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To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being printed and circulated in this city an certain paper known and designated as the Sunday Breeze Mercury, and also a certain other paper known and designated as the Sunday Sun: and Whereas, these papers do smirch the character of our citizens and corrupt the moral of our youth; and Whereas certain of our sister cities, deeming such publications unfit to be read by their citizens, have prohibited their circulation within the corporate limits of such cities; Therefore, we, the undrsigned, most respectfully petition your Honorable Sir and Body to take such action as will effectulally stop the publication and distribution of said papers in our own fair city. NAMES Elyah Jones P L Allen A Conning Lulu Allen Homer L Buel Lizzie Esplin Agnes Conning H B Ricghards A L Berry May Roberts D Pater M S Colmer F D Sharp C W Richards S J Haynes Alice Cox L Untermute Helen E Brown Katie Burgess Mrs Thos Anderson Geo W Hadfubl H Guard Mrs. Jas Anderson B L Sinclair A W Sparks

464 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 2/84 Judiciary Committee instructed to select such counsel. From Atty on the matter of Madison St. Grade, petition to extend the time of payment. Adopted & Atty instructed to proceed to collect the delinquent taxes on said roll. From City Justice. Adopted. Committees Reports Read From Judiciary Committee recommending the vacation of the alley in Block 29 of Borens plat. Adopted & Atty instructed to submit an ordinace thereof. From Judiciary on matter of Attys salary recommending that the said salary be not raised. Adopted. From Committee on Public Buildings, Property and Grounds submitting a list of lots that can be purchased for a Pest House. Re-Committed to make a selection. From Street Committee recommending that the surveyor be instructed to submit estimates of cost for planking foot of Marion Street. Adopted. From Special Committee on Madison Street Extension asking further time. Granted. Licenses Ordered Issued. Ordered that licenses be issued as follows, towit: Bersch & Hink for retail liquors for 3 months from May 1. Louis Sylvania for retail liquors for 3 months from May 7. Dahlquist & Johnson for retail liquors for 3 months from Apr 23 Wm. Grose for retail liquors for 3 months from May 1. C.H. Hill for retail liquors for 3 months from Apr 26. Coffin & Co for Grocery for 3 months from Apr 28 Thos Anderson for grocery for 3 months from May 24. P. Grubb for retail for 3 months from May 1. Fred Voight for grocery for 3 months from May 1. Claus & Harns for wholesale for 3 months from May 1. Claus & Harns for retail for 3 months from May 1. John Feigh for retail for 3 months from May 8. Flynn Anderson for retail for 3 months from May 8. Peter Baunnan for retail for 12 months from May 8. Claims Paid The following claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the funds & in the amounts following, towit:

474 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 7/84 Common council nor against the body itself but simly alleges the opinioin of this defendant as to the intent in the passage of such an ordinance and as to the effect and practical operation of the ordinance. This defendant respectfully denies the right of the Common Council or a Committee thereof to call him to an account for an expression of his oppinion wither in the Common Council or out of it as to the effect or intent of any Ordinance proposed or passed by the Honorable body of which he is a member Lastly this defendant alleges that he is responsible to this body for language used on the deliberations of the Council Room justly offensive to the Mayor or any member of the common Council, but he respectfully denies the right of the Council as a body, or through its Committee to exerise any censorship over his expression of opinion as a Citizen made at a public meeting and outside of the Council Room. F W Wusthoff Thereupon said answered and accepted. Petitions Rec'd From Seattle Engine Co No4 for an amendment to Ordinance No 543 Referred to Judicial Committee From ]]Samuel Kenney]] for permission to build sidewalk on James & 5th Streets fronting Lots 5&8 Block 30 Boren's plat. Granted as to James Street From Thos L Quinn for the right to erect a fruit stand foot of Columbia Street Rejected. License Ordered Issued Ordered that licenses be issued as folllows to wit: Coffin & Co for Grocery license for 3 months from Apr 28 Dahlquist & Johnson for Grocery license for 3 months from Apr 23 P Grubb for Retail license for 3 months from May 1 Thos Anderson for Grocery license for 3 months from May 24 John Moran for Grocery license for 3 months from May 3 [?]Kurz for Grocery license for 3 months from May 6 Chas [?] for Grocery license for 3 months from May 7 Miscellaneous Ordered that the matter of Warrants held by G N Alexander

552 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 17/84 Geo K Beede for Retail liquors for 12 months from Oct 1,1884 John Ruh for Retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 17 Oliver Bernard for Retail liquors for 3 months from Sept 27 John Stiften for Grocery for 3 months from Oct 1 Geo Meister for Retail for 3 months from Oct 8 John McCary for Retail for 3 months from Oct 15 James W Smith for Retail for 3 months from Oct 19 Joseph Francisco for Retail for 3 months from Oct 7 Applications for licenses referred Mehlhorn & Co, Frank P Hemen, Wm Busha & Thos Anderson Claims Paid Cemetary Fund Albro Gardner Plaatting New Cemetary No 11,12 $150.00 O C Shorey Disinterring bodies 13-21 $3000.00 Miscellaneous The Street Comtee make their report on the petition of D E Blaine on 5th Street grade recommend noaction. Adopted The Street Comtee make their recommmending that the time for the completion of the Fifth Street Grade be extended to Dec 1, 1884. Adopted A report is rec'd from the Atty on the claim of Walter Burritt recommding that the same be paid. Report adopted & monoey ordered refunded Ordinances An Ordinance is submitted entitled "A special Ordinance appropiating money to pay audited bills" Adopted upon the following vote to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Frye, Harrington, Northrup, Snyder, Sox, Yesler & Latimer. Against adoption none. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned attest: E S Osborne clerk Approved John Leary mayor

555 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 7/84 Strike out Lot 6 block 3 Kinnear's plat assessed at $50.00 Change Lot 6 block 3 Kinnear's plat assessed at $175. to read 5&1/2 of Lot 6 block 3 Kinnear's plat assessed at $87.50 Report adopted & Changed made. From Finance Comtee recommending that granting of the petition of Moses Keezer to correct his assessment a/c of Fourth Street Grade Adopted and petition granted. Applications for Licenses Referred Margaret Sullivan, Flynn & Anderson, Patrick Flynn, Andrew Lum & Co, Wm Grose, O P Dahlquist, John T Lester, Bernard Kurz, Fred Voigt, Henry Mauer, P Grubb, Aug Wolff, John Shepech, Louis Sylvania, Claus & Harms, John Feigh & H E Baulard Licenses Orderd Issued Ordered that licenses be issued as follows to wit: James Miles for retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 15 J J Corbett for retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 5 Bersch & Hink for retail liquors for 3 months from Nov 1 Shaw & Alger for retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 9 Bittner & Theiler forGrocery for 3 months from Oct 16 J D Mullarkey for retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 10 Mehlhorn & Co for retail liquors for 12 months from Oct 21 Frank P Hemen for retail liquors for 3 months from Nov 8 Chas F O'Hara for retail liquors for 3 months from Oct 7 Ordered that the applicationof Miles & Thomas for retail liquors be & is hereby rejected Ordered that the application of Thos Anderson for a Grocery license be &is hereby rejected Claims Paid City Fund E S Osborne Clerk No 872 $125. J D Lowman Treasurer 873 $150. C H Hanford Atty 874 $100. J H Woolery Chief of Police 875 $150. E A Gardner Police 876 $80. D H Webster Police 877 $80. James Walsh Police 878 $80.