The board proceeded to elect and appoint two engineers of the fire department in place of Messrs. Brewster Reynolds and Thomas B. Curtis, who declined serving, and Messrs. Nathan Viles and Mark Ware were elected and appointed in their place.

CHIEF ENGINEER.

SAMUEL DEVENS HARRIS,Esq.

ENGINEERS.

To take rank in the order in which they are arranged, viz : Daniel C. Bacon, George Darracott, Gerry Fairbanks, Simon Wilkinson, John Candler, Mark Ware, …

IN COMMON COUNCIL.

Monday, April 17. …

…The order of the evening was then called up, and the Council proceeded to choose Assistant Assessors for the year ensuing, who were nominated by the members from each ward. The following gentlemen were chosen and an order appointing them, read and passed to a second reading : …No. 5, E. P. Hartshorn, Mark Ware; …

Reference Data:

The Boston News-Letter: and City Record, Vol. 1, by Abel Bowmen and Jerome Van Crowninsheidl Smith, 1826, pages 107-8 and 214