The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-04-05

| OUst 81
Ere Department. .............'...... 10 10; ~ ~
| FTeo Library. .................... 1Ul 10
| School Contingent. .................... 1I25
General School Purposes. ............ 332. AZ
| Total. al....................... 81 ,8S2. 6S
In Board of Aldermen the bonds of the
Road Commissioner and the City Treasurer
were read and approved. Councilman Leav-
lit was appointed Oh the committees on
| Cemeteries, Bylaws and Police Regulations.
! An order that the compensation of the
road commissioner for the municipal year
| be fixed at $500 was read and passed.
| An order that the assessors be instructed
to assess the taxes and complete the lists
thereof and commit the same to the Col
ector of Taxes, with the warrant for their
collection on or before July l, 1906, was
read and passed.
An order that the Committee on Bylaws
| and Police Regulations be authorized and
directed to buy a uniform, a pair of nippefs,
a badge, club and a pair of handouts for
the equipment of the City Marshal, was
read and passed.
Nominations were made for Policemen
and Night Watch.
| The report of the Inspector of 'iilk was
read and accepted. }. b. Darling, V. S.,
reported that the milk consumed in Belfast
for the year was furnished from about 575
cows, valued at $4,000 The daily con-
sumption of milk in the city amounts to
about $50. There are II milk dealers driv-
ing into town and q small dealers. During
the year he had made 100 tests of milk with
the, Babcock test, and 50 tests with the
latest improved lactOmeter, besides sending
six samples of milk to the Experiment Sta
ton for archaeological test. Forty-one of the
tests showed between $40 and 3 $40 per
cent; So between $40 and 2-10 per cent =;
81 between 2-10 and 4 $40 per cent II be-
tween $40 and 5 per cent s between per
cent and $40 per cent of butter fat. All
the samples tested were taken from the con-
sumer's cans or bottles in the dealers cart.
Two cases of contagious diseases were
taken care of. He had examined the stables
and utensils used and found them all in
good condition. He reported that the deal
ers were doing their best to produce coed
milk, and have always been ready to adopt
suggestions
The Road Commissioner reported that he
had expended S143.s0 on account of the
snow.
\ petition for sidewalk on Waldo
Avenue was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Sidewalks
A petition for an are light at the junction
of Vine and High streets was referred to
the Committee on Lights.
A petition for sidewalk on Charles
street was read and referred to the Com
mittee TN Sidewalks.
A petition for an arc light on the central
part OF Bay View street was read and re-
ferred to the committee on lights.
A petition for constructing highway be-
tween Union and Bay View streets was re-
ferred to the committee on highways and
bridges.
In Joint convention, list of nominations
prepared by the municipal officers and city
marshal for policemen and night watch
was presented as follows: Policemen,
A. L. knowlton, Amos COlcord, W. II.
Clifford, Geo. W. Frisbee, C. W. Follett,
Herbert Bucklin, stephen Shute, Harvey
Gray, George Ryan, Thomas Berry, NJ. c.
Murch, James Dodge, Albert Lane, Ralph
Hayford, Harry Shaw, James n Nicker-
son. Night watch, George W. Frsbee and
James \. Nickerson. All these nominees
We're elected. 1t was voted that the COM
pensation of the night watch and of the
policemen be the same as in the past
Two assistant engineers were elected as
follows: lst assistant, A. W. Wiley; I'd,
E. L. Cook
L. w. Hammons declined to qualify as
truant officer and John W. Parker was
elected to fill the vacancy.
John B. Darling, V. S., was elected in
spector of milk with compensation of $50
per year.
f. A. Wilson, NJ. d., was elected mem
Der of the Board of Health for years
Adjourned