City of Seattle Records

108 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Aug4/82 The report of the following officers are received and ordered placed on file, viz: Street Commissioner, Harbor Master, Fire Warden, City Justice, City Attorney Ordered that the clerk be and he is hereby instructed to advertise for bids for the furnishing of the City with the following articles for the ensuing year; viz: Lumber & Stationary; and for bids for lighting the gas lights, and doing the Printing of the City. Ordered that the Committee on Health and Police be aand they are hereby constituted a Board of Health. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned. Attest: E S Osborne, Clerk Approved H G Struve mayor Be it remembered that on this the 11th day of August 1882, the Common Council of the City of Seattle, meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to the call of the mayor and in accordance with Ordinance No 292 Present His Honor the Mayor H G Struve and councilmen Charles F Clancy, O F Cosper, Fred Gash, G L Manning Charles McDonald and U M Rasin Thereupon the folowing proceedings are had A committee is received from the Mayor relative to a defect in Ordinanve No 292 and is ordered filed The Legislature and Judiciary Committee are instructed to submit an Ordinance repealing Ordinance No 292 A petition is received from A P Spaulding et al praying for the opening of ]]Eleventh Street]] Improvements A petition is received from Stewart & Ebersold praying for a sidewalk on the West Side of Front Street, and is referred to Committee on Streets and Street Improvements A petition is received from G W Hall et al praying that bids be called for, for the construction of sidewalks on

652 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1st that the salary of the Treasurer and Chief of Police be each reduced to Twelve Hundred Dollars per annum. 2nd that the salary of the City Assessor be fixed at Twelve Hundred Dollars per annum out of which he should pay his own deputies and 3rd that the salary of Police Officers be reduced to Sixty-five dollars per annum Ordered that the salary of the Treasurer be & is hereby fixed at $1000. per year & that the report is hereby amended be & is hereby adopted. A motin is made to dismiss the articles for the impeachment of James H Woolery as Chief of Police, thereupon the motionis carried upon the following vote, towil: In favor of the MotionFrye, Harrington, Yesler,Latimer, & Graham. Against the same Rinehart, Snyder & Crockett

Ordered that the Clerk be & is hereby instructed to give 10 days Public Notice as required by law that a general election for all City Officers of the City of Seattle will be held on Monday July 12 1885. The Officers to be elected shall be as follows, to wit: One Mayor, One Chief of Police, One Attorney, one assessor, and from the First Ward one Council for the term of two years to fill the vacancy to be caused by the expiration of the term of two years for fill the vcancy to be caused by the expiration of the term of E F Sox; and from the Third Ward one councilman the term of two years to fill the vacancy to be caused by the expiration of the term of Geo F Frye The places at which such election shall by held and the Officers appointed to conduct the same are as follows towit: Fifth Ward Election to be held at Engine House No 2 Officers of Election Inspector A P Spaulding Judges W Morris and A Amends Clerk H O Hollenbeck and L T Brook Second Ward Election to be held at Engine House No 1

664 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE First Ward Total number of votes cast 463 For Mayor H L Yesler Received 394 votes John Leary Received 65 votes For Chief of Police John Woolery Received 376 votes H G Thornton Received 84 votes For City Attorney C H Hanford Received 443 votes T H Cann Received 1 vote J B Metcalf Received 5 votes For Assessor Wm H Hughes Received 458 votes For Councilman for the term of 2 years John Keenen Received 348 votes A P Spaulding Received 93 votes For Councilmen for the term of 1 year G W Young Received 365 votes Wm A Harrington Received 370 votes R H Calligan Received 11 votes J J Post Received 11 votes Chas McDonald Received 11 votes U M Rasin Received 1 vote L B Andrews Received 1 vote Second Ward Total number of votes cast 972 For Mayor H L Yesler Received 632 votes John Leary Received 330 votes scattering Received 1 vote For Chief of Police John Woolery Received 595 votes H G Thornton Received 371 votes scattering Received 2 votes For City Attorney C H Hanford Received 902 votes Wa Chong Received 12 votes scattering Received 13 votes For Assessor Wm H Hughes Received 956 votes scattering Received 3 votes For Councilman for the term of 2 years R H Calligan Received 634 votes