City of Seattle Records

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