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COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
Aug 11 1886
and now the Council proceeds to the Motion of police
officers
Councilman Frink moves that the vote for police officers by
taken by Ayes & Noes.
Councilman Furth moves as an amendment that the Council
now proceed to elect one Captain of Police and nine
policemen which is lost by the folowing vote Ayes Coulter
Furth, Green, and Russell Noes Frink, Hinckley, Lake and
Reitze. There being a tie vote the Mayor decides it by voting No,
Councilman Frink now moves as an amendment to his ori-
ginal motion that the Council proceed to elect on Captain of
Polic and nine Policemen and that the vote by taken by
Ayes & Noes. Carried by the following Ayes Frink, Hinckley,
Lake & Reitze Noes Furth, Green, Coulter & Russell, the vote being a tie, the mayor decides it by voting Aye.
Councilman Reitze moves that the names of the persons
nominated be called and that they be voted on separately
carried by the following vote, Ayes Frink, Lake, Hinckley,
& Reitze Noes Coulter, Furth, Green,& Russell, there
being a tie, the mayor decides it by voting Aye.
Councilman Furth moves that the council proceed to vote for
Capt W H D Wolffe for Captain of Police, carried
W H D Wolffe being placed in nomination for Captain of Police
is defeated by the following votes Ayes Coulter, Furth, Green,& Russell. noes Frink, Hinckley, Lake & Reitze there
being a tie, the mayor decides it by voting No.
James Welch is placed in nomination for Captain of Police
and elected by the following votes Ayes Frink, Hinckley,
Lake & Reitze Noes Coulter, Furth, Green & Russell, there being
a tie, the mayor decides it by voting Aye.
Thereupon the following named persons are nominated and
Elected policemen to wit: Fred Voigt, Tobias Butler, W H
Pinckney, J L McClellan, J L McDaniel, Thos H Campbell,
J W Hunt, Wm Morris & F A Fay. The upon each of said
persons being the same as that for James Welch Captain of
Police the mayor casting the deciding vote, with the