City of Seattle Records

155 Columbia Wash Mch 1st 1/97 The Town Council of the Town of Columbia met persuant to adjournment Mayor Reeves called meeting to order Roll Called and following members present D C Brown, T Osgood, A A Hepler, L S Chase and C Cameron Minutes of last regular and adjourned meetings read and approved. Report of finance Committee read and accepted and recommendations in report referred to Attorney and Water Committee. Committee on Attorney Bond not ready to report. On motion Council ordered a committee of the whole and examined Attorney's Bond And on motion the said Bond was approved and ordered placed on File: Attorney report favorable on Bonds of the Clerk, Treasurer and Police Judge And on Motion the several Bonds were approved and ordered places on file. The Clerk and Attorney who were appointed a committee the look into and ascertain whether Bonds for $4000 could be sold. report nos progress. And on motion the report was accepted and committee discharges: Committee on Street report progress on walk: On motion the Treasurer was authorized to transfer $10.00 from the General to the Emergency Fund: Committee on Streets was authroized to purchase lumber and draw warrant on Emergency Fund for balance of Lumber and proceed to lay walk forthwith and have the labor done and recpt for Poll Tax on same.

158 Columbia Wash Apr 5th 1/97 The Town Council of the Town of Columbia met in Regular meeting: Meeting Called to order Mayor Reeves presiding Roll called and following answered present Chase, Osgood, and ]]Cameron]] Absent Brown and Hepler Minutes of last meeting read and approved: Street Committee report Sidewalk on Winston St finished and following Bills presented for payt of same. Cost of material $15.00 and donations to the amt of $5.50 leaving a balance of $9.50 which on Emergency Fund warrant was isssued by the Clerk and signed by the mayor. On motion Report of Committee was accepted and issuing of emergency fund warrant of $9.50 was ratified: Report of treasurer was read and referred to finance Committee. Report of Attorney read and referred to Finance Committee: Report of Marshal read and referred to Finance Commiteee: Report of C P Hutchinson for the month of January read and referred to Finance Commitee: Clerk is given further time to report back Water Accounts reported by the Marshal and referred to Finance Committee Bill of J J Knitz for material to repair water pipe in the sum of $2.25, also Bill for $1.50 for labor was read and on motion the same were ordered paid out of the Emergency Fund: Ordinance #71 An ordinance regulating the keeping of Dogs in the Town of Columbia for the licensing of the same and providing a penalty; was taken up by sections and on motion the same was passed as a whole: approved by the mayor and attested by the Clerk.

160 Columbia City Wash May 3d 1897 the Town Council of the town of Columbia met in regular session and called to order by Mayor Reeves Cameron, Osgood and Chase responded to roll-call; Brown and Hepler absent. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Attorneyreported progress in matter of Street Grade Assessments. Finance Commitee not ready to report. Bills filed and referred to Finance Committee. The same were approved by Finance Committee and ordered paid out of Emergency Fund - excepting bill of C R Hepler, he to have receipt for six months water rent in payment for his labor. The matter of A H Hepler proposition to put in water pipe and take water rent in payment for cost of samewas referred to Water Committee with power to act. On motion resolution was passed, to wit: Whereas the Ordinance raising the Marshal's salary from six to ten dollars per month not having gone into effect until the month of April 1897 and it having been understood and intended that he should be given the sum of ten dollars per month as salary from the first day of February 1897 and was so agreed before said Marshal was appointed to said office, therefore be it. Resolved; that the Clerk be and is hereby instructed to draw warrants payable to said marshal C N Groat in the sum of twenty dollars for the months of February and March instead of Twelve dollars.

162 Columbia City Wash May 31st 1897 The Town Councilof the Town of Columbia met in extra session at 8 o'clock PM Mayor Reeves presiding Brown, Cameron and Voland answered to roll - call; Osgood and Hepler absent. Voland occupied a seat in the council having filed his oath of office. Call for the extra session filed. Matter regulating use of water for irrigation purposes was brought up, and after an informal discussion council reported certain plans agreed upon motion was then made to instruct the City Attorney to draw up an ordinance conforming therewith, with proper penalties attached for violation. Carried. Communication from Mr V R Pierson relative to certain nuisances in his neighborhood was read and referred to the Board of Health withinstruction to report at next regular meeting. The Mayor asked for a leave of absence for six weeks from June 7th. granted. On motion meeting adjourned Approved C F Reeves mayor C S Chase Clerk

163 Columbia City Wash June 7th 1897 The Town Council of the Town of Columbia met in regular session, Mayor Reeves in the chair. Roll Call answered to by Cameron and Voland. Brown, Hepler and Osgood absent. On motion an intermission was declared, until 10:30 in as much as no quorum was present. Convened again at 10:30, and roll call answered to be Brown, Cameron and Voland Minutes of last regular meeting read and approved. Committee on Streets and Allys reported the Ziebarth road petition as not warrantable for any present action. Report of exposed water-pipe considered and laid over until next meeting Ordinance regulating irrigation read and after being considered by sections, was passed as a whole. Resolution offered and carried that the office of A A Hepler, councilman be declared vacant, he having been absent for more than three successive meetings without permission. On motion Mr A H Hepler and Mr McGarvin were nominated to fill vacancy. McGarvin elected. Motion was made to to elect a mayor to fill C F Reeves absence, pro tem and Mr D C Brown was chosen for that office Motion was made to purchase lumber for repairing sidewalks, same to be paid for out of Emergency fund. Carried. Matter of disinfecting closets, brought up and referrd to the Board of Health with instructions to form certain rules for same. On motion meeting adjourned. Approved Juy 5th 1897 D C Brown C S Chase clerk