, 1878-02-23
Report of the Proceedings


AT THEIR FEBRUARY TERM, 1878.
c-rtcE OF THE AUDITOR CT KING COUNTY. VI. T |
SEATTLE, Feb. Goth, 1877. {
II. e. Maddocks, Chair man; r. S:earns
ard I, O Brien. Commissioners and NJ. S
Booth. Clerk of the Board, met in the
Auditors Office on Monday, the 4th dsy
of February, 1878, and continued in
session until February 18th, during
which time the following business was
transacted:
Twenty-Five retail liquor licenses. 4
wholesale liquor licenses. grocery liz
censes, II billiard licenses, s pigeon>
hole table licenses and l ferry license
were granted during the term.
The Board rejected the bid of T. S.
Russell for burying the deceased county
poor.
The petitions OF Hanse Nelson ct al.
and Jno. Clark ct al, laid over from
November term, 1877, were rejected.
The report of Henry Adams ct al,
concerning the building of bridge
across White river at the confluence of
White and Green rivers, was accerted
and their bills ordered paid.
The Auditor was ordered to prepare
two jury lists and have them ready by
the first Monday in May next.
Road district No. 81 was extended
down to the city limits.
Road districts II and "a were con-
solidated.
All of the road districts in the county
were rearranged, making twenty-four
districts now, instead of twenty-six as
before.
L. c. Smith. supervisor road district
No. 90, presented his accounts as such
supervisor and settled with the Board
according to law.
The bid of A. W. Hawks for burying
the deceased county poor. was accepted.
The voting precincts of Lake Wash
ington and Newcastle were consolidate
ed, and the polls ordered to be held at
Newcastle.
The voting precincts of Cedar river
and Mox La Push were consolidated,
and tie polls ordered to be held at Keu>
ton.
A new voting precinct was created out
of Samamish precinct, to be called Jua,
nita precinct; polls to be held at Jnani-
ia school house.
Judges and inspectors of the special
election to be held April 9th, 1878, were
appointed for the several precincts as
follows:
Seattle &C. W. Moore. inspector; W.
W. Barker. judge; Jesse W. George,
Judge. Election to be held at Mad
docks Hall.
Duwamish-Julius Horton, inspect-
or; G. S. Dudley. judge: Jos. Foster
Judge. Election to be held at Maple 5
school bouse.
White River Peter Saar, iaspec-
tor; Henry McCabe. Judge; John
Langston Judge. Election to be
held at Maddock's s school house.
Slaughter "A. S. Hughes, inspec-
tor; Joseph Brannon. judge; John
Cove, judge. Election to be held at
Fawcette's school house.
Porter's Prairie-Geo. Vanders-
beck, inspector; L. G. Smith, indge;
E. G. White, judge. Election to be
held at M. L. Hicks's house.
Snoqualmie--Philo Rutherford. in>
specter; Asa Story. jadge; Geo Sher>
man. judge. judge. Election at Falls
City school house.
Squak--Wm. Pickering, inspector:
James Bush, judge; Jacob Jones, judge.
Election at VIM. PicKering's house.
Tolt - George Hilton, inspector;
Moses Morris, judge; James Entwistle,
Judge. Election at James Entwistle' s
house.
Mox La Push-E. NJ. Smithers, in :
spector; Charles Wells, judge; George
W. Tibbetts. judge. Election at Rem
ton school house.
Newcastle James Begley. inspector;
Dan Mcdonald. judge; VIM. Ashworth,
judge. Election at school house.
Duval's George P. Boyce. inspect>
or; Frank Pingrue, judge; Frank Du.
val, Judge. Election at Frank Duval's
house.
Samamish--Ira Woodin. inspector;
George Wilson. judge; g. S. Greenlesf,
Judge. Election at C. S. Greenleaf' q
house.
Juanita--John A. Sleeves, inspector;
Dave Forbes, judge; Jesse Spray.
Judge. Election at Juanita school
house.
| Milton A. Amunds. inspector; Fl. II.
Hanson, judge; A. B. Young. judge.
Election at mill company's store.
The petition of John Wilson ct al.
for an appropriation, was rejected.
The reports of H. A. Smith. George
NJ. Bowman and D. T. Denny, viewers,
and F. Fl. Whitworth, surveyor, on the
road from the junction of the Belltown
and Military roads to Salmon Bay, via
H. A. Smiths and Edward Carr e
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