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Columbia City, Wash. Feb. 6th, 1899.

The Town Council of the Town of Columbia met
in regular session at 8 o'clock P.M. Present
Mayor Reeves, Councilmen Peirson, Helenthal, Hepler
and Campbell.

Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
Marshal's monthly report read and accepted.

Franchise Committee reported the original copy of
the franchise ordinance in their possession, and
that Mr. F. H. Osgood had been notified of the meeting
and invited to be present.

Street Committee reported the Caldwell St. plank
walk completed as per specifications, with one
dollars worth of labor additional. Report accepted
and warrant ordered drawn on the Current Expense
fund for the full amount $9.00 in favor of
H. D. McKay.

Finance Committee reported the City Attorney's
report as not yet having been submittedd to or
seen by said committee.

On motion the matter of electing a City Attorney
for the year 1899 was taken up and Mr. Nichols
duly elected to said office of City Attorney.

On motion the newly elected City Attorney was
ordered notified of his election and instructed
to wait upon the retiring Attorney and get
his books and statement of Town matters in
his possession.

Ordinance for the surety bonds for Town
Officers, readn and a section added to cover
that of Treasurer, Clerk, Attorney / Marshal
after which the same was accepted and ordered
referred to the City Attorney for drawing up
in paper form.

The matter of appointing a Town Treasurer
taken up, and Mr. A. H. Hepler duly elected to
said office.

By regular motion the Franchise matter was
taken up and read by sections. Section 12 was
amended to fix the hours, at which building were
to be moved across the street Railway
between 12:Midnight and 5 o'clock A.M. And
Section 13 amended to read that the car service
therein stipulated shall take effect June 1st 1899.

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