The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-28
PROCEEDINGS
Of the
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Of
KING COUNTY.
at their
MAY TERM, 1877.
TERRITORY OF WAsRISsT0y,
County Of King,

lie II remembered that on this sth
day Of May, y ID. 1877. the Board of
County Commissioners Of King County.
w. T.. met in the Auditors Office Of
said County ~ . a N; present. ii. K.
Maddox, Rufus Stearns aud Terence
. Brien.
Minutes OF the previous ine-ting read,
an approved by tie Board.
Ordered by the Board that the fol-
loving resolutions bs ani the -ame are
hereby iopted as the sentin cnts Of
this Board. viz Be it
% Reso'eai by the Board of County
Commissioners Of King county, Wash
ington Territory, That ,ile Withdrawal
from sale and from settlement by home
stead ana pre-emption claimants III
favor Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. Of every odt section of the
pnhlic lands, over tie entire agricultn-
raj portion. and over nearly the whole
Of said county. within which limits said
company have not aud 10 tot propose
10 build single rod Of road. is very
great hardship, damage aud wrong TO
venting the settlement and improve
ment nf the county. and imposing upon
the agricultural settler the burden Of
paying So 80 per acre for the public
lands, whereas otherwise he would only
have to pay one half Of that amount.
Ies3ired, also. That the known aud
avowed purpose of said company ta
appropriate 1913. 800 acres of the public
land in King county for the u,lding Of
local coal read in Pierce county, from
/. Tacoma up the Puyaliup river 81 miles
to cert lin coal mines, which miaes and
said coal road are wholly within
the limits of the earned lauds Of said
company upon their main line at road,
Is ali outrage and gross swiudle, and III
no manner justified by the land grant
to said company
IieS9,rei further. That We recognize
and regard the movement set on foot at
public meeting of the people of King
county, held al Seattle May lst, 1877.
and now in progress, for the purpose Of
aiding IN procuring n restoration ot the
public land Ia settlement, and prevent
ing the misappropriatlon OF the public
lands tn the building If said local coal
road. a. a prudent. just and wise course,
aI.d recommend :hc hearty concurrence
aud support OF the Who'll" people ,her'-
in a"
And now. on this .ta day Of May.
1877. Charles Ii Smith aud William
Crosse. partners and applicants having
furnished the Board satisfactory proof
,hat they are men Of good moral char
actor. i, is ordere, by the Board that II
license 10 retail spirituons liquors in
Seattle Precinct, be issued 10 the said
Smith & Grose. fer the period of six
months from the eth day OF May. lss,,
on their tihnl bond as required by
law. in the sum of one Thousand dollars,
aud paying into the County Treasury
the snm OF one hundred and fifty
dollars
And now. on this 1th day OF Nav,
1877. on the application of Charles Ii.
Smith and William Gross partners. 1t
is ordered hy the Board that license
20 keep for hire. one Billiard Table in
Seattle Precinct, bc issued to the sand
Smith AMI Grose, for the term Of six
months from the eth day Of May. 1871.
on their filing bond in the sum of tive
hundred dollars as required by law,
and paying into the County Treasury
the SUN of twelve and 5o-loo dollars.
Ordered. by the Board. tha, the
bonds Of Smith and Grose ior their L.
auor and Billiard Licenses. he aud the
same are hereby approved.
Ordered hy tie Board that the res.
igna,ion OF {. {. Perkins, Esq Justice
of the Peace for Seattle Precinct hc
aud the sane ,s hereby accepted
Ordered hy the Board that Roswell
Scott. Esq. be and he is hereby ap-
pointed Justice If the Peace 10 aud
for Seattle Precinct - ftl the vacancy
occasionesi by tile resignation Of {. I.
Perkins. Esq,
Ordered. that the Board how adjourn
uutll . \. ". to- morrow.