The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-14

on reassembling President Kelly OF the
town council placed before the meeting a
schedule OF the amounts recommended by
the council for the several departments
and IL was then voted TO take them up
| separately
The amount recommended for the police
department was $500 and Mr.. Kinion then
presented a resolution providing that the
town council be authorized and Instructed
to appoint 20 police contrables TO act as
| prosecuting officers a. a salary not 10 ex-
ceed 800 per year each. The resolution
provides that all witness fees be turned
into the town treasury.
John Dillon said that the police depart-
ment had been severely criticized and the
taxpayers had set their stamp OF disap-
| proval on their actions. He believed that
the end had been gained and he had the
| confidence 10 believe that hereafter the
| department would do It's duty II allowed
TO do so. He thought the police had been
made a scape goat for those higher up
| He condemned the action OF certain coun-
cilmen who had stopped prosecutions
when the police had made arrests in the
! performance OF their duty. He favored
making an appropriation OF $500 for the
| police.
! Mr. Judson declared that no service
could be expected from any one with
salary of 500 and IL such officers were TO
| be appointed he wanted one OF those Jobs
himself
DR.. Smith thought that unless some
thing was done there was no guarantee
that there would be any better conditions
in the future
Mr.. McGirr and Senator McKenna both
favored the appropriatino of the sum OF
| $500 and a ballot was ordered which re-
suited in the defeat of the Kinion resolu-
tion by vote Of lo3 TO AZ.
A motion TO appropriate $500 was
then passed.
as follows: Street lights. $4,000: town
officers. s5000 highways and bridges.
SIS, 900: hydrant and drinking fountains.
$3.50: incidentals, $4,000: Memorial day.
| 5000; state tax, s15.b21. 62; coupons on
town house bonds. $3.50: coupons on fund
ing bonds, s12Oo; town house bonds.
$4,000; funding bonds. $4,000.
| The tax rate was fixed at 81 per 800
Of assessed property and a resolution In
! structing the town treasurer TO insert In
! his next report the debt increase for the
year was passed.
Resolutions offered by Mr.. Kinion pro-
viding that In the future reports OF the
town treasurer, school committee and the
| overseer OF the poor should be incorpo-
| rated in one volume. and that In adver-
tising for bids for the collection of taxes
| IL should be provided that the bidder
should make his price TO cover all ex-
penses, were passed.
The meeting then adjourned.
COMING WEDDING.
Announcement Is made Of the early
| wedding OF James j. Barry. representative
10 the general assembly from this town.
and Miss Della Camilla Feeney OF Paw
tucket. Both Mr.. Barry and Miss Feeney
have a great many friends who are ex-
/ - g. st.-l- E..N..
happiness.
DIRECTORS Met.
There was a meeting last evsning OF
the directors OF the Catholic institute,
| at which time matters OF a routine char
| acter were considered.
! TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
A meeting OF the new town council was
| held yesterday afternoon. at which con-
siderable business OF Importance was
transacted.
President Kelly before calling the meet
| ing TO order stated that he hoped that
| during the year the members would be
prompt In attendance as this would
make a valuable saving of time for those
who had business with the board.
After the clerk had called the roll the
president announced the following appoint
ments OF committees and officers: Com
mittee on accounts and claims. Messrs.
Kelley. Shea and Mclaughlin: educa-
tion. Messrs. Cawley. Taylor and Nc
Laughlin; street lights, Messrs. Taylor,
| Mclaughlin and Shea; town property,
Messrs. Mclaughlin. Kelly and Cawley;
hydrants and drinking fountains, Messrs.
| Kelly, Taylor and Shea; health officer,
| DR. James A. Cullen overseer Of the
] poor, John T. Barber; board Of health,
Messrs. Kelly, Taylor. Mclaughlin, Shea
and Cawley; sealer OF weights and meas
|
Murphy and Munroe A. Adams; pound
keeper. James G. Dexter; auditors. John
Griffin and William Heffernan; auction
GERS, w. f. Colwell James p. Black, T.
! A. Pingree, p j. Callahan, II. H. Frank
| lin. F. W. Entwistle and William Frtz-
simmons; corders Of wood, John A. Pollitt
| and David Ross; surveyors Of lumber
John Tetlow and James Fogg; weighers
OF coal and other merchandise. q A. Law
ton. Samuel Wild. John Wild, Frank
Mann, ]. p. Mclaughlin w. 8. Jefferds
town sergeant, Francis H. McGirr; Of
hcer to look after deceased soldiers and
| sailors OF the late war. p. O'Sulivan;
highway surveyors. John r. Connolly and
Bernard J. McKenna, with salary for each
| fixed at $3.50.
Constable. James p. Black; police
| constables without pay. oliver Arming-
ton. John T. Barber. John H. Barnwell.
James p. Black, Dominic f. Brogan.
| Earl j. Burlingnme, Francis V. Cfum-
| ley, Edward Cunningham. Stearnes
| Davis. Michael Finn, Squire +. Fisk
william Fitzsimmons. Fred Follett Or
lando Follett, Henry Franklin, Robert
Classy, William German. Lester NJ
| Jenckes, Frank T.. Johnson, Philip
| Landy. Michael LAWN, Edward A. Lit
| tleneld, Henry J. Mccain. Daniel r. J.
McKenna, Henry Mccall. John Preston,
William Pickering, Harry Proctor,
/ n I~A
Savage, Frank w. Scott. James G..
Stansneld. Frank A. Sweeney. William
Taylor. James Tierney, Henry r. Whip-
pie. William l. whipple. Samuel Wild.
Arnold ]. winterbottom. Thomas Wool
ley: prosecuting officers under the town
ordinances. John II. Barber. James T.
Black. Earle j. Burlingame. Edward
Cunningham. Stearns Davis, Thomas Il.
Davis Robert Devlin. Michael FINN,
william Fitzsimmons, Fred Follett, Or