The Republican journal., 1910-06-09
City Government.

The regular meeting of the City Govern
ment was held Monday evening, June 9Th,
Mayor Hanson presiding.
The records of the May meeting were read
and approved.
Chairman Hall of the committee on Finance,
Accounts and Claims was absent and had the
current roll of accounts in his possession and
no action was taken on the bills of the current
month.
The following orders were read and passed
in concurrence with the council;
That an abatement of three per cent be
made to all tax payers of Belfast who volunta-
rily pay their taxes on or before August Is,
1910; and it is further ordered that all taxes
for the year 1910 shall be due and payable on
the first day of November, 1910, and a discount
OF one per cent be allowed on all taxes paid
before October l, 1910, providing, however, that
nothing herein shall be construed to conflict
with the Public Laws of 1907 and 1909
The city treasurer was authorized to draw an
order for $50 payable to the Belfast Yacht
Club in accordance with vote taken on petit
tion presented by Orrin ]. Dickey, ct als, at the
April meeting.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company was instructed to remove the guy
wires attached to the elm tree in front of the
Alpha restaurant on High street and from all
shade trees on the city streets where wires are
wound around the trunk or branches, and that
guy-wires shall be attached to the trees by
eye-bolts.
The chairman of the committee on finance,
accounts and claims was instructed to leave
the roll of accounts with the City Clerk on or
before four o'clock p. m. of the days of the
regular meetings of the City Government.
The City treasurer instructed to draw
an order for $1O0 payable to Orrin J. Dickey to
be appropriated for the observance of July 4th.
If any part of said sum is not expended it shall
be returned to the city treasurer.
The Committee on lights was instructed to
locate sufficient number of 60 C. p. Tungsten
lights to light Belmont avenue from the top OF
Cemetery hill to the entrance of the grounds
of the Waldo County Agricultural Society, and
on Litcolnvile avenue to the residence of j.
C. Townsend.
The compensation for the collector of taxes
the dollar on the amount actually collected
the city to pay his bond, postage and usual
printing, and the collector is to collect all poll
and personal taxes and pay to the city treasurer
all taxes on real estate and to make full set
tlement with the city within one year of the
date of commitment.
The city treasurer was authorized to draw
! ovid fDr
provement Society, the same to be expended
for improvements at the Park as per the peti.
ton of Mrs. Lizzie L. Pote and twelve others
of the society, granted in concurrence with the
council
The resignation of H. M. Bennett, Superin-
tendent of the City Park, was read, and on mo.
tion of Alderman Wood it was laid on the table
until the next regular meeting
IN BOARD OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
The petition of Edwin L. Colcord asking fol
the right to lay tile drain IN front of his res
ldence on Northport avenue was read and il
was voted that the prayer of petitioner be
granted, provided that the drain be built under
the supervision and according to the spectca.
tions furnished by the City Engineer.
The petition of Walter j. Clifford asking fol
the right to construct stone drain in front OF
his residence on Northport avenue was read
and it was voted that the prayer of petitioner
be granted, provided that the drain be built
under the supervision and according to the
specifications furnished by the City Engineer
The petition of Walter j. Clifford asking that
he be granted license for the Opera House
from May l, 1910, to May l, 1911, was read anc
it was voted that license be granted provided
petitioner pay fee of one dollar per month.
The following list of persons were recon-.
mended by the Democratic City Committee
and appointed by the Board of Municipal Off
GERS to act as election clerks till May l, 1912
Ward One, Frank G Mixer and George l. Keat.
ing; Ward Two, S. H. Lord and Giles G. Abbott
Ward Three, F. A Greer and Roy Sholes
Ward Four, E. C. Dow and F. E. Clark; Ware
Five. Byron M. Rogers and Leroy Staples.
The Mayor and members of the City Boarc
received an invitation from Orrin ]. Dickey
chairman of the Fourth of July committee, te
ride in the procession on July 4th, to be giver
under the auspices of the Belfast Baseball AS
sociation.
On motion of Alderman Rogers it was voted
that Mayor Hanson be and hereby is the ap
pointee of the Municipal Officers to attend the
annual meeting of the Belfast & Mooseheac
Lake Railroad Company and cast the vote Of
the City on it's stock.
Adjourned to Tuesday July 5, 1910, at
o'clock p. m.