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The work was commenced upon the dam at the distributing reservoir on the 18th of April last. The first piece of pipe was laid May 28th, and the line was completed on the 11th of November. The water was let into the pipes for the first time for trial, on the 14th of November, and on the 22d of that month, the Aqueduct was formally dedicated by the City " Government. There being a few leaks in the joints of the pipes, the water was drawn off to give opportunity for repairing them, and it was not until Tuesday, the 20th of December, that it was finally let into the pipes of the Bell Pond Aqueduct, and the waters of Lynde Brook and Bell Pond were for the first time mingled together in the Aqueduct. On the 23d of De- cember, a serious fire broke out in the dry house at Messen- ger & Wright's mill, which gave the first opportunity of using the water from the new Aqueduct, and of testing its power as a means of protection. At this remote distance from the main pipes, it fully realized the expectations of its warmest advocates. On the 27th of December, under the direction of Chief Engineer Brown of the Fire Department, the capacity of the new Aqueduct to furnish water to protect the city against fire was fully tested. Four full streams were thrown with ample power upon the top of the highest buildings on Main street, and more water could have been taken from the pipes without apparent loss of head.
There are some defects in the joints in the short section of pipe between Jackson and Myrtle streets which will prevent its use through the winter, except in case of fire, when the
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water can be let on if necessary. Meanwhile by means of the connection through Jackson and Southbridge streets with the old Aqueduct, all the water that is needed for present use can" be obtained.
It was found necessary to postpone the laying of the main pipe from Myrtle to Thomas street until another season. The pipes for this portion of the work are contracted for and are to be furnished at the low prices named in the original contract.
By an order of the City Council passed September 5th, the committee was authorized to cause distributing pipes to be laid through various streets of the city, the estimated cost of the extensions being about $9,000. By virtue of this order 2,967 feet of six and four inch pipes have been laid in Provi- dence street and 1,240 of six inch through Jackson street. There has been laid 737 feet of four inch pipe in the Bloom- ingdale road, to the Western railroad engine house, 687 feet in School street, to Ball & Williams' shop, 1,357 feet including a section of iron pipe already laid purchased of Ethan Allen, in Southbridge street, and 600 in Webster street, to the brook near Curtis' factory. By an arrangement with the U. S. Government 1,170 feet of four inch pipe, from the termina- tion of the city pipe to the Dale Hospital will be paid for by the general government. The Worcester & Providence Rail- road Company are also to pay for 170 feet nearest to their engine house. The proprietors of the Adriatic Mills have laid 3,012 feet of six inch pipe through Kilby, Hollis and Gardner streets to their mill. Eight fire hydrants and all the necessary gates and branches have been set in the line of these streets, besides seven hydrants which have been set for the protection of spe- cial property. By these extensions, and the service pipes that
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have been laid, the U. S. Military Hospital, three of the great railroad corporations, several of the largest manufacturing and mechanical establishments in the city and many shops and pri- vate houses will be immediately supplied, and the city will begin to receive an immediate revenue from the Aqueduct.
More than six miles of streets have been broken up in lay- ing the pipes, and owing to good care and good fortune but one accident has happened ; the damage in that case being promptly settled for less than thirty dollars.
In surrendering their trust, the committee desire to express their entire satisfaction with the manner in which so far as now appears, the work of the contractors has been performed. It was natural that a material so untried with us, and a process so novel, should occasion discussion, and excite perhaps at the outset, distrust. The pipes have stood thus far, the hardest strain to which they can be subjected. The contractors as- sure the committee, that in no instance within their knowledge have their pipes failed to sustain the pressure put upon them. The committee feel that they may justly congratulate the government and the people of the city upon the substantial completion of this great enterprise within the short period of eight months from its commencement, and still more that at a time of such scarcity of labor, and of such fluctuations in the price of materials, they are able to surrender the work enlarged and extended beyond the original plan, and for a sum within the appropriations asked for at the outset. The detailed account of the expenditures of the committee is submitted herewith as part of this report.
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THE EXPENDITURES OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN- Land bought of Edwin Waite, $8,000 00
" Lynde sisters, (9 acres), 1,000 00
66 66 " J. Bottomly, (1 acre), 40 00
Water rights of seven mill owners, 2,350 00
New Jersey Patent Water & Gas-pipe Co., for 23,635 feet main pipes, gates, branches, and laid and warranted two years, 50,255 39
E. B. Walker, earth and stone work on contract,
14,283 00
for extra work on culverts, bridges, roads, hydrants, carting earth to cover pipes, &c., &c., 2,477 39
cutting and drawing wood, 693 25
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clearing land, grubbing, &c., 247 65
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66 transportation of laborers, 474 00
extra work crossing brook at New Worcester, ·
201 80
(Amount paid Mr. Walker, $18,437 09.)
Bigelow Manufacturing Co. for 22 hydrants, . 716 10
J. C. French, lumber, hydrant boxes, labor, &c., 277 26
Alzirus Brown, trucking,
55 92
M. Quinn, iron bands for branches, 99 12
Sundry small bills, . 430 21 ·
Phinehas Ball, engineering, ,
1,355 09
Horse and team for engineer, .
. 394 00
Rod-men for engineer,
. 345 00
E. B. Walker, labor on Providence St., 759 05 . on Jackson, School and South- bridge Sts., and laying service pipes, 1,552 04
66 labor on Bloomingdale Road, . 150 07
Ethan Allen, iron pipe on Southbridge St. laid, 1,415 20
Wm. A. Wheeler, castings, &c.,
. 573 57
S. W. Osgood, labor, . 446 90
· H. C. Fish, iron work, . . .
42 25 ·
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Braman, Perham & Co., pipes, fittings, &c., . 168 28
G. T. Sutton, plumbing, labor, &c., . 144 91
Hayden, Gore & Co., stops for pipes, 66 00 ·
Calvin Foster, tools, 48 79 ·
N. G. Tucker, plumbing and labor, 78 81
Interest on loans to Jan. 1 to be added, about 1800 00
Total payments, $90,790 97 There is now due to the New Jersey Water-pipe Co. 15 per cent. on the amount of their contract, 8,848 60
To E. B. Walker, about 1,000 00
Making the total expenditures, $100,639 57
The appropriation by the City Council for the main work was 110,000 00 The estimate for the extensions on Providence, Jack- son, School, Southbridge Sts. and Blooming- dale Road, 9,000 00
There is due from the U. S. Gov't for 1170 feet of pipe to Dale Hospital, 1,152 92
Rec'd for wood sold and delivered, 60 cords, 361 00
Wood and lumber bargained and not paid, about 1000 00
Due from Prov, & Wor. R. R. for 179 feet pipe, 200 00
E. B. Walker, use of house and land, 150 00
$121,863 92
Leaving $21,000 to complete the distributing reservoir, to extend the main pipes to Thomas Street, to finish the work about the dam, and to cover any contingencies in the comple- tion of the work as proposed.
D. WALDO LINCOLN, GEO. CROMPTON, HARRISON BLISS, GEO. S. BARTON, WM. H. JACOBS, R. R. SHEPARD,
Committee.
GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER, 1865.
MAYOR, PHINEHAS BALL.
ALDERMEN, Ward 1 .- HENRY B. HAKES.
2 .- WALTER BIGELOW.
3 .- CALVIN DYER.
4 .- GEORGE W. RUGG.
66 5 .- E. C. CLEVELAND.
6 .- HENRY GODDARD.
66 7 .- EDWIN MORSE.
8 .- HARRISON BLISS.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, SAMUEL SMITH. Office, City Hall: residence 37 Southbridge street. COMMON COUNCIL,
Ward 1 .- De Witt Fisher, Edward L. Davis, Leonard R. Hudson.
Ward 5 .- E. A. Harkness, John L. Murphy, Salisbury Hyde.
Ward 2 .- George R. Peckham, Ward 6 .- Jonathan C. French, Luther Ross, Luther Phillips. George T. Murdock, George S. Hoppin.
Ward 3 .- Franklin B. Norton, Ward 7 .- Julius E. Tucker, William E. Starr, Samuel Winslow.
Patrick Nugent, Lyman Brown.
Ward 4 .- Osgood Bradley, Jr., Ward 8 .- George W. Russell, Andrew Athy, William B. McIver. Elbridge Boyden, D. A. Hawkins, Jr.
CITY MESSENGER, CHARLES MARVIN. Residence, 24 Austin street.
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PAGE TO COMMON COUNCIL, EDWARD O. PARKER.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1865.
On Finance .- Aldermen Bliss and Dyer ;
Common Councilmen Russell, Peckham and Norton.
On Claims-Aldermen Morse and Cleveland; Common Councilmen Tucker, Boyden and Murphy.
On Water. - The Mayor, and Aldermen Goddard and Hakes ; The President of the Common Council, and Councilmen Phillips, Hawkins and Nugent.
On the Fire Department .- Aldermen Hakes and Rugg ; Common Councilmen Fisher, Harkness and Murdock.
On Lighting Streets .- Aldermen Cleveland and Bigelow ; Common Councilmen Hoppin, Boyden and McIver.
On Education .- The Mayor, and Aldermen Morse and Goddard. The President of the Common Council, and Councilmen Russell, Hyde and Davis.
On Printing .- Aldermen Dyer and Goddard ; Common Councilmen Tucker, Hudson and Athy.
On Sidewalks .- Aldermen Bliss and Rugg; Common Councilmen Hudson, Winslow and Hoppin.
On Highways, Streets and Bridges .- Aldermen Bigelow and Rugg ; Common Councilmen French, Brown and Ross.
On Military Affairs .- The Mayor, and Aldermen Bliss and Cleveland ; The President of the Common Council, Councilmen Harkness, French and Murdock.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Health .- The Mayor, Aldermen Cleveland and Morse.
On Public Buildings .- The Mayor, and Aldermen Hakes and Bigelow.
On Sewers and Sewerage .- Aldermen Dyer and Morse.
On Bills in the Second Reading .- Aldermen Goddard and Dyer.
On Enrollment .- Alderman Dyer and Rugg.
On Elections and Returns .- Aldermen Bliss and Morse.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. On Bills in the Second Reading .- Messrs. Winslow, Bradley and Fisher. On Enrollment .- Messrs. Ross, Davis and Hawkins.
On Elections and Returns .- Messrs. Peckham, Hyde and Phillips.
SOLICITOR,
WILLIAM W. RICE. Office, Foster street.
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, GEORGE W. WHEELER. Office, City Hall, Residence, Thomas street. AUDITOR, GILL VALENTINE. Office, No. 3 Piper's Block. ASSESSORS, Samuel Smith, 3 years. Horatio N. Tower, 2 years. Fitzroy Willard, 1 year. HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM H. HEYWOOD. Office, City Hall. WATER COMMISSIONER, PHINEHAS BALL. ·
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY, Albert Curtis, 5 years,
Levi Lincoln, 4 years, David S. Messinger, 2 years,
Isaac Davis, 3 years, Albert Tolman, 1 year.
COMMISSIONERS OF SHADE TREES AND PUBLIC GROUNDS. George Jaques, 3 years.
Henry Prentice, 2 years, Edward Earle, 1 year.
DIRECTORS OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. John Green, Life Director.
D. Waldo Lincoln, 2 6 years.
William A. Smith, ) 3 years.
Frank H. Kelley,
George F. Hoar,
Ebenezer Cutler, 5 years.
Richard Ball,
John J. Power, 2 years.
Stephen Salisbury, Isaac Davis, 1 year.
Zephaniah Baker, Librarian. Callina Barnes,
Assistant Librarians.
Three years. Ward 1 .- Charles A. Wheeler, Merrick Bemis,
2 .- Edward Earle,
3 .- John J. Power,
66 4 .- Charles A. Tenney,
66 5 .- Thomas Magennis, 6 .- John Dean, " 7 .- L. M. Sargent,
8 .- Caleb B. Metcalf,
Frances M. Baker, SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Two years. One year. Frank H. Rice. Timothy K. Earle, Geo. W. Gale. Samuel Putnam, M. S. McConville, Samuel V. Stone, T. E. St. John, Thomas Earle, George Holmes. Samuel Clark. C. W. Hamilton. John C. Newton. R. R. Shippen. Jos. D. Daniels.
Samuel F. Haven, POLICE COURT.
WILLIAM N. GREEN, Chief Justice. John W. Wetherell, 2 William W. Rice, Associate Justices.
Clark Jillson, Clerk.
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J. D. E. Jones,
Nathaniel Paine,
George Chandler, S 4 years.
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TRUANT COMMISSIONERS. PHINEHAS BALL, Mayor. J. D. E. JONES, Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES B. PRATT, Marshal. Truant Officer, J. ORLANDO BEMIS. MARSHAL. CHARLES B. PRATT, Office, City Hall ; residence, 319 Main street.
DEPUTY MARSHALS.
CHARLES M. RUGGLES, Office, City Hall ; house, 319 Main street. JAMES M. DRENNAN, Office, City Hall ; house, 11 Exchange street.
CONSTABLES.
Charles B. Pratt,
Henry Cole,
Charles M. Ruggles,
Levi Jackson,
James M. Drennan,
Clark Jillson,
Jonathan B. Sibley,
Jeremiah Kane.
SPECIAL POLICE.
Sumner P. Hall, at Western R. R. Station.
Charles A. Lincoln,
at Junction R. R. Station.
William Knowles,
at Mechanics Hall.
Charles D. Mowry,
at Mission Chapel.
Parker Holden,
at Park Street Church.
Spencer D. Bean,
at Lincoln Square.
Justin Howard,
at Market Street.
Charles H. Braman,
at New Worcester.
Joseph C. Yeaw,
at Providence R. R. Station.
Moses P. Stearns, Patrick O'Rourke,
at Temple Street.
John Fallon,
at Ward's Island.
Charles G. Parker,
at Pleasant near West Street.
at Quinsigamond.
Thomas Wheelock.
WATCHMEN AND DAY POLICE.
HENRY COLE, Captain of the Watch.
George W. Austin, Nelson Baldwin, Charles N. Hair, Floyd H. Harris, Henry C. Lowell, Perley Dean,
Joseph H. Flint,
Joseph L. Hall,
W. Ansel Washburn, George F. Newton,
Patrick E. Ratigan. Charles W. Wentworth.
James H. Mattoon, E. P. Brewer.
at South Worcester.
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UNDERTAKERS.
George Sessions, George G. Hildreth,
Thomas Magennis, Frank A. McConvillc.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
Charles A. Hoppin, New Worcester, Giles Williams, Lincoln Square,
Charles Marvin, Near City Hall, C. H. Whiting, Washington Square. WEIGHERS OF COAL.
Franklin H. Knight, at Jourdan's. George Fisher, at Southbridge street. Augustus Williams, at Wellington's. Charles Allen, at Central street.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
Giles Williams, Lincoln Square, Charles Marvin, City Hall,
C. H. Whiting, Washington Square, Sibley Putnam, Green street,
Charles A. Hoppin, New Worcester, Joseph Gates, Quinsigamond, Alden Thayer, Pleasant street.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER .- Nahum R. Hapgood.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Benjamin Flagg, Jonas Hartshorn, Jonathan Lyon, Jr.
MILK INSPECTOR .- Henry Griffin, Pleasant street. FIELD DRIVERS.
Perley Dcan, Centre, Orin A. Kelley, Adams square,
Lyman Bellows, Northville, Nathan F. Perry, Quinsigamond, William H. Heywood, New Worcester.
POUND KEEPER .- William H. Heywood. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Gill Valentine, Office, No. 3 Piper's Block.
MEASURER OF UPPER LEATHER .- John Rice. 2d. GUAGER .- Jerome Marble.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Phinehas Ball, Mayor, Chairman. . George W. Gale, Clerk. Ward 1 .- D. F. Parker. Ward 5 .- Patrick O'Rourke.
2 .- George W. Gale. 6 .- Thomas Pierce.
3 .- Leonard W. Sturtevant. " 7 .- George Geer.
. 4 .- John J. Brosnihan. 8 .- Benjamin Walker.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
RUFUS WOODWARD. Office, Elm street.
KEEPER OF THE POOR FARM. - John Farwell.
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ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
Ward 1 .- Silas Dinsmore. Ward 5 .- Josiah G. Perry.
2 .- Oliver K. Earle.
3 .- Hollis Eaton.
6 .- Pitt Holmes.
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7 .- Joseph Chamberlin.
4 .- I. D. Russell.
8 .- Addison Palmer.
WARD OFFICERS.
Ward 1 .- Warden, Edward Kendall. Clerk, George C. Rice. Inspectors, D. F. Parker, De Witt Fisher, Silas Dinsmorc.
Ward 2 .-- Warden, Harrison G. Otis. Clerk, George W. Gale. Inspectors, Henry C. Wilson, George W. Paul, Ephraim Tucker.
Ward 3 .- Warden, Horace Hobbs. Clerk, George Holmes. Inspectors, William Duncan, Wm. A. Packard, Samuel McFadden. Ward 4 .- Warden, Elbridge Aldrich, Clerk, John Toomy. Inspectors, H. H. Holden, John Trumbull, George P. Kendrick.
Ward 5 .- Warden, James Melancfy, Clerk, William G. Strong. Inspectors, A. A. Gorden, Everett W. French, Gilman Ferrin. Ward 6 .-- Warden, Otis Warren, Clerk, John C. Newton.
Inspectors, C. L. Redding, H. C. Rawson, Joseph R. Torrcy.
Ward 7 .-- Warden. Henry C. Rice. Clerk, Amos P. Albee.
Inspectors, Julius E. Tucker, Charles M. Harvey, L. M. Sargent.
Ward 8 .- Warden, Oliver F. Harris. Clerk, Lewis C. Muzzy. Inspectors, C. A. Bowker, Addison Palmer, Silas H. Batchellor. BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Alzirus Brown, Chief.
Ransom M. Gould, Clerk.
A. B. Lovell,
Austin W. Ward, Assistant Engineers.
Joseph Rideout,
Ransom M. Gould, } Simon E. Combs, William A. Swallow.
Washington Engine Co. No. 1, 40 men, De Witt Fisher, Foreman.
Rapid
2, 40 James L. Morsc,
Niagara
3, 40 Samuel Knowlton,
Yankee
5, 40 R. S. Maynard, 66
Hook and Ladder
1, 20
John W. Loring,
Hook and Ladder
2, 25 66 Austin Culver,
City Hose
1, 10 66 Caleb Brimhall,
Occan Hose
2, 10 James Keegan,
Eagle Hose
3, 10
66 Thomas Painter,
Steamer Gov. Lincoln, 6
1, 15 Timothy Keliher,
Steamer Col. Davis, 2, 15 7
Royal Combs,
Engineers, .
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272 men in all.
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City Document No. 20.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF
HON. JAMES B. BLAKE,
MAYOR OF THE
CITY OH WORCESTER,
JANUARY 1, 1866;
WITH THE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE SEVERAL CITY OFFICERS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 1, 1866.
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WORCESTER: TYLER & SEAGRAVE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, Spy Printing House, Main Street.
CONTENTS.
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Mayor's Address, - -
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Report of Directors of Public Library, - -
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Report of the Commissioners on Hope Cemetery,
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Report of Water Commissioners, - -
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Report of the Chief Engineer,
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Report of the School Committee, - -
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High School Roll of Honor, (war,) 105 ; Music, 106 ; Bullock Prize Report, 107 ; List of Bullock Medal Scholars, 116 ; Resources and Expenditures, 117 ; Table of Statistics, 120 ; Appendix, Roll of Honor, 125 ; School Committee for 1866, 133 ; Sub Committees for 1866, 134 ;
Report of the Commissioners on Shade Trees, 137
Report of the City Marshal, - - - -
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor, - - 150
Report of the Truant Commissioners, -
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Report of the Highway Commissioner,
- 161
Report of the City Treasurer, -
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Account Current, 164 ; Cash Account, 166.
Treasurer's Account of Receipts and Expenditures, - 169
Schedule of the City Property,
- 214
- 219 City Debt, - - -
Report of the City Physician, - - 221
Government and Officers for 1866, - - . - 226
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CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, CITY OF WORCESTER, APRIL, 1866.
TO PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
Bills presented for the action of the Auditor of Accounts, must specify what the arti- cle or articles sold were for-when for labor, where it was performed, number of days and price per day, unless otherwise agreed upon. When there are charges belonging to different departments, separate bills must be made, including only charges belonging to each department.
ALL BILLS MUST SPECIFY THE DATE OF THE SEVERAL CHARGES
Claimants should carefully note the name of the person who orders the article or ser- vice and should inquire to what department the charge shall be made, and should also know that the person is duly authorized to make contracts. Unless this is done, the claimant will be put to the trouble of making out his account the second time, and run the risk of losing it.
When bills are certified to, as per Chapter 3, Revised Ordinances (below), they can be left at the Treasurer's or Auditor's Office, before 2 o'clock, P. M , on or before the THIRD DAY of each month, except bills at the close of the year, which must be left on or before December 25th.
Those who attend to the above, will find their bills audited and ready at the Treas- urer's Office, who will pay them promptly at the times designated below.
TIMES OF PAYMENT.
Salaries of the City Officers, and Teachers in the permanent Schools, on the first day of each quarter.
Families of Volunteers, on the twenty-fourth day of each month.
Salaries of Watchmen, on the first day of each month.
Salaries of Firemen, on, or before the 15th day of January.
All other bills on the 10th of each month.
When the above days come on Sundays, payment will be made the next day.
I And persons having claims are requested to call promptly for their money ON THE DAY DESIGNATED.
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, April, 1866.
All persons having claims against the City, are hereby reminded, that agreeably to an established rule, all bills, in order that they may be ready for payment on the 10th, must be left with the Treasurer or Auditor, on or before the THIRD day of each month, except the closing bills of the year, which must be left on or before December 25th, be- fore 2 o'clock, P. M. Those who fail to comply with this rule, will have to wait till the following month before their bills will be ready for payment.
CHAPTER 3, REVISED ORDINANCES. AUDITOR.
" SECTION 2. No Account or Claim against the City, other than judgments of the Ju - dicial Courts, shall be received or acted upon by him, unless such account or claim shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Mayor, Committee, or other proper Certifying Officer of each department, authorized on behalf of the City to make the contract or cause the expenditure to be made, that the same is correct. "
GILL VALENTINE, Auditor.
. Office, No 3, Piper's Block.
ADDRESS OF MAYOR BLAKE
AT THE
INAUGURATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT,
JANUARY 1, 1866.
Gentlemen of the Board of. Aldermen
and Gentlemen of the Common Council :
With profound gratitude to Almighty God should we gather together this morning, the opening hours of the New Year, to thank Him for the blessings which he has vouchsafed to us as a people, to express our abiding faith in the never failing goodness of His guiding hand, and our unswerving confidence that as he was the God of our Fathers, so will he be with us, encouraging, cheering, directing and ever continuing to us that spirit of light and truth which shall carry us through every dark hour of our country's need, with the firm, fixed principles of Loyalty and Liberty and unerring rectitude.
Words fail to express the heart's gratitude as we pass on to another year, with Peace restored to our borders, the Union indivisible, and liberty assured. I cannot re- press the feelings of thankfulness as I congratulate you upon the final and complete success which has crowned the national arms ; neither can I but feel that your hearts throb in sympathy with my own as we contemplate the glorious hopes of the future, when this shall be indeed a
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free country, with freedom a reality, with liberty untaint- ed by treason, and this a united people, true to the God- given destiny which has been reserved for our nation, a living realization of Republican Government, the con- summation of a cultivated Christian individuality.
Yet, mingled with feelings of joyful congratulation, there comes up from the heart's chambers the sad mem- ories of the past year : the tolling of the midnight bell on the 14th of April bore to us the appalling intelligence of the expiring life of the President by the assassin's hand; the death throe of the rebellion had done its work, and we as a people were suddenly cast from the highest state of joyful excitement to the profoundest extreme of grief. The entire suspension of-business for several days, the outward expressions of mourning on every building, the sad gathering at Mechanics' Hall and the churches of the city, and the eloquent eulogy delivered by our dis- tinguished #fellow-citizen, have all passed into the annals of our history; but to us the great lesson which this death teaches, should be the self-sacrificing life-the con- templation of which should make each and all of us more true to our country and to freedom, more loyal, more patriotic, and create within us a fuller realization of our duties as citizens of the Republic.
And with the memory of the martyr President, there are the memories of other martyrs, who with patriotic hearts and willing hands left the plough-share and the workshop, the blessings of the home circle and the quiet of civic life at the call of the government in defence of our common country. This glorious army of martyrs
*Hon. A. H. Bullock.
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hiust never be forgotten, and I shall ask you to inaugu- rate such measurers as shall enable us as the recipients of the voluntary contributions of our people, to erect to their memory a monument in some of our public squares, which shall transmit to future generations on tablets of stone, the names of all those men who have so heroically given themselves to their country that we might live and enjoy with our children the fruits of their sacrifice. Let us not leave this duty to others, but rather let us to-day give tangible expression to the gratitude we feel, that those who come after us may know we fully realize and appreciate the sacrifice and have done the least that we could do, by enshrining the names of the fallen in im- perishable remembrance.
And to those heroes of the Republic who have been permitted to return " with their shields," what can we do for them, should be the question of every loyal heart. Let us, who have so quietly enjoyed the comforts and luxuries of home, who have through all the changing seasons, pressed our children to our breasts in perfect safety, and without a fear closed our eyes in undisturbed slumber each returning night, let us, I say, never forget these men, this glorious army of self-sacrificing brothers who went forth in our defence, who have braved the heat . and miasmas of the summer, the chilling blasts and ex- posures of the winter; who in monotony of camp or wearisome march, in lonely outpost duty, or in the exci- ting hour of battle have ever proved faithful to us left at home, faithful to the country, to the union, to liberty and to right.
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