The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
CITY GOVERNMENT.

The August meeting of the city gov
ernment was held last Monday evening,
Mayor Edgar F. Hanson presiding.
IN BOARD OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
The records of the last meeting were
read and approved.
| The claim of Louis DeLemos for 500
damage done to his bowling alleys, caused
by an overflow of the sidewalk in the
stopping of catch basin in the recent
rain, was read and referred to the City
Solicitor. The council concurred.
The report of City Marshal M. r.
Knowlton was read, giving the number of
arrests for the month of July as three;
drunk and disorderly, one; stealing bicy-
Gle, one; petty larceny, one; lodging in
city lookup, four The report was placed
on file, council concurring.
Claim of George w. Partridge of Sears
port for $500 damage to his horses and
team and fright to himself, caused by the
collapsing of the drawer of the lower
bridge on the 3Oth of December, 1916,
while hauling load of hay to the city,
was read and referred to the City Solici-
tor, the council concurring.
The final report of Edward Sibley, COL
lector of taxes for 1916, was read and
placed on file, the council concurring
Total commitment July, 1916, S85, ,511.75;
interest on bank deposits, S23.45; abate-
ment on 1916 taxes, So, 853. o.; paid city
treasurer, $40, 164 Go; discount on taxes,
81, 345. OF; Belfast Water Co., S1,550.9 90;
tax deeds, S588 81; balance of commits
sion, nine-tenths of one per cent, $33.07.
Petition of Frank A. Cushman for the
removal of a dead tree from the county
lot on Congress street, was read and
petition granted, the council concurring.
Petition of Maude E. Barker and four
teen others for the removal of dead
tree from the school common on Church
street, was read and petition granted, the
council concurring.
Voted that the treasurer be and is here
by instructed to draw an order in favor
of the Belfast Band in the sum of two
hundred dollars, said sum being in sup
port of the free concerts given in the city
! during the summer months and other
complimentary work on the part of the
band
Permission was given Morris L. Slugg
to make connections with the sewer on
Congress street near his residence
Mayor Hanson reported the receipt of a
check for 500 from w. H. Fellows for
rental of the road roller.
The following jurymen were drawn for
service at the September term of the
Supreme Court to be held in this city:
Grand jury, Ralph D. Shute and William
F. Patterson; traverse jury, William H.
Bray, Harry w. Clark, Frank E. Wiley
and Albert B. Smalley.
The following resolution was read and
/ passed, the council concurring:
| Resolved, That the city government
hereby extends to Edward Sibley, tax
collector for the year 1916, its expression
of qualification on account of the efficient
manner in which he has discharged the
duties of his office, all taxes for the year
| 1916 having been collected in full
The following orders were read and
passed in concurrence;
Ordered, That a discount of two per
cent be allowed on all taxes, personal
property, real estate and polls, on or be-
fore August Is, 1917, and that all taxes
be paid on or before November i, 1917.
Ordered, That the assessment against
the abutting property owners for the
sprinklng of streets, and the costs to the
city for destroying moth nests on private
premises, be assessed in the form of taxes
and committed to the collector of taxes
by the assessors.
! Claim of Adoniram L. Moody for the
sum of 1888. As for contract work on the
Northport avenue section of the city
highways, charging the city with break
ing its contract with him, was read and a
hearing was ordered before the highway
committee at the convenience of the COM
mittee and Mr. Moody with view to the
adjustment of the claim.
The committee on sewers reported in
favor of the requested sewers on Union
street on the petition of Mrs. Julia Dyer
and others and that of Fred Ellis and
others on Main and Alto streets. The re-
ports being accepted, it was voted that
there should be separate bids called On
this work.
Report of Mayor E. F. Hanson on the
roads in the city, in the capacity of super
visor of streets and recommendations for
the part payments on contracts, was read
and passed. Council non-concurred, but
following a committee session of Alder
man Kimball and Councilmen Keene and
Staples, they reported concurrence.
The treasurer was instructed to draw
his order in favor of the contractors in
the amounts as recommended in the re-
port
The roll of accounts as read and passed,
with the, council concurring, were in the
following order:
Highways ,............ ....... ........... 295 Sc
High school. Observation-Disclosures. 18 81
Superin intendent of schools .............. so 90
| Machinery and efuiDment reDajrs 27 2h