The Republican journal., 1919-03-20
City Electrician, C. G. Dickey.
Assistant Engineers, Francis x. PEN
dleton, Walter J. Clifford.

Assistant Engineers, Francis x. PEN
dleton, Walter j. Clifford
Assessor for 3 years, j. F. Sheldon.
Overseers of the Poor: W. L. West, G..
u. Abbott, E. S. Pitcher.
Library Trustees: Ben Hazeltine, A. E..
wilson, Selwyn Thompson, Sam'l Adams,
Chas. S. Bickford
Park Superintendent: T. S. Thompson.
Police: P. S. Edgecomb, E. S. White
head, F. T. Mason, Henry H. Wentworth,
Percy c. Hartman, Harrison A. Shaw
Everett A. Nickerson, Henry Staples,
Jas. D. hill, Bert E. Annis, VIM. B. Bart
lett, Thos. j. Brown, Edward D. White,
K. L. Robertson.
Surveyors of Lumber: ]. C. Durham,
II. l.. Stevens, W. X. Keene, B. B. Green
Cooper, j. E. Thombs, A. E. Bracket, H.
Fair Holmes, c. B. Holmes, L. B. Roberts,
A. l.. Howard, T. L. Decrow, E. E. Bab-
cock, A, M. Partridge, C. E. Hopkins, E.
R. Colson, W. H. Mitchell.
Weighers of Coal and Hay: H. L. Stew
ems, R. L. Cooper. R. H. Mosher, r. H.
Patterson, Jesse L. Staples, G. B. Salter,
V. A. Simmons, C. B. Holmes, X. B.
Craig, E. A. Wadsworth, j. E. Thombs,
| L. R. Allen.
Measurers of Grain and Salt: H. L.
Stevens. R. H. Mosher, w. B. Dutch, V.
E. Hall, B. R. Allen.
Measurers of Wood and Bark: H. L.
Stevens, F. A. Holmes, C. B. Holmes, r.
II. Mosher, L. B. Roberts, M R. Whit
comb, V. A. Simmons, X. B. Craig, E. A.
Wadsworth, E. R. Colson, R. L. Cooper,
w. H. Mitchell, j. E. Thombs.
Cullers of Hoops and Slaves; F. A.
Holmes, W. G. Hatch, R. H. Mosher.
Fence Viewers: E. O. Pendleton, G. F.
Mayhem, Richard Merriam.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Percy
S. Edgecomb
Constable: Edmund Wilson.
| The following orders were passed in
concurrence.
Ordered: That the regular meetings of
the City Council for the current munich
pal year shall be held on the first Monday
of each month at 7.30.
Ordered: That all barns and yards of
all persons qualified as pound keepers for
the ensuing year are established as legal
pounds for the city without charge for
the same, except the usual fees allowed
by law.
Ordered: That so much of the Mayors
address as relates to finances, roads,
schools and bridges, be referred to the
committees respectively and that said
committees prepare and submit to the
City Council at the regular May meeting,
the amount of the appropriations required
for the several departments for the ensu-
ing year.
Ordered: That special committee of
one on the part of the Aldermen and two
on the part of the Common Council be
appointed to ascertain the cost of doing
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municipal year, and report at the regular
meeting in May
Ordered: That the Joint rules of the
City Council be, and they hereby are
established as published in the book of
Ordinances and Rules" of the edition of
1908
Ordered: That the Assessors for the
current municipal year gives due notice
to the inhabitants of the city to make
them true and perfect lists of their es-
tates, not exempt by law, which they are
possessed of on the first day of April
this year, said notice to be by puoIica-
tion in the Republican journal, at least
three weeks successfully and by posting
IN each ward in some public place.
Ordered: That the Chairman of the
Committee on Highways and Bridges be,
and he hereby is, authorized and instruct
ed to employ some suitable person to tend
the draw of both upper and lower bridges,
socalled, for the ensuing year.
Ordered: That all bills against the city
be itemized and shall be approved by the
proper committee, before being placed in
the Auditors hands; also that all such
/ bills shall be in the Auditors hands on or
before six o'clock in the afternoon of the
Tuesday preceding the first Monday in
each month or they will lie over until the
succeeding month.
Ordered: That the Mayor and City
Clerk are hereby authorized to employ
some suitable person as ianitor of the
City Council, Fire Department, Superin-
tendent of Schools and Police Court
rooms for the ensuing year.
Ordered: That the members of the
City Council and School Committee be
allowed such sum as they may pay out
for stabllng their horses during the year,
while in attendance on city business.
Ordered: That all records of the meet
ings of the Board of Aldermen, Municipal
Officers, and other meetings in Joint con-
vention be typewriter by the City Clerk
and it is further ordered that he use a
black record ribbon for writing said rec
ords
Ordered: That the City Clerk be, and
he hereby is authorized and instructed to
advertise for bids for printing the annual
report of the City of Belfast, and that all
bids shall be returned to him before seven
o'clock p. M, April /, 1919
Ordered: That the City Treasurer be,
and he hereby is, authorized to negotiate
a loan of ten thousand dollars (S1O, OOO OO
to be paid from the taxes to be assessed
for the fiscal year 1919; the notes to be
countersigned by the Mayor and Finance
Committee.
The Mayor and City Marshal were au-
thorized to elect two members from the
police to serve as night watchmen.
The following standing committees
were appointed:
Finance, Aid. Cooper; Councilmen Hall
and Thompson.
Public Schools, Aid. Hatch; Council
, men Payson and Davis.
Highways, Aid. Simmons; Council
men Durham and Perry
Fire Department, Aid. Thompson; ;Coun-
cilmen Howes and Kimball.
Bylaws, Aid. Hatch; Councilmen
Kimball and Staples.
Enrolled Ordinances, Aid. Hatch; Coun-
cilmen Howes and Payson.
Sidewalks, Aid. Simmons; Councilmen
Durham and Perry.
Cemeteries, Aid. Clements; Council
men Payson and Lane.
Sewers, Aid Clements; Councilmen