The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26
DEERING.
An Adjourned Meeting Of City
Council Last Evening.
SUBORDINATE CITY OFFICIALS
WERE ELECTED.

Alderman Elect True Takes His Seat BY
Vote of Board-Fire Engineers APP
poin,e ed and Confirmed-Other News.
The adjourned meeting of the Deer1ng
city government for the approval of bills
and the election of subordinate city
officials was held last evening with Mayor
Moulton in the chair and all of the alder
men present.
Alderman True the successful contest
ant for the seat of Mr.. ]. j. Frye, was
present.
AS soon as the meeting had been called
to order, Alderman-at-large Hanson arose
and introduced an order to the effect that
in order to perfect the organization OF the
city government that the oath OF office be
administered to Mr.. Frank r. True as
alderman from ward one, and that he
3 Ike his seat at once for the ensuing year,
and that a copy of the decree of the court
declaring Mr.. True elected be spread upon
the records of the city government.
The order received unanimous passage
and Alderman True was indicted into
office with the usual oath as administered
by the city clerk.
Mayor Moulton then announced the ap-
pointment of the committees as el5
vacant at the last nesting. Printlng'
Aldermen True, Wyman and Dingley;
sewers, Pickett, True and Dinghy.
Alderman Jacobs moved to proceed to
the election of subordinate city officials
for the ensuing year:
Alderman Hanson moved that the
alderman from each ward present the
name of some citizen of their ward to act
ma constable. The following names were
o ,esented and declared elected: Claren-
don S. Bates, Judson j. Connary, VIM.
Bennett, Chauncey r. Berry, Fred H.
Wheeler, Harry II. White, Alpheus ..
Leighton; one member of the board OF
managers of ancient buryiag grounds for
three years, Hon. Andrew Hawes, re-
elected; pound keeper, NJ. B. F. Nc
Kenney; truant officers, Chancey K.
Berry, Wallace @. Knapp, Alpheus 5.
Leighton; surveyors of lumber and tim
Der. John A. Stevens, G. r. Berry, Geo
huSS0ll, JOuu L. OLnAAf oeAA ~ >-S -
ship timber and knees, George Russell;
surveyors of plaster; stone and brick,
Joseph n. Hutchins, George B. Smith,
George B. Leavitt, George W. Leighton,
Ira f. Tibbetts, Arthur W. Pierce;
weighers of hay, stone and coal. Walter
Pickett, j. l.. Watson, W. G. Knapp,
Martin W. Burke, G. r. Berry, Z. b.
Knapp, E. M. Jacobs, W. B. johnson, T.
s. Marsh, A. r. Huston, G. A. Pride.
Thomas Bell, ]. L. Rice, George 3.
Jacobs, c. R. Murch, George M. Bran,
]. B. Dresser; surveyors of wood, bark
and charcoal, J. L. Watson, Mark Jordan,
Walter Pickett. J. r. Cobb, George d.
Little, E. Nj. Jacobs; sealer of weights
and measures, James Hibbs; weigher OF
leather, George Little; weigher of taliow,
grease and tankage, j. NJ. Sturdivant.
Fred P. Berry; fence viewers, George
Russell, B. F. Libby. The board then
granted the petitions of the Portland
Sanitary company and Martin Curran,
Jr.. for license to clean out vaults and
cess pools for the coming year.
Mayor Moulton announced nthe follow
ing appointment of assistant fire engl-
neers: George M. Leighton, Adam W.
Wilson, ]. II. Hutchins. R. @. Smith,
A. II. Goudy, II. N. Leighton, e. NJ.
Thomes. The nominations were unani-
nously confirmed.
Mayor Moult on then called the atten-
ton of the aldermen to a petition from
kt. Varn.nntb EIpntrIn
Railway company through its attorney.
Seth L. Larrabee. for the right to set
poles and stretch the necessary wires for
the operation of said railway over Veranda
street, East Deering. Mayor Moulton an
nounced that he had issued an order
directing hearing to be held on the
petition. before the city government, Fri
dav. April Sth, at 7.3] in the city council
cham Der.
Alderman Pickett moved to accept the
order OF the mayor, relative to the hear
ing. Passed.
Alderman Farnham then moved recess
for the approval of bills. The recess
lasted over an hour, and upon reconven-
ing the mayor called the attention of the
aldermen to a special bill from the Odd
Fellows Hall company for rent of city
quarters from December Sth to January
LIST. together with bill for rent from
March 1st to April LIST.
Alderman True said that he understood
at the time, as he was one of the contrac-
tors on the building that the city had
been rendered the free use of the quarters
until January 1st, as the Odd Fellows
wished to have the building occupied at
the time of their fair in December.
Alderman Farnham asked If he bill
had been previously presented to the city
government. City Clerk Jones said that
it had only been presented to Mayor
Davis, who refused to sign it. That the
Odd Fellows Hall company say that If
any member of the company rendered the
full use of the building until January 1st,
that 1t was done without the approval of
the company.
Alderman Farnham moved to refer the
disputed bill for rent from December s to
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