City of Seattle Records

73 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE due examination said bond is approved and the said applicant making due proof that they are persons of good moral character it is therefore ordered thatupon their compliance with all the other provisions of said Ordinance the clerk be and he is hereby instructed to issue said license as applied for. And now the ordinance committee submits Ordinance No. 279, the same being entitled as follows to wit: "An Ordinance fixing the amounts and kinds of taxes for the year 1882" After due consideration said ordinance is adopted by the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Thos Clancy, John Collins, Wm A Jennings, John Keenan and Chas McDonald. Against adoption, none. Said tax levy is as follows, to wit: City Fund two{2} Mills per dollar Fire Fund one {1} Mill per dollar Gas Fund one {1} Mill per dollar Road Fund one {1} Mill per dollar Road Toll Tax Four dollars for each person liable. A petition is received from H L Yeslar and others praying that the money proposed to be appropriated for the purpose of building a city hall be diverted to the purchase of a new Steam Fire Engine. Ordered that a committee consisting of John Collins, Wm. A. Jennings and Charles McDonald be appointed to negotiate for another Steam Fire Engine. A petition is received from Smith & Farrar and others praying for the appointment of John Baker as a special night watchman, his salary to be paid by petitioners. Said petition is granted and it is ordered that said John Baker be and he is hereby appointed special night watchman. Ordered that the bid of Narcisse Le Breache to slash 5 acres of the City Cemetery for $20 per acre be accepted and state he be instructed to perform the labor.