Meeting of the Town Board.

New York, 1895

The town board of Jamaica held a meeting at the Town Hall on Friday. Supervisor Everitt presided. Justice Lester was absent. Bids were opened for filling the cellars on the property recently acquired by the town for Town Hall purposes, and for grading the ground, as follows: John H. Valentine, $375; Robert Scott, $323; George Marshall, $300; Thomas Clary, $643. The contract was awarded to George Marshall.

The committee on fence for the park adjoining the Town Hall reported progress.

The following bills were ordered paid: Jamaica gas company, month of May, $17.19; Hugh J. Swift, constable, $41.40.

The bill of Henry Bauman, for services as excise commissioner, $54, was laid over, the charges in the bill for attending meetings of the board of excise not agreeing with the commissioners' books.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 21, 1895, p. 8.