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.

166 Columbia City Wash September 15th 1897 The Town Councl of the Town of Columbia met in extra session with Mayor Reeves in the chair at 8:30 o'clock. Roll Call answered by D C Brown, A A Hepler, & T Osgood Chas Cameron and E Voland absent. Minutes of July 5th read and apporved with out correction. Verbal Report of city Attorney on road tax levy and relative matters, listened to Clerk's Bond read and approved by Council and placed on file. Resignation of E Voland council read and on motion was laid on the table until next regular meeting. Statement form County Auditor considered and on motion was accepted on conditions as per following resolution: Be it resolved by the Town Council of the Town of Columbia that the sum of $45.09 be accepted by said town in full payment of all penalty and interest erroneously credited to the General Fund of King Co instead of the General fund of said Town by the present and former Treasurer of King County; and said sum is, now accepted by said town and its Council as full settlement against the County of King for said penalty and interest collected by said County and erroneously credited to the general fund, to and including March 31st 1897, it being distinctly understood however, that this does not include and is no waiver of said Town's claim against said county for road Tax collected in road district lying within the corporate limits of said Town and applied to territory outside of said Town in said district or elsewhere, and this resolution in nowise is to affect the status of said road taxes. Motion was made to instruct the Clerk to officially notify the Treasurer to have his report for the last and current quarter ready for next regular meeting: carried. On motin Council adjourned.