Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-15

The first office to be filled was tne city
| clerk The following was the vote:
! Whole number of votes, q
| Necessary for choice. IL
J. f. Nelson, )
| Mark J. Bartlett IL
| Mr.. Bartlett was declared elected.
| For the office of city treasurer l..
| Eugene Thayer was elected over F. j.
Small by a vote Il TO 9. Mr.. Thayer
was also elected over Mr.. Small for
| the office of collector by the vote Il
| to 8.
| For the position of assessor Z. IL.
| Barton was elected to succeed him
self by a vote of 16 to 3 over Fl. c.
| Morse.
The following assistant assessors for
the different wards were elected: Ward
i J, c. w. Finnelnore; Ward 2, E. j.
Marshall; Ward 3, Harry kidder;
Ward 4. Edward Ware, Jr.. Ward 5,
| Guy Varney; Ward 6, Leslie D. Will
liams; Ward Z, George Lashus.
The following was the vote for city
physician:
Whole number of votes, 20
Necessary for choice. II
DR.. H. w. Abbott,
DR.. j. f. Poulin. II
A. A. Matthieu was elected city So
licitor by the following vote:
Whole number cast. Il
Necessary for choice. IL
C. n. Perkins. 9
A. A. Matthieu, II
For city auditor p A. Whitaker was
elected over w. A. knaufr.
Whole number of votes, u
Necessary for choice, II
w. A. Knautf, 9
P. A. Whitaker. II
j. Fl. Burleigh was reelected city
engineer over Harry +. Green by a
vote of IS to 3.
AS the election of a street commits
sioner was next Mayor Fuller an
nounced a recess for 10 minutes and
called the members of the majority to
his Office to decide on a candidate, but
apparently they did not agree and on
returning to the chamber Mayor Fuller
announced that the election would be
laid over until the next meeting. But
this did not satisfy many and on a
motion by Councilman Heath a ma
iority of the members of the city gov
ernment voted to proceed with the
election by vote of II to I.
Two ballots Weer necessary before a
choice was made and on the second
ballot H. c. Morse was the successful
First ballot:
Whole number cast. 81
Necessary for choice. II
j. NJ. Crafty, ]
Summer Rowe, 4
Fl. C. Morse 8
William King, ;
No choice.
Second ballot:
Whole number cast. 81
Necessary for choice. II
Sumner Rove 4
William King, {
Howard c. Morse. II
and declared elected.
Edwin Towne was elected superin-
tendent of burials on a vote cast by
the clerk. >. l.. Berry was appointed a
member of the cemetery committee to
succeed w. f. Reid.
The following undertakers We're
elected: Frank Redington, c. A. Red
ington. Edmund Nallee, T. Harold
Branch and Charles Roderigue
Hascall S. Hall was unanimously
elected pound keeper.
The same cullers of hoops and slaves
were elected; also the same measurers
If wood. bark and lumber as held Of
fee last year. j. ID. Bates was re-
elected surveyor of wood, bark and
lumber. The same men that held per
mits as Weighers of coal. hay and ice
we're reelected. Frank Williams. Mar
tin Blaisdell and ]. W. Morrill, were re-
elected fence viewers.
Charles r. Elwell was elected as
sealer of weights and measures. in
Spector of oil and inspector of vine
gar Fl. A. Smith. A. l.. Holmes and
Levi Libby We're elected as sealers of
leather.
Fred f. Pooler. Paul Burgess and
Roscoe Lane We're appointed as tru
ant officers. Edward Lambert and Jo-
seph T. Holt were appointed as jani-
tors OF the City building.
The following committee was ap-
nointe9 to make up the joint standing
committees: Aldermen Carey and
Harscom. and Councilmen Reynolds,
Clement and Coyne.
Thu meeting was then adjourned un-
til O'Clock.