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SECTION FIRST. Resolved that all Persons over the Age of Sixteen Years Doeing for them Selves hav the right to make a Claim them Selves or threw thare Agents.
Adopted.
SECT. 2. Resolved that all Persons ma Claim Three HHd and Twenty Acres in Too Sep- arate Parsels and no moar.
Adopted.
SECT. 3D. Resolved that all Persons making a Claim Shall Mark It out By Blazing or Staking in Sutch a manner that the Lines ma bee Esaly Traist.
Adopted.
SEC. 4TH. Resolved that all Persons making Claims on the Des Moines and Rac Coon Rivers, The Rivers Shall constitute one Line of said Claim.
Adopted.
SECT. 5TH. Resolved that the First Person Marking out A Claim after the Legal Time be the Lawful Oner [which Time was on the Eleventh of Oct., 1845, on Saturday].
Adopted in part. [The words in brackets are erased in the original .- EDITOR.]
SECT. 6TH. Resolved, that all Persons Marking thare Claims out as Designated in Section Third and Building a House within Sixtey days at least Fourteen Feett Squair, Four rounds High, Shall hold Six Months from the time of marking Said Claim. Ädpt.
SECT. 7TH. Resolved that all Unresidents after every Six months shal putt on Twenty Five Dollars worth of Work or caus to be don on said Claim or forfit his Claim. Adpt.
SECT. 8TH. Resolved that any Person having difficultys in relation to thare Claims, It shall be thare duty for each Person to choos an arbatrator and tha too when Choosen choos the third Persen to settle Sutch Diffaculties. .
Adpt.
SECT. 9TH. Resolved that thare be a committee of Eleven to call out the People to Settle Claim Diffaculties when tha cant be otherwise Settled.
Adpt.
SECT. 10TH. Resolved that after these Resolutions be adopted and sined tha bee In full foarse.
Adpt.
JOSIAH SMART. WM. F. AYERS. JOHN SAYLOR. H. H. LEWIS. GEO. B. WORDEN.
J. M. THRIFT,
Secratary.
Capt. Allen's resolution:
SECT. 11TH. The Citizens Claimants having met on Oct. 16, 1845, pursuant to resolution of a previous meeting herein mentioned, do here in full meeting fully adopt all of the forego- ing resolutions, and we do hereby resolve and proclaim that we will submit to, and abide by all of these resolutions, and will protect and defend one another, each and all of us in all that we have herein resolved and said.
Adpt.
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Thrift's resolution:
SECT. 12. Resolved by this meeting that any Citizen Claimant who Shall Subscribe his name to these resolutions shall be adopted as one of the community or Neighborhood who have made them and he will be entitled to all privilgs herin guarranteed and also to our mu- tual and joint protection.
Adopted.
" We, the undersigned, mutually and jointly agree to sanction and abide by all that is contained in the foregoing resolutions and proceedings.
"On motion the following committee was appointed: J. ALLEN. JOHN SAYLOR.
JOSIAH SMART.
H. H. LEWIS.
L. E. REEVES. JOHN ROSS.
WM. LAMB. BENJ. SAYLOR, SENIOR. JACOB MINTER.
J. M. THRIFT. PETER NEWCOMER.
" On motion the meeting Adjourn Sine-dye.
" JOSIAH M. THRIFT, " Chairman and Secratary. .
" J. ALLEN,
L. PARSONS.
WM. HUGHES.
JOHN SAYLOR.
S. WELDON.
JAMES HART.
-* LEWIS.
H. WELDON.
S. K. SCOVELL.
NATHAN COLLINS.
CHAS. H. WHITTINGTON.
AARON E. STARK.
EZRA RATHBUN.
JOSEPH SHAW.
JACOB FREDERICK.
THOMAS WEKLIN.
SAM'L W. MCCALL.
GEO. B. WARDEN.
W. H. MEACHAM.
GEORGE REEVES.
JOSIAH SMART.
WM. F. AYERS.
A. PATTERSON. JAMES CULVER. G. HARRIS.
A. MYERS. M. BAKER
A. J. BAKER.
JOHN BAIRDE.
L. M. WORDEN.
SAMUEL ROBINSON.
WM. ROBINSON.
JONATHAN RATHBUN. WILLIAM WALKER.
THOS. MOMULLIN.
P. G. BAKER.
J. B. SCOTT.
NEWTON LAMB.
THOMAS CRABTREE.
JACOB MINTER.
WM. HALL.
MONTGOMERY MOCALL.
BENJ. BRYANT.
MILTON SINGLETON.
WM. COOPER.
JOSIAH M. THRIFT.
ANDREW PURSLEY.
STEPHEN ESTELL.
HENRY PURSLEY.
ANDREW H. PURSLEY.
R. A. KINZIE.
B. SAYLOR.
SAM'L SHAFER, SR. WM. MCKAY.
SAM'L SHAFER, JR. THOMAS MICHAL.
ALEX. COONEY. HAMILTON THRIFT."
J. T. MELDRUM.
JOSIAH KEISLAN.
D. PUTMAN. J. S. McCALL.
J. CHURCH. JAMES GARLICK. JAMES LAMB. A. J. SCOTT.
The first twenty names, to that of Mr. Thrift, are in the handwriting of Mr. Thrift and the persons were probably present at the meeting and di- rected their names to be placed on the roll. The names following are the signatures of the persons making them. Of them Mr. Peter Newcomer and Mr. Hughes are probably the only ones now living in the county.
The boldness and broadness of line with which Mr. Thrift affixed his sig- nature to this document as "President and Secretary" evidences that he was imbued with the importance of the occasion, and inspired by the self- consciousness that he had done an important deed. It reminds one forcibly
*Obliterated by the manuscript being torn out.
48
LEWIS --* WARDEN.
HENRY WEAVER. ABRAM LAMB.
O. JEWETT.
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of the signature of John Hancock to the Bill of Rights of the old Ameri- can colonies.
At the termination of the treaty made with the Indians, which expired October 11, 1845, the government withheld a tract one mile square around the fort. In January, 1846, the Territorial Legislature of Iowa established the county of Polk, when Congress ceded to the county one hundred and sixty acres of the one mile square which had been reserved. By order of the County Commissioners, A. D. Jones was authorized to survey and plat one hundred and sixty acres, which he did with a rope instead of a chain, and ow- ing to the uncertainty of its measuring capacity, the one hundred and sixty acres, it was subsequently discovered, fell considerably short.
The official certificate of that survey is as follows:
"TERRITORY OF IOWA, } " POLK COUNTY.
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"I, A. D. Jones, surveyor in and for said county, certify that I have sur- veyed and platted the above-named town of Fort Des Moines, which is sit- uated on the site formerly occupied as a fort, for the United States troops, and known by the appellation of Fort Des Moines, being at that time the junction, lying between the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers, within said county of Polk, and Territory of Iowa.
"The bearings of Water, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth streets, is north fifteen and one-half degrees west, and one chain in width, except Water street which extends to the river Des Moines. The bearing of Elm, Market, Vine, Cherry, Mulberry, Locust and Court Avenue is south seventy-four and one-half degrees west, and are all one chain in width, except Vine and Walnut, which are one chain and twenty-five links in width from Water street to Fifth, and from Fifth street to Eighth street they are one chain in width; and Court Avenue is one chain and a half in width.
" The allies all extend parallel and at right angles with the streets as rep- resented on the above plat (see plat), and are twenty links in width, ex- cept No. 3, which is fifty feet in width.
" The whole number of lots in said town is three hundred and twenty-four, and are one chain in width, and two chains in length; and lie as represented on the above plat.
"The Public Square is four chains and a half in length and four and a quarter in width, and lies within the block numbered nine, fifteen, twenty, twenty-one and fourteen, and designated with enclosed lines as 'Public Square.'
" The Market Space is four chains and twenty-five links in length, and one chain in width, and lies between blocks numbered twenty -six and twenty- seven, and designated within enclosed lines as 'Market Place.'
" The Public Ground lies between Raccoon river and block number thirty- seven, and west of, and adjoining the Des Moines river, and designated Public Ground.
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" The survey of the above town was made from the extreme southwest cor- mer of said stone, which said survey and plat are correct.
" Given under my hand this eighth day of July, A. D. 1846, at Fort Des Moines.
"A. D. JONES,
" County Surveyor in and for Polk county, I. T."
On the same day this certificate and plat were returned, the Board of Com- missioners made the following conveyance:
"TERRITORY OF IOWA, ss.
" POLK COUNTY.
"We, Benjamin Saylor and Wm. H. Meacham, two of the County Commis- sioners, in and for said county, now in session, this eighth day of July, A. D. 1846, at Fort Des Moines, in said county, do hereby acknowledge that we donate all the streets, allies and public ground in the town of Fort des Moines as represented on the above plat, to the general public, with the following proviso:
" That all the streets, allies and public ground in said town of Fort des Moines which now have public buildings upon them shall not be consid- ered highways until the expiration of one year, or until the Commissioners of such county shall declare them highways. The Public Square, as repre- sented on said plat, is reserved for the purpose of erecting a court-house thereon, and such other public buildings as the County Commissioners may deem proper for the use of the county of Polk. The Market Space, as repre- sented on said plat, is reserved for the purpose of building a market-house thereon for the use of the general public, which shall be under the control and management of such officers as may have control, management and government of the town of Fort des Moines, the above platted town. The Public Ground is bounded and described as follows: North by block 37, west by a line parallel with the east side of block 28 extending to the Raccoon River, and east by Des Moines river.
" B. SAYLOR, [SEAL.] "WM. H. MEACHAM. [SEAL.]
" TERRITORY OF IOWA, >> ss.
"POLK COUNTY.
" Personally appeared before me, Perry L. Crossman, Clerk of the Dis- trict Court in and for said county, Benjamin Saylor and Wm. H. Meacham, two of the Commissioners of said county, who are personally known to me to be such, and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above deed of conveyance to be their voluntary act and deed, officially done at Fort des Moines, this 8th day of July, A. D. 1846.
"In. testimony whereof, I have hereonto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, at Fort Des Moines, this 8th day of July, A. D. 1846. " P. L. CROSSMAN, Clerk.
" By A. D. JONES, Deputy."
At the October election, in 1857, the boundaries as described in the plat, and now known as the orginal town of Fort Des Moines, were adopted.
Up to this date neither the town nor county had a perfect title to the land. Congress had donated to the county one hundred and sixty acres of land which embraced the fort, and all the buildings thereon, for the county-seat. This was an unusual proceeding and the only instance probably on record. It
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is the rule of the Government to reserve the grounds and buildings which comprise a fort, and at some future time, when the land has increased in value by reason of surrounding improvements, sell them at auction. Ac- cordingly, in order to perfect the title, April 13, 1848, John N. Anderson was authorized by the County Commissioners to preempt one hundred and sixty acres and procure the patents from the Government for the same, in the name of the Commissioners of Polk county, provided he could secure the same for the sum of two hundred dollars. He secured the same in the name of Andrew Grosclose, James Mount, and Thomas Black, as Com- missioners of Polk county, and the title was vested in the county.
In April, 1847, the County Commissioners authorized the county agent, Wm. Mckay, to sell at auction the "houses, rails, and all other property belonging to Polk county." The sale was made July 16th of that year. The demand for houses was great. Many of the people had been waiting for months for the treaty embargo to be raised, and had been living in tents and crowded compartments with those fortunate enough to acquire a shelter in some habitable form. The sale was brisk and prices remunerative. Sev- eral of those old cabins were purchased and became the residences of those. who to-day are occupying princely dwellings, yet not happier nor more contented, probably, than when they went in and out of those old log- cabins. It will thus be seen from the first paragraph above that the com- mission sold and conveyed that to which they had not acquired absolute title.
In 1851 manifest destiny pointed to Fort Des Moines as a place of future importance, and her people were tinctured with "great expectations." Ac- cordingly, September 6, " William Kraus and fifty-two other citizens of Fort Des Moines," so runs the record, petitioned to the Hon. F. B. Bur- bridge, County Judge, praying that the inhabitants of said town may be- come incorporated, according to chapter 42, title 9, of the Code of 1850, which was granted, and an election was ordered to be held at the court- house on Monday, the 22d of September, 1851, for the purpose of voting for or against incorporation. Charles C. Van, Thomas McMullin and J. E. Jewett, were appointed judges of election, and William T. Marvin and Lamp. P. Sherman clerks. The election resulted as follows:
For incorporation . 42
Against incorporation 1
In pursuance with this election, an election was ordered for the selection of three persons to form a charter for the town. The election was held Saturday, September 27, and resulted as follows:
P. M. Casady 16
L. P. Sherman 9
Thompson Bird 6
Byron Rice. 5
R. W. Sypher
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Curtis Bates
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C. C. Van. 2
J. E. Jewett
2
Total 48 The first three were declared elected.
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October 11, 1851, Messrs Casady, Sherman and Bird made return to the County Judge that they had prepared a charter for the town, and selected three different boundaries for said corporation, whereupon the court ordered another election to be held October, 1851, to vote upon the adoption of the charter and the selection of the boundaries of the town. At that election the charter was adopted and the boundaries fixed by a vote of twenty-five for and none against. The boundaries, as fixed, were the same as surveyed by A. D. Jones, June 4th, 1846.
The town continued under this charter until 1853, when the Fourth Gen- eral Assembly, by special act, provided for a new incorporation. In 1854 the Legislature designated Fort Des Moines as the capital of the State, and in 1857 the convention to revise the State constitution permanently fixed it at Des Moines.
In January, 1857, the Legislature passed an act to incorporate the city of Des Moines, which took effect February 16. In 1860 the Legislature en- acted a general incorporation law and also provided for the abandonment of present charters by those cities who desired to come under its provisions. March 9, 1863, a petition was presented to the council to submit the ques- tion to the people whether or not they would abandon their charter. The petition was granted. An election was held the first Monday in May, which. resulted in four hundred and eight votes for abandonment and seventy- seven votes against. The city abandoned its charter and became incorpo- rated under the general incorporation law and the charter has since so re- mained.
The boundaries were enlarged and additions have since been made, so that now they embrace a territory in quadrilateral form of four miles east and west and two miles north and south. On the west side of Des Moines river the city embraces the entire civil township of Des Moines.
The additions to the original town were made as follows:
Scott & Dean's, November 19, 1849; Commissioners', May 8, 1850; Keen & Poindexter's, January 10, 1854; Grimmell's, No. 2, June 8, 1854; Grif- fith's to East Side, June 15, 1854; Muma & Jacoby's, August 27, 1855; Hall's, December 10, 1855; H. Lyons', No. 1, May 22, 1856; Scott's, June 3, 1856; Parseley's, June 7, 1856; VanBuskirk's, August 27, 1856; Hol- comb's, September 17, 1856; Day's, October 22, 1856; Rose's, November 13, 1856; Walnut Hill, November 21, 1856; White's, November 29, 1856; Hoxie's, January 15, 1857; Kuhn's, April 13, 1857; Hursh's, April 15, 1857; Brooks', April 27, 1857; Bird's, August 19, 1857; Stewart's, Sep- tember 30, 1857; Bellvue, November 6, 1857; Griffith's, December 17, 1857; Grimmell's, No. 1, December 24, 1857; Spencer's, September 3, 1858; Lyon's, No. 2, December 3, 1858; W. A. Scott's, May 17, 1859; West & Burton's, April 4, 1860; C. C. Van's, November 30, 1866; Russell & Har- lan's, March 6, 1869; Allen's, No. 1, May 28, 1869; Burhan's, November 6, 1869; Shepherd's, December 3, 1869; R. G. English, February 24, 1870; J. C. Savery's, No. 1, April 7, 1870; J. C. Savery's Park Addition, July 9, 1870; Bradshaw's, January 7, 1871; Allen's, No. 2, May 20, 1872; Rollin's, June 19, 1872; Cottage Grove, March 3, 1873; Yount's, April 28, 1873; Vandercook's, December 12, 1873; George D. Aldrich's, December 15, 1873; Prutt & Luse's, January 3, 1874; C. Good's, January 5, 1874; Sau- cerman's, September 3, 1874; Callanan's, April 11, 1876; Monell's, June 29, 1876; Davies', July 31, 1877; T. E. Brown's, August 17, 1877; F. Gen-
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eser's, April 9, 1878; Pleasant Hill, December 17, 1879; Cottage Hill, De- cember 30, 1879; Anderson's Cottage Grove Addition, May 23, 1878.
The first town Council was elected October 20, 1851. Its first meeting was held in the old court house, which stood where the brick building now stands, on Cherry street, south of the present court-house, Saturday even- ing, October 25. The town continued under its own charter until the Leg- islature, January 18, 1853, by special act, incorporated it as the town of Fort Des Moines.
The following is the list of officers of the town and city government, from the organization, in 1851, to 1880, so far as can be found of record:
OFFICERS. 1852.
Thomas Bird, President. J. K. Dollison (W. A. Galbraith to fill va- cancy), Recorder. Samuel Gray, Treasurer. Jno. Youngerman (A. Bower to fill vacancy), Marshal.
Councilmen-Thompson Bird, Jesse Dicks, C. D. Reinking, L. P. Sher- man, P. M. Casady, W. T. Marvin, Hoyt Sherman, R. W. Sypher.
1853.
B. Luce, Mayor. W. A. Galbraith, Recorder. Samuel Gray, B. Bryant, Treasurer. A. Bower, Marshal. J. S. Dicks, Street Commissioner.
Councilmen-J. W. Jones, President; J. H. Perry (W. W. Williamson to fill vacancy); J. W. Stanton (Jas. Hall to fill vacancy); W. DeFord, J. Lyon, W. Duncan, Richard Holcomb, M. Matthias.
1854.
L. P. Sherman, Mayor. W. A. Galbraith, Recorder. B. Bryant, Treas- urer. J. A. Miller, Engineer. Jno. Youngerman, Marshal. Jas. Stanton, Assessor. T. Elliott, Street Commissioner.
Councilmen -- P. M. Casady, A. Bowers, J. E. Jewett, C. Stutsman, J. M. Griffiths, B. F. Allen, J. Lyon, B. Rice.
1855.
B. Granger, Mayor. L. P. Sherman, Recorder. B. Bryant, Treasurer. Engineer. J. Harter, Marshal. J. Harter, Assessor. Street Commissioner.
Councilmen-W. H. McHenry, A. Shaw, M. Winters, J. D. Davis, W. McKay, F. R. West, A. Newton, W. C. Burton.
1856.
W. DeFord, Mayor. J. Bradshaw, Recorder. B. Bryant, Treasurer. J. N. Dewey, Engineer. Marshal. J. M. Walker, Assessor.
J. Davis, Street Commissioner,
.. Councilmen -. J. E. Jewett, W. C. Buzick, J. H. Given, N. D. De Vault, S. Gray, L. T. Filson, E. S. Burnham, J. N. Newel.
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1857.
Served until the first day of May of the same year.
C. W. Nash, Mayor. B. D. Thomas, Recorder. B. Bryant, Treasurer. J. N. Dewey, Engineer. S. Noel, Marshal. H. Lamoreaux, Assessor. T. Elliott, Street Commissioner.
Councilmen-W. J. Gatling, W. H. McHenry, G. Holland, I. Cooper, D. McGaughey, J. W. Laird, W. C. Burton, J. E Hull.
1857.
W. H. McHenry, Mayor. H. H. Griffiths, President, pro tem. B. D. Thomas, Recorder. B. Bryant, Treasurer. Solicitor. B. Cal- lan, Engineer. Wm. DeFord, Marshal. H. E. Lamoreaux, Assessor. Jno. McNamara, West Side; Wm. Tomlinson, East Side, Street Commission- ers.
Councilmen-First ward, W. A. Hunt, Jas. F. Kemp; Second ward, F. R. West, Lovell White; Third ward, I. Cooper, W. C. Burton; Fourth ward, R. L. Tidrick, M. Lawrence (M. Winters to fill vacancy); Fifth ward, J. W. Stanton, G. W. Connor; Sixth ward, J. A. Williamson, H. H. Griffiths; Seventh ward, Jno. Hyde, W. A. Scott.
1858.
H. E. Lamoreaux, Mayor. J. M. Walker, President, pro tem. B. D. Thomas, Recorder. L. P. Sherman, Treasurer. C. C. Cole, Solicitor. J. C. Booth, Engineer. J. T. Moore, Marshal. T. N. Burton, Assessor. T. E. Mitchell, West Side, G. W. Connor, East Side, Street Commissioners.
Councilmen-First ward, S. M. Collins, G. W, Jarrett; Second ward, Lovell White, J. H. Given; Third ward, I. Maple, G. Scott; Fourth ward, J. H. McLelland, H. R. Lovejoy; Fifth ward, R. W. Clark, J. W. Stanton; Sixth ward, J. M. Walker, Jas. Garrety; Seventh ward, W. A. Scott, A. Mosier.
1859.
R. L. Tidrick, Mayor. A. Slatten (O. W. Whitney to fill vacancy), President, pro tem. Warren Curtis (J. Foster to fill vacancy), recorder. M. S. Dickerson, Treasurer. G. H. Turner, Solicitor. B. Callan, Engineer. R. Hedge, Marshal. J. Hyde, Assessor. J. C. Bailey, West Side; J. Mc Namara, West Side (to fill vacancy), G. W. Connor, East Side, Street Commissioners.
Councilmen-First ward, O. W. Whitney, J. L. Scott (W. Phillips to fill vacancy); Second ward, G. W. Cleveland, J. Tiernan (S. VanCleve to fill vacancy); Third ward, T. J. Jordan, I. J. Herrod; Fourth ward, J. W. Eddy, S. V. White (J. Jack to fill vacancy); Fifth ward, S. Goodrell, L. M. Small (M. D. McHenry, J. P. Peters to fill vacancy); Sixth ward, N. H. Hem- mingway, Will Tomlinson; Seventh ward, A. Slatten, Lewis Kinsey (J. L. Scott to fill vacancy).
1860.
P. H. W. Latshaw, Mayor. T. K. Brooks (W. T. Smith to fill vacancy), President pro tem. M. H. King (J. B. Bausman to fill vacancy), Recorder. J. N. Dewey, Treasurer. G. H. Turner, Solicitor. B. Callan, Engineer.
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HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY.
L. Jones (W. H. Callender, A. Bowers, J. H. Watson to fill vacancy), Mar- shal. A. G. Taylor, Assessor. G. Washburn, West Side, I. Whicher, East Side, Street Commissioners.
· Councilmen-First ward, John Morris, Fred Reinig; Second ward, E. B. Alvord, B. F. Allen; Third ward, N. L. Farnham, J. P. Foster; Fourth ward, H. R. Lovejoy, J. W. Eddy; Fifth ward, W. T. Smith, J. P. Peters; Sixth ward, T. K. Brooks, W. S. Burnett (W. T. Burgetts to fill vacancy); Sev- enth ward, L. Kinsey, J. L. Scott (W. H. Gilcrest to fill vacancy).
1861.
· Ira Cook (W. S. Barnes to fill vacancy), Mayor. W. Lowry, President pro tem. F. B. Yorkner (M. H. King to fill vacancy), Recorder. R. K. McMaster, Treasurer. G. H. Turner, Solicitor. B. Callan, Engineer. Jester Hedge, Marshal. G. W. Cleveland, Assessor. Thomas Elliott, West Side, G. W. Connor, East Side, Street Commissioners.
Councilmen-First ward, John Morris, M. McTighe; Second ward, J. B. Stewart, A. T. Johnson; Third ward, P. Myers, George Sneer; Fourth ward, P. H. W. Latshaw, S. V. White; Fifth ward, William Shepard, Wil- liam Warr; Sixth ward, A. E. Garrison, J. A. Williamson (J. M. Moody to fill vacancy); Seventh ward, J. L. Scott, William Lowry.
1862.
Thomas Cavanaugh, Mayor. W. Lowry (J. M. Moody to fill vacancy), President pro tem. F. Weitman (H. V. King to fill vacancy), Recorder. J. E. Hull, Treasurer. G. H. Turner, Solicitor. B. Callan, Engineer. A. N. Marsh (Jester Hedge, C. Stratten, G. Allen), Marshal. John McNam- ara, Assessor. W. Milligan, West Side, G. W. Connor, East Side, Street Commissioners.
Councilmen-First ward, John Morris, M. McTighe; Second ward, George McGuire, C. S. Spofford; Third ward, M. Tuttle, J. Johns; Fourth ward, John Daugherty, A. Yerger (J. Handraham to fill va- cancy); Fifth ward, A. L. F. Mower, U. H. White; Sixth ward, J. M. Moody, Dan. Ellyson; Seventh ward, J. L. Scott, William Lowry (H. N. Woods to fill vacancy).
1863.
W. H. Leas, Mayor. J. M. Moody, President pro tem. John Jack, Jr., Recorder. T. E. Settle, Treasurer. G. H. Turner, Solicitor. D. A. Poor- man, Engineer; S. Noel, Marshal. John McNamara, Assessor. S. Farr, West Side, C. Stutsman, East Side, Street Commissioners.
Councilmen-First ward, John Morris, M. McTighe; Second ward, S. F. Spofford, C. C. Howell; Third ward, J. J. Williams, John Thompson; Fourth ward, R. Rollins, James Simington (S. Sibley to fill vacancy); Fifth ward, Dan. Ellyson, U. H. White; Sixth ward, J. M. Moody, A. L. F. Mower; Seventh ward, William Matthews, Charles Nichols.
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