The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-15
PRESIDENT M. w. WHEELOCK.

The first meeting OF the newly elected
city council was held Friday evening. Be-
fore the work OF organization was taken
up, Mayor Senter stated that he had in
structed City Attorney Carleton to make q
thorough and systemized investigation of
the affairs Of the II. A. Skinner agency
covering the period OF the late city councils
administration, to compare the liquor bills
at the city clerks Office with the freight
bills and to include them, with an item.
lied account OF the receipts and expendi-
lures OF this agency, in a report TO the
present council.
The mayor also stated that it was his in
tention to appoint committee for the pur-
pose OF comforting with those officers elect
ed by the council In regard to the salaries
they should receive, this committee to re-
port to the council at its next meeting
which will be held next Wednesday even.
ing E.. ,o,,ou,n oaoo..
council: Superintendent of Streets q. B.
Roberts; superintendent Of water works,
Joel Foster; city attorney, f. P. Carleton;
health officer Dr. w. l.. Goodale; trustees
OF public moneys, Albert Johonnott, Fred
E. Smith, Thomas Marvin; fence viewers,
j. o. Livingstone, N. G. Tabor, W. g.
Walker; inspector Of leather, A. o. Gum
minis; sealer OF weights and measures and
city weighmaster, o. g. Harris.
Because of the fact that many complaints
were made last year because the surveyors
of wood and inspectors Of lumber and shin
giles we're not accessible at all times, the
from three to five and are M. r. Chase, j.
p. Donovan, j. V. Brooks, Thomas Gis-
borne and f. d. Dewey.
On motion OF Alderman Kent, e. L. Put
ney was elected pound-keeper and his sta
BILE was designated as the city pound.
Only two fire warden were elected at this
time, the third to be selected later. They
| are j. w. Peck, first engineer and W. E.
| Laird, first assistant.
After the officers had been chosen, re-
cess was taken in order that the board
might select a president. AT first this ap.
peared an easy matter, but fifteen ballots
| were required before the affair was settled
| Aldermen Jangraw and Wheelock were
placed in nomination but Alderman Jan
graw declined positively to serve and asked
that his name be withdrawn, whereupon AL
dermsn Whelan called for a ballot
| During the first nine ballots every member
| OF the board received varying numbers of
votes rs each ballot was taken. In the ninth
Alderman Jangraw was declared elected
but he thanked the members for their suf
frages and declined to serve. Again the
balloting began and continued in the same
manner until finally on the fifteenth ballot
| it was decided to adopt the course at first
propos sd-to vote yea and nay-and Alder
man Wheelock was unanimously elected.
| All the committees were not appointed
at this time by the mayor and of those ap-
pointed, which are as follows, only the first
| Is not subject to change: Finance COM
mittee, Aldermen Brown, Wheelock and
Kent; police, Aldermen Jangrsw, Boswell,
and Brown; claims, Aldermen Whelan,
Boswell and Jangraw; fire department,
Aldermen Brown, Whelan and Jangraw
streets, Aldermen Jangraw, Brown and
| Whelan. Aldermen Brown, Whelan and
| Wheelock were also appointed as special
committee to confer with the overseer of
the poor in regard to appointing city
| physician who shall attend the city pool at
a stated salary per year.
| The nomination OF j. l.. futile by the
mayor for the position OF chief OF police was
| confirmed by the council and the COM
mittee on police will confer with the mayor
and chief this evening in regard to nomi-
mating the other police officers.
The bonds OF the officials were voted to
be of the same amount az last year and 10
be procured OF G. B Perry & Son of Keene,
N. H., provided their rate is as low as any
| other offered.
The meeting closed with the mayor ap-
pointing Alderman Wheelock as a commit
tee to arrange for the transferring of the in
surance on the public property in the an
nexed district from Berlin to this city
A resolution was adopted authorizing the
city treasurer to borrow temporarily So. 900
at rate of interest satisfactory TO himself
and the m ayor.
After an auctioneers license had he IN
granted John T. Amy, the following bills
| were ordered paid: Joel Foster, expense of
department for February, $l38 90; requis-
ton OF school board. 81 600; j. e. Doherty
h Co, liquor, $14; salary OF auditors, $50