City of Seattle Records

Indemnity Bond Geo Ross Lost Warrant Dec 7 - 1891 Petition to City Council To issue duplicate lost Warrant for #4926 drawn on Salary Fund issued originally to Albro Gardner on 11-10-91 & assigned to George Ross Granted B of A 12/15/1891

money the same date & amount as said Original. And as in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray George Ross by his attorney Ira Benson

Know all men by there present that George Ross as Principal and are George Gibson and H J Behrens and F A Buck. As surities all of the City of Seattle in the county of King and State of Washington are held and firmly bound unto the City of Seattle in the sum of Four Hun dred and Fifty-dollars lawful money of the United States for which payment well and truly to be made we hereby find ourselves our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 7th day of December 1891 The condition of the foregoing oblis is as follows to wit: that whereas on orabout the 10th of November 1891 for value received said the city of Seattle issued and delivered to Albro Gardner its Warrant No 4926 by the terms and conditions of which it promised to pay to Albro Gardner on his order the sum and amount of two hundred dollars: that afterwards on November 12th 1891 the above founder George Ross purchased from said Albro Gardner for value said City Warrant No 4926 and became the absolute owner thereof; that on the night of December 1st 1891 the bounden George Ross was first assistant engineer on the steamer Eastern Oregon lying on the Gridsen at Olympia; that he had a said Seaner among his other personal effects said city warrand No 4926; that on said December 1st 1891 said

steamer Easter Oregon burned and said City Warrant No 4916 was burned and destroyed by the burning of said Steamer. And whereas said George Ross has made application to the proper officers of said City of Seattle for the issue and delivery to hhim of a duplicate Warrant in lieu of the original No 4926 so burned and destroyer as aforesaid. Now therefore if said City of Seattle shall issue and deliver to said George Ross a duplicate City Warrant in lieu of said original No 4926 so destroyed as aforesaid and siad George Ross shall save and keep from the payment of said original City Warrant No 4926 and all costs that may arise be reason of the issueance of said duplicate then the obligation shall be null and void otherwise to be and remain if full force and effect in law. George Ross {seal} George Gibson {seal} H J Behrens {seal} N A Buckson {seal}

State Of Washington}ss County of King } We the undersigned George Gibson and F A Buck being duly sworn according to law do depose and say each for himself that he is a resident of the State of Washington and worth the sum of Four Hundred & fifty dollars over and above all of his

Wm B Drown Deputy City Clerk H W Miller City Clerk Minnie M Kelly Stenographer Office of the City Clerk Seattle, Washington, Dec 30th 1891 C W Ferris CityComptroller Dear Sir the City Council have passed and the Mayor approved an ordinance No1932 authorizing you to issue a duplicate Warrant in lieu of the original warrant No 4926 drawn on the salary fund for $200.00 to George Ross the owner of said original warrant at the time it was lost. Yours Respectfully H W Miller City Clerk

Ord No. This warrant is issued in lieu of warrant of same number said to havve been destroyed authorized by ord 1932