City of Seattle Records

27 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Ordered that the Ordinance Committee be and they are hereby instructed to resubmit at next meeting an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a sidewalk in front of the property owned by Col. Squire in Belltown. Ordered that the County Treasurer be & he is hereby instructed to correct the double assessment existing upon the City tax roll against Mrs. Briscoe's name And now the Finance Committe make the report upon the petitions of C.R.Fosterand F.W. Westhoff and Frances McDaniels; thereupon it is ordered that the petitions of ]]C.R. Foster]] & F.W. Westhoff be rejected. And that a warrant be drawn in favor of said Frances McDaniels for Road Roll Tax remitted And now Geo Kinnear and WmR.Brawley present an ordinance to authorize them to construct and operate Street Railways; thereupon the same is referred to the Committee on Ordinance And now the Ordinance Committee submits Ordinance No 254 the same being "an Ordinance to provide for the Construc" tion of a sidewalk along the Northside of Main Street from the " East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between " Fourth and Third street and from thence along the South side " of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commer" cial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed " by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel": thereupon after due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote: To wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald Against adoption none. And now the Street Committee make their report upon the petition of W.Burnett & others, thereupon it is ordered that the obstructions mentioned in said petition be removed that that the Dog Pound be sold to the highest bidder And now the Street Committe make their report upon the petition of Sarah J. Plummer & others; thereupon it is ordered That the Chief of Police be & he is hereby instructed to cause the removal of the nuisance complained of.

390 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sept 1/83 Ordered that the Council on Public Buildings, Property and Grounds be and they are hereby instructed to procure the services of George Board man to complete his contract for the painting of the city hall on South 3rd Street. And now His Honor the Mayor announces that he will be absent from the city for a time from and after September 3 1883 and requests the Council to elect an Acting Mayor to serve during such absence. Thereupon the Council elect Councilman U.M. Rasin to the position of acting Mayor to serve during such absence. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned until Friday September 7, 1883 at 7 1/2 o'clock P.M. Attest: E S. Osborneclerk Approved U.M. Rasin acting mayor Sept 5/83 Be it remembered that on this the 5th day of September 1883 the Com- mon Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to the call of His Honor the Acting Mayor Councilman U.M. Rasin The following officers are present, towit: His Honor the Acting Mayor Councilman U.M. Rasin and Councilmen Thomas Clancy, B. F. Day, Geo. W. Harris, Charles McDonald, Otto Ranke and F.W. Westhoff Thereupon the following proceedings are had: Petitions Read From Elizabeth Cranney et al for reduction in taxes for an on a/c of Eighth Street improvement under ordinance No. 388. Referred to street committee. From K.C. Ward et al for vacating plat of Wilfred addition and to replat the same. Referred to Street Committee. Communications Read From His Honor the Acting Mayor returning an ordinace entitled "To appropriate $300, to secure the use of Hook & Ladder apparatus" without his approval and with his objection in writing to such approval