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22 JOURNAL OF TEH PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ordered that the Clerk be & he is hereby instructed to communicate with the owners of property interested that that Common purpose ordering the Construction of a certain sidewalk to connect with the 6th sidewalk Ordered that the Fifth Street be improved under the supervision of the Street Committee in accordance with a plan to be approved by the Surveryor Ordered that that Council stand now adjourned Attest: E S Osborne, Clerk Approved L.P. Smith, Mayor Be it remembered that on this the 6th day of January 1882 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chambers pursuant to law The following Officers are present to wit: Councilmen Thos Clancy, John Collins, M Demsmore, Wm A Jennings, John Keenan Moses Keezer and Charles McDonald Thereupon the following proceedings are had By reason of the absence of His Honor the Mayor L P Smith by sickness and his consequent inability to perform the dutues of his office of, Councilman Wm A Jennings is by the Council elected to the office of Acting Mayor during such temporary inability A petition is received from W Burnit & others praying for the removal of certain obstructions at the foot of 3rd Street Thereupon the same is referred to the Street Committee A petition is received from F W Wusthoff praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax, thereupon same is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from Benj Murphy praying for the remitting of a road poll tax; thereupon the prayer of the petition

23 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE is granted and it is ordered that a Warrant be drawn for the sum of $4.00 on the Road Fund in favor of said Murphy. The petition of Frances McDaniel is received praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax, thereupon the petition is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from C.R.Foster praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax; thereupon the petition is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from Mrs. Sarah J. Plummer & others praying for the erection of a gas lamp at the corner of Second and Main Streets, thereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and a gas lamp is hereby ordered erected as prayed for A petition is received from Mrs. Sarah J. Plummer & others praying for the removal of a nuisance at the foot of Jackson Street; thereupon the same is referred to the Street Committee. The regular monthly reports of the following City Officers are received and ordered filed, to wit: Harbor Master, Street Commissioner, City Treasurer, City Justice, and City Attorney The petition of James Pollock and others is received praying for the construction of a sidewalk along Main Street; Thereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and the same is referred to the Ordinance Committee with instruction to submit an Ordinance providing for such improvement The following bids for furnishing metal Gas Lampposts and received and read to wit: Washington Iron Works for 50 lamp posts at the rate of $13.50 per post Williamson & Kellogg " any number of posts " " " " $12.00 " " Thereupon the bid of Williamson & Kellogg is accepted. Ordered that all lampposts hereafter erected be constructed of metal Ordered that a Warrrant be drawn in Favor of Julius Linberg on the Gas Fund in the Sum of $4.20 for wrong taxation And now a Communication is secured from J.A.Mc Phee as Agent for Raymond & Wilshire agreeing to deliver on the Wharf at Seattle a certain description of Safe for

24 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE the sum of $560.00 in Warrant on the City Fund; Thereupon it is ordered that the Special Committee to whom was referred the matter of procuring the same be instructed to negotiate a purpose for such safe and to report Thereupon at next meeting And now come the several persons hereafter named and make applications for the included herein after specified for the periods and from the dates herein after specified; and at the same time said applicants present their several Bonds in accordance with the Ordinance relative thereto; thereupon after due examination said bonds are approved, and said applicants are making due proof that they are men of good moral character It is therefore ordered that upon the compliance with all the other provisions of said ordinance, the Clerk be & is hereby instructed to issue licenses to said applicants for the periods & purposes following to wit: Name Description of License Term Date of Commencement L.Diller Retail liquor 3 months Jan 16 1882 L.Diller Billiard Table 3 " " 16 " James W. Smith Retail Liquor 3 " " 3 " Shaw & Algar Retail Liquor 3 " " 9 " Shaw & Algar Billiard Table 3 " " 9 " Jacob Bersch Grocery 3 " " 1 " Jacob Bersch 1 Pigeon Hole Table 3 " " 5 " Jacob Bersch 1 Pool Table 3 " " 24 " The following claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by Warrants drawn on the funds and in the amounts following tour: City Fund E.S.Osborne Clerk $ 41.67 J.M.Hall Attorney 41.67 J.H.McGains Chief of Police $100 Letterbox $3.50 103.50 J.H.Woolery Police 80.00 W.B.Jacking " 80.00

25 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE D.l.McCowan Police $80.00 S F. Coombs JPS Fees 37.20 Seattle Daily Chronicle Printing 21.18 Stewart & Ebersold Job Printing 60.00 M V B Stacy Ground sent for Jails 10.00 McNaught, Ferry & McNaught Opinion in reference to paupers 50.00 Geo Kinnear Appraises Madison St. Extension 10.00 L.B. Andrews " " " 10.00 L. Newman Jail Keys 3.00 F.W Westhoff Jail lock 2.25 Charles Woolesy killing dogs 16.00 Anthony LeBrashe " " 4.00 S.G.Benedict & Co Stationery & C 6.75 R.H.Calligan Street Labor $91use of horse $11PrisonersBoard $14 $116.00 Luther Albee " 39.00 James Campbell " 35.00 Thomas Rock " 35.00 Stetson & Post lumber 53.24 Robert Russell hauling lumber 7.25 John L Kahaley " 2.50 F.W Westhoff hardware 5.60 Benj Murphy$4JohnMcElroy $4John Levy $4W.H Burnitt $4.00 Road Poll Taxes remitted 16.00 Gas Fund Sattle Gas Light Co Gas $146.65 attend lights $30 $176.65 Waddell & Miles repairs to gas fixtures 4.50 Julius Linberg Gas Tax remitted 4.20 Fire Fund W.A.Perry Steward Engine House $75.00 J.D.Hinckly Ground rent 8.00 Waddell & Miles repairs to water pipe in Madison St. Incline 2.50 John Maginnis hauling coal .75 Charles McDonald to purchase coal 10.00 Ordered that the Street Commissioner be and he is hereby instructed to remove the need from off certain portions of Commercial, Mill & ]]Front Street]]s

26 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ordered that a notice be published warning all persons against interfering with the gaslights. Ordered that the City Marshall be and he is hereby instructed to cause the Budlong Boat House & boats to be removed away from the Columbia Street Incline Ordered that the City Marshall be and he is hereby instructed to secure the Stairway adjacent to the shore occupied by J.H. Sauderson & situated in the alley And now the City Treasurer returned the Taxroll for the year 1881 with his return thereon to the Council; there upon it is ordered that the Clerk be & he is hereby instructed to deliver said Tax Roll to the Treasurer of King County and to issue and annex thereto a Warranted directed to said Treasurer commanding him to proceed forthwith to collect the delinquent taxes upon such roll & make return thereon as provided by law Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned until Friday evening January 13th 1881 Attest: E S Osborne, Clerk Approved [by apparent stamp not hand] W.A. Jennings Acting Mayor Be it remembered that on this the 13th day of January 1882 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to adjornment The following officers are present to witt: His Honor the Mayor L P Smith and Councilmen Thomas Clancy, John Collins, M Densmore, Wm A Jennings, John Keenan, Moses Keezer and Charles McDonald thereupon the following proceedings are had: A petition is received from J H Sanderson praying for the right to occupy oa portion of the alley adjoining his store building on Mill Street for the purpose of a stairway into the Second storey of said building whereupon the prayer of the petition is granted