Annual Report of the City of Somerville, 1887

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Ordered, That the Committee on Printing be and is hereby authorized and instructed to have printed for public use seven hundred copies of the Address delivered by his Honor the Mayor at the inauguration of the present City Government, the expense to be charged to Printing and Stationery account.

Read twice and adopted and sent down for concurrence.

GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tern.

In Common Council, Jan. 11, 1887. Read twice and adopted in concurrence.

DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk. INAUGURAL ADDRESS

OF

HON. MAElv F. BURNS,

Delivered Jan. 3, 1887.

Gentlemen of the Citv Council : —

In assuming the duties that have been assigned to us by our fellow-citizens, let us resolve that we will work together in peace and harmon}', each assisting the others in the transactions of the cit}^’s business, in such a wa}~ as to give entire satisfaction to those who have complimented us by an election to the important positions which we now hold. If we give the time, and bring to bear upon all questions which come before us for discussion our best judgment and ability', we shall give the citizens what they have a right to expect, —a good, safe, economical, and businesslike administration of ...