Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-09
SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Proceedings Of the Board Of Trustees.
SLUIcE-FURK
WEDNESDAY Anril G

The Board of Trustees met ut the ap-
pointed hour. Present, Nessrs. Frost
Henry, Murphy, Pcrcival and Mr.. Prcsi-
dent.
The minutes Of the last meeting was read
an! approved.
Sunlry bills, approved by the Finance
Committee, were ordered paid.
The books oc the Trcasurcv We're exam
ined and approved.
An ordinance fixing the amount Of the
bond of the Town Treasurer, and his com-
pcnsatiou, was passed.
The Board having finished its business,
previous to its final adjournment, Murphy,
on leave, introduced the following, which
was unanimously adopted:
Reso'red, That our sincere thanks are hereby
rendered to the President Of this Board, Geo.
4. Barnes, Esq. for the courteous. able and
imp initial manner in which he has discharged
the duties that have devolvcd upon him.
Mr.. Barnes, in response, thanked the
members Of the Board for the considcra
ton. courtesy and indulgence which had
been uniformly extended to him as presid-
ing officer. lie alluded to the circum-
stance that the Board had been criticised
for extravaganza; that it had been charged
with nccdlcssly running the town in debt !;
and said that while it was true that debt
had been incurred, there was something to
show for it in the permanent improve
ments that had been made. The evidence
was left in it, works, that the present had
been LIVE BOARD.
Mr.. Henry said that he could not per-
nit the occasion to pass in silence After
conyratulatug the lstarl npcn the harnn
ny and good feeling that had marked its
official existence Gown to- the closing no
ment, he desired to bear testimony that the
resolution Of thanks which had passed was
not mere act Of official courtesy. Refer
ring to the criticisms that had been made
in regard to the debt created by the Board,
he said that they were not sustained by the
good sober sense Of the community, and he
believed with the President, that the works
Of this Board would speak more ciufucntly
than words for those who inauguratcd
them, when the tongue Of cavil was stilcl
hut it was not with reference to any fnrtic-
alar public act or work he wished to speak
He wished to bear testimony upon q mat
ter upon which he was at least ono Of the
best witnesses tfUy the reason that &c was
one of those who had possessed the best
means Of knowipg} ard he was cmfileut
thas every member Of This Board, wha!ev-
er difference in judgment uiay have exist
cd upon particular questions, that every
individual mcnbcr ot the corporation who
feels pride in the spirit. appearance and
reputation Of this town Who is =, MI con-
vcrsapt with facts. and who is sufficiently
ma.nanilrous to render mere ever. handed
justice, would cordially endorse what he
had to say. which was that foru,s in, prove.
ncnts--perhaps surprising in proportion
to population and wealth those Of any 9TH
er village, town or city Oh the Pacific coa..
for cur bridges, QUE pubIic buildings,
our sidewalks and our shmlcS, to which VIC
can point with just pride a, evidences Of
the eHfivation end taste Of our people, VIC
suu Indebted, moro than wc arc to any
they single agency, to cur retiring Presi
ssert, Mr.. Barnes. Mr. Henry suid Tint il
nc feft one rezrcs OF the OCCASION. It was
shat the incoming Board was not to kuvc
tire bencit Of tire wisdom, experience and
public spirit Of Mr.. President, in place Of
! his own services.
p: Nessrs. Percwai, Frost ard Murphy
hasiDs expressed their hcarty concurrence
in al that had been said by Mr. Henry
the Board adjourned simr DIR.