and shall
hold their Office for three years from the
second Monday in March and until others
shall be elected and qualified in their
places.
The following much needed amend
ment was also presented: "All city and
ward officers shall be held to discharge
the duties of their respective Offices, not
withstand;ng their removal after their
election, into any other wards in the
city; but they shall not be SO held after
they have taken up their permanent resi-
dence out of tho cit
The committee resumed the regular
business. The assessments of the SRco
street sewer was next in order and re-
ceived its second reading and ssfnal pas
sage. Alderman Mcclellan from the COM
mittes OH sewers reported the assessments
of the Stroudwater street sewer as fol-
lows: Mr.. Files. S34.60; Mrs. Files,
s21. SO, Walter Files, $50. 90; Walter Files,
s36; William Babb, $50; William Babb,
$50; J. H. Whittier, $500; Nellie
Payne, s41.eS; L. ID. Tilton, SOL 0. W.
Dennett, $685. 60; G. and q. r. Anderson,
$50 70; total, $3.50. So.
Hawkes. street sewer: N. L. Hawkes.,
$50; N. D. Center. $50; Charles Woodford,
s4s; Hawkes, s139 50: total. s241. so.
Alderman Mcclellan asked that the city
clerk advertise hearing on the Stroud
water streets to come before the
next regular meeting of the council Feb
ruary 1st