City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable the Mayor of the City of Seattle and the City Council :- Your petitioner, The First Christian Church of the City of Seattle, a corporation, by its attorney Bair & Brown resepectfully shows:- 1st That it is the owner of Lot 7 in Block 55 of D T Denny's Home Addition to the City of Seattle 2nd That it has owned said lot since the 24th day of March A D 1890. 3d that said lot was assessed for the city taxes of 1890; that said tax was unpaid, became delinquent and said lot was sold for said tax of 1890 to one J L Howe and that a certificate of sale was issued to said Howe, who now asks that a deed be issued. 4th That said First Christian Church first learned of said assessment and sale this 30th day of August 1892 5th That the said propertyof the said church is worth less than the sum of $5000.00 and is therefore exempt from taxation under the laws of the State and of the United States