City of Seattle Records

WILLIAM PHILIPS. Manufacturers' Ag' Room 2, Wagner Block.

RECEIVED. SEPT 28 1891 BOARD of PUBLIC WORKS, SEATTLE, - WASH.

Seattle Sept. 25th 1891 To the Honorable Board of Public Works We the undersigned hereby petition your Honorable Body to vacate Clover Street in the City of Seattle from the South line of Kinnears Park to Olympic Avenue for the purpose of embracing fifty one ft (51) of said Clover St through the entire length of said St into the area of Kinnears Park

John King Ed Lavin T. Mason M M Kemon F S Pearson Geo Kinnear C. Kinnear A Urhu F. A. Churchill P. L. Grayson A M Banks F. M. Davis E. J. Smart J. T. Robinson John N Ramsey W Philips

BATTLE & SHIPLEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 431, 432 AND 433 PIONEER BUILDING

Seattle, Wash. July 14th 1891

To the Board of Aldermen: City of Seattle, Wash.

Gentlemen:

The Judiciary Committee of the House of Delegates to whom was referred the petition of Mesrs. John James and F. M. Davis, for return or remittance of tax levied on lots (3) three and (4) four in Frances Addition agree to [?] with you on a report to the effect that the remaining corners on lots (3) three and (4) four be assessed on the basis of $50.00 valuation, this being the basis of settlement made by the county assessor. You meet on Thursday night and are not until the following Monday after the public sale on 18th inst being Saturday and in order to protect these Gentlemen, we urge your action on Thursday night in order that they may have the opportunity of protecting their preperty.

Respectfully submitted

S. M. Shipley G. O. P. Lansing

Jud Com

To the honorable Board of Aldermen and House of Delegates of Seattle.

Gentlemen

your petitioners being owners of lots (3) three and (4) Four block (4) Four in Frances Additon to Seattle do respectfully ask that the tax levied on said lots be remitted as you may. Just for the following reasons, vis : That in the Lake Avenue condemation proceedings the city appropriated nearly the whole of the Two above named lots for street purposes. Respectfully - John James F. M. Davis

Report 54 Judiciary Com

Jan 14th /91

F. M. Davis Rebate

the Petition granted by the B of A 7/16/1891. and the report adopted as submitted by the Judiciary Committee of the H of D.

Granted by the H of D

Davis