The Portland daily press., 1899-03-21

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| For moneys inappropriate TO
| pay hills duly approved and
| outstanding against the city OF
| Deering. 500. 81
| -
$50, $40. 81
And the amounts hereafter collected by
the city treasurer and collector from tax
bills sewer deeds, sewer assessments and
sidewalk assessments shall be credited to
the accounts, as always has been in the
practice in this city as follows:
From tax deeds to oyerlayings and
Attachments.
| From sewer deeds ard sewer assess
ments to drains and sewers.
From sidewalk assessments to streets,
| sidewalks and bridges.
DEERING TAX DEEDS.
Alder IMAM Frye presented the foilowin 4
order, which was passed:
Whefeas, at the time of the Annexation
of the city of Deering, the said city of
| Deering held certain tax deeds and sewer
assessment deeds Of real estate in said
Deering sold for non -paym eut of taxes
ANA sewer assessments thereon and bid
den in by said city Of Deering, which said
deeds ara recorded in Cum berland Coun-
ty Registry of Deeds In the name of the
city Of Deering as granted; and. whereas,
IL 10 pIopoecu W peIHllb tne persons OWL
| ing said real estate at the time of such
sale, their heirs and assignees to redeem
the same upon conditions following |:
| Now, therefore, be 10
Ordered. that the city treasurer be and
| he is hereby authorized to release from
any ami all claim or claims for unpaid
| taxes and unpaid sewer assessments on
account Of which they were sold any and
all lots or parcels of land sold for nou-
payment of taxes and sewer assessments
thereon which were hidden in by the said
city Of Deering aud now stand recorded
in the name of said city of Deerine as
granted, md for and in the name Of the
CITY OF Portland 10 make, execute and de-
| liver To the person or persons owning ssfi
lots or parcels OF land at the time they
We're sold or to their heirs or assigns
| proper deeds OF quit claim and release
| necessary for the purpose aforesaid, pro
| vided such owner or owners, their heirs
or assigns shall pay to the city OF Port
| land on or before the first of October
1895, the whols amount for which any
such lots or parcels of land were sold
with interest thereon at the rate of 10
| per cent per annuin from the date of sale
| together with fifty cents paid for record
ing such tax deed or sewer assessment
deed and two dollars additional for the
necessary deed of quit claim and release.
SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
|
Subject to the approval of the alderme 4
the mayor appointed the following special
policemen to serve without pay during
the year;
John II. Conner. Waldo S. Trott. Fred
a. Lane, Enooh Murray at the. Portland
| y Rochester K. X. station; George W.
/ Ham at Portland theatre, George A. L.
/ himLall. e'.
Alexander Reed, Charles I. w Sawyer,
/ Daniel o. Davis, Andrew j. Cummings,
F.! William waddell,, George II. McKenney
| OF the two nominations made at the
previous meeting that of Alpheus S.
Leighton was withdrawn. and George II.
MoKenney was appointed. This, with
the nomination of John G. AL len was
! co ntirmed.
The other appointments ysre aiso.Oon-
| drhied.
BUILDING PERMITS.
| The following petitions for permission
to erect buildings we're referred to the
COMMITTEES on new buildings;
Horace o Br.en, two story wooden
building to be used as dwelling at 5
Maple street, Ward 9.
G. A, Ring. brick addition to build
ing at COS Congress street.
Drank T.. Cummings, a.two and half
story wooden building at 1873 Congress
strestssGbs used as store and dwelling.
ArthS j. Floyd. atwo and q hstery
wood ea lftwellins ontke westerly corner
of sosSf6 street ana lawn aveuue L
PetAN& Miller, "a twaaHd = bAE story
dive: sh st the oornerao f Rrfsat and
PRIVATE rELEfHoXE..s
W. Ia Wilson & Co. petitioned for per.
mission to put telephone wire on the
poles now standing on Federal and Elm
s.rets. said wire to be used as private
telephone between the store on the corner
Of Exchange and Federal streets and Lee
grows livery stable on Preble street
SIDEWALKS AND PAVING.
This order was presented by Alderman
Mannix and was passed:
Ordered, that the commissioner of pub.
lie works be respectfully requested to fur.
nish forthwith to the committee on esti.
mates, an estimate of the cost of paving
with granite blocks the following named
streets: Washington street from Con-
gress to Oxford; Congress street ON the
southerly side from Monitor, to North
street., sOxford street on sthe northerly
side from Washington street to Wtimet.
And that the committee, on estimates
De respectfully requested to include IL
their report an appropriation for thu
above Purposes. III EASsg
This order coming from the uppel
board, created considerable discussion IL
the lower board. f"r" 'h'h
Councilman Waldron objected to thu
passage of the order ON the ground tina