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Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Annual list of appointed town officers for the current year, detailing positions such as selectmen, clerk, assessors, treasurer, and various committees and inspectors.
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Selectmen.—Daniel Tucker, Joseph H. Ingraham, Peter Warren, John Hobart, Robert Douglass.
Town Clerk Oliver Bray
Assessors—James Neal, Daniel Cobb, Peter Warren.
Town Treasurer—Hon. Matthew Cobb.
Collector of Taxes—Joseph M. Gerrish.
Inspector of Police—Seth Bird.
Overseers of the Poor—Joseph H. Ingraham, Oliver Bray, William Lord, Robert Douglass, John M'Lellan, Jonathan Stewart, John P. Thurston.
School Committee—Rev. Ichabod Nichols, Rev. Edward Payson, Nicholas Emery Esq. Woodbury Storer jun. Esq. Thomas Brown, Henry Smith, Abel W. Atherton, Joel Hall, Charles S. Davis, Esq.
Constables—David Pease, John Lord, Peter Hall, Smith Cobb.
Surveyors of Boards, &c.—Daniel Cobb, Enoch Lowell, Ansel Lewis, Jeremiah Kimball, James Huse, Lewis Stetson, Thomas Chase, William Capen, Ebenic Evans, Daniel Skillings, Joseph Lane, William Moulton, Samuel Moody, Enoch Morse, Parker Ilsley, Ira Bradford, Edward Ingraham, Thomas Barker, William Waterhouse, John Skillings, Simeon Hall, Smith Cobb, Rufus Washburn, Henry Jones, Friend Loring, Samuel Baker, John Crockett, Jeremiah Mason.
Surveyors of Highways—Smith Cobb and David Ross.
Surveyors of Mahogany—William Haskell and Benjamin Ilsley
Surveyors of Hoops and Staves—John Knight, Nathan Hubbard, Jabez Clapp, Samuel Chase, Jacob Ham, Isaac Knight, Anthony Knight, Thomas Burnham, Thomas Merrill, Joseph Fernald, Joshua F. Weeks.
Fence Viewers—David Ross and Daniel Mountfort.
Tythingmen—Cotton B. Brooks, Levi Cutter, John K. Smith, Hosea Ilsley, James Huse, Royal Lincoln, Horatio Southgate, Nicholas Loring, John Powell, Thomas Dodge, Joseph Mariner, William M'Lellan,
Firewards—Cotton B. Brooks, Levi Cutter, Ebenezer Mayo, Nicholas Emery, James D. Hor Kims, Oliver Bray, Abel W. Atherton, Stephen M'Lellan, Stephen Longfellow, Robert Ilsley, James Neal, Jesse Richards, William Swan, Enoch Preble, Phinehas Varnum, Samuel Baker, Daniel Cobb, Levi Sawyer, William Polleys, Joshua Richardson, Joel H.r. Thomas Brown, Ansel Lewis, Francis Osgood.
Assay Masters—Eleazar Wyer and Enoch Moulton.
Cullers of Dry Fish—Thomas Burnham, Jacob Knight, Thomas Merrill, Isaac Knight.
Overseers of the Work-house—Same as Overseers of the Poor.
Hog Reeves—Quincy Williams, William Haggett, John Andrews, Joseph Young, James Flood.
Field Drivers—Same as Hog Reeves.
Pound Keeper—Nathaniel Montgomery.
Inspectors of Lime Imported—William Tukey, John Lovitt, Levi Sawyer, John Lowell.
Inspectors of Lime Manufactured—John Lowell and James Crockett.
Health Committee—William Swan, Thomas Burnham, Joseph Ilsley, Dr. Samuel Weed. Daniel Cobb, John Coe, Smith Cobb, Thomas Merrill, jun. Seth Bird.
Committee on Accounts—Ebenezer Mayo. William Swan, Samuel Trask
Committee to build side walks—James Neal. Joshua Richardson, Daniel How.
Attest O. BRAY, Town Clerk.
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List of appointed town officers for the current year, including selectmen, town clerk, assessors, treasurer, collector, inspector of police, overseers of the poor, school committee, constables, surveyors of various materials, surveyors of highways and mahogany, surveyors of hoops and staves, fence viewers, tythingmen, firewards, assay masters, cullers of dry fish, overseers of the work-house, hog reeves, field drivers, pound keeper, inspectors of lime, health committee, committee on accounts, and committee to build side walks.