City of Seattle Records

18 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Stewart & Ebersold Quarantine Posters $5.50 Louis Rice Burying Cornon 1.50 Road Fund R H Calligan Street labor $87.50 use of horse 11. Prisnis found 54.71 $153.11 James Campbell Street Labor 43.00 Luther Albee Street Labor 39.00 Thomas Rock Street Labor 39.00 Michael Keho Street Labor 2.00 Stetson & Post Lumber 43.31 Robert Russell Hauling Lumber 11.13 John L Kahaley Hauling Lumber 4.50 F W Wusthoff Nails 5.85 D A Jennings Nails 1.60 Gas Fund Seattle Gas Lt Co Gas $169.05 Fire Fund W A Perry Engine Steward $75.00 T D Huckly Engine ground sent 8.00 John C Collins Engine to & from fire 10.00 McDaniel Bert Hitching to Engine Fire Alarm 5.00 Minick & Thompson Hauling Coal 3.00 D A Jennings Coal Oil & matches 10.25 Wald & Campbell Mill File 75 A petition is received from Thomas Brotherhood praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax; thereupon the smae is referred to the Finance Committee A Communication isreceived from the Clerk relative to the procuring of a safe or some other proper enclosure in which to keep thecity records; thereupon it is ordered that a Committee to wit: Jennings, McDonald & Keenan be & they are hereby appointed to procure estimates of cost of a safe The written opinioin of James McNaught Esq is received for the liability of the City to care for and support all the paupers found within the City Limits. The opinioin is to the effect that the City is not so liable

20 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE A petition is secured from R. McCombs & others praying for the establishment and execution of a Gas Light at the South East of Seneca and 2nd streets; Whereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and a Gas Lamp is ordered erected as in said petition requested Ordered that the Quarantine measures now in force against New Tacoma be and they are hereby continued until further actions. Ordered that the Committee on Quarantine Measures be and they are hereby instructed & authorized to raise the Quarantine against New Tacoma whenever such action may be considered safe Ordered that the petition of Thomas Brotherhood for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax be granted; and that a Warrant Be issued in favor of said petitioner on the Road Fund in the sum of $4.00 Ordered the the petition of Edgar Bryan for the remitting of certain taxes be & is hereby laid on the table Ordered that the report of the Treasurer be received and order filed Ordered that the claim of F. H. Whitworth for surveys for 3rd Street sidewalk be referred to Councilmen Keenan, McDonald & Clancy Ordered that the Street Committee be and They are hereby Granted one weeks further time in which to report upon the matters of constructing certain sidewalks in South Seattle and a sidewalk in front of W. C. Squire's Block in Bell Town Ordered that the Marshall and Street Commissioners be and the are hereby instructed to open the Alley in Block 9 in Maynard's plat Ordered that the matter of wrongful assessment ofMrs. Briscoe be & the same hereby is referred to the Finance Committee Ordered that the Claim of Wm.H. Bow be and the same is hereby referred to the Finances now the City Attorney executed his report upon the [?] of citizen the pay Road Poll Tax [?] opinion is in the