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648 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Work paid for to D T Wheeler be & is hereby rejected Ordered that the motion to accomodate the claim of Harris & Greenus be & is hereby laid on the table And now the Council proceeds to an election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignatioin of B L Northup a Councilman from the Third Ward. Whereupon Walter Graham receiving a majority of all the votes of the members of said Common Council is duly declared elected to fill said vacancy for the term provided by law. And now the City Attorney gives an opinion as to the power of the City to appropriate moneys in aid of a 4th of July celebration The Attorney's opinion is that such an appropriation is illegal & that the council has no power to appropriate moneys for such a purpose, but that the City may appropriate moneys to clean the streets ordered that the clerk be & is hereby instructed to report such opinion to the citizens comtee for 4th of July Celebration Ordinances 2 Ordinances are submitted being entitled "a special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills" Adopted upon the following vote towit: In favor of adoption Frye, Harrington, Snyder, Sox, Yesler, Latimer & Rinehart. against adoption none. The atty submits an Ordinance entitles "An ordinance to vacate certain alleys in the City of Seattle" After due consideration said ordinance is adpoted upon the following vote towit: In favor of adoption Frye, Harrington, Snyder, Sox, Yesler, Latimer& Rinehart. against adoption none. Ordered that the Comtee on Public Buildings, Property & Grounds be & are hereby instructed to negotiate with the owners of certain pieces of real estate along the line of Rollin Street Extension for the purchase of same Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned Attest: E S Osborne clerk Approved John Leary mayor