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nearly in conformity with the division of power in the National Government, the resemblance to which of the seheme suggested has caused it to be commonly known as the " federal plan."s In the discussion of this plan the feebleness of the mayor's authority and the incongruity of his functions, together with the appor- tionment of executive power between the council and various administrative boards are asserted to be the cause of serious inefficieney and much evil.
With the incorporation of the borough of Columbus its mayor began to be chiefly a police justice, and with slight and transitory variations he has continued to be such until a very recent date. At first supreme authority, both legislative and executive, was vested in the council. This continued to be the case until the advent of the constitution of 1851, and the legislation pursuant thereto, beginning with the act of May 3, 1852, heretofore referred to, which made a new classifica- tion of municipal corporations, and a new distribution of their powers. In that act the mayor was specifically styled a " principal officer," to which position, after having risen, in the course of legislation, to the nominal dignity of chief executive officer, he has since relapsed. The act of 1852 and the amendments, supplements and municipal codifications which have followed it, have steadfastly withheld from the conneil much of the executive authority vested in it by the special legis- lation for the borough, but they have by no means transferred that authority, as a whole, to the mayor. From the absolutism of a council, practically holding all authority and acting as a supreme committee unchangeable at any single election, a transition was made to a conncil bound more closely, though not exclusively, to the province of legislation, answerable at the polls for its conduet, and sharing administrative duties with boards and commissions.
In producing this result, two very different causes seem to have operated : First, a desire to scatter and diffuse responsibility for partisan or personal profit; second, a fear that if executive power should be concentrated in the mayor, as it is in the President or Governor, the right class of persons might not be chosen to use it. Consequently the history of municipal government in Columbus, as in many other cities, shows a constant seesawing back and forth between council government on the one hand and commission government on the other, with a feeble and nondescript exeentive, like a cork between the poles of a magnet, some- times clinging to one and sometimes to the other. Under the code of 1869, and the laws of a special nature anthorizing publie improvements, the council regained much of its administrative prestige, and has not hesitated, on occasion, to use its control of ward and precinct boundaries to perpetnate its anthority. At present this absolutism of the council, so far as administration is concerned, and to some extent also as to legislation, is held in cheek by a board of publie works of four members appointed originally by the mayor but now elected by the people.10 The term of service on this board is four years; the salary paid its members, $3,000. Its sittings are held daily. The board exercises the functions of all the usual municipal commissions except that of police, and may participate but not vote, in the proceedings of the council. It may appoint a civil engineer, a sealer of weights and measures, and such number of clerks, superintendents and market- masters as it may deem necessary. In all cases where assessments are to be made, or where the estimated cost of any work or material exceeds five hundred dollars, the board is required to transmit to the council, with its recommendations, a resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, authorizing the execution of such work, or the purchase of snch material at a cost not to exceed the amount of the estimate, which must also be transmitted. The city is divided into districts to each of which one member of the board is assigned, for personal supervision of the cleaning, lighting and repair of its thoroughfares, and for the inspection and care of all its pubhe property and improvements. The members of the board are
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required to devote to its service their entire time. They have thus far been able, upright men, and have performed their duties in a manner highly advantageous to the city.
NOTES.
1. Ohio State Journal. April 12, 1862: " Last night, being the last meeting of the old council, on invitation of Mr. Butler they repaired to Lindeman & Ritz's saloon and partook of an excellent oyster supper."
2. On July 10, 1866, notices of a constable's sale of five horses and carts to satisfy exe- cutions against the city were posted on every street corner. The vehicles were garbage carts used by the Street Commissioner. The amount realized on them, and the horses belonging to them, was $780. The property was sold to satisfy claims for wages on the part of the city's employés, for whose benefit no appropriation had been or could be made pending the dead- lock in the council with respect to its presidency.
3. The repealing act provided for the election of policemen by the City Council.
4. The members of the council committee on City Hall were Messrs. Patterson, Don- aldson, Comstock, McAllister, Reinhard, Frankel, Wall, Bergin and Caren.
5. The area within the city limits at that time amounted to about 2,700 acres ; the ter- ritory which it was proposed to annex contained 3,475 acres.
6. This controversy was thus explained in the Ohio State Journal : " In June last the city council certified to the Auditor, to be placed on the general duplicate, a levy of twelve and onehalf mills, and specified in the distributions that three mills of the twelve and one- half was for a sinking fund. Council also certified to the Auditor, to be placed upon the general duplicate, a separate and extra levy of three mills for the improvement of streets, making the whole amount levied by Council 1513 mills. Auditor Strader held that the Council could not legally levy altogether more than 912 mills, and declined to put more than that amount upon the duplicate. Thereupon the Council went into the Supreme Court for a mandamus to compel the Auditor to put upon the duplicate the extra levy of three mills for street improvements, without making any contest on the excess of three mills in the levy of 1216."
7. The law was introduced in the General Assembly by Hon. Henry C. Taylor, Rep- resentative from Franklin County ; hence its name.
8. The use of the word " federal," in the sense here intended, as descriptive of the general government of the United States is, the author believes, misplaced and misleading. We had a confederacy anterior to the constitution and we have also had one since. The for- mer was superseded by the constitution, the latter was overthrown by force of arms. Both have vanished, and we have now a nation. Our government is national, not federal.
9. The city has now a police judge who relieves the mayor of most of his judicial func- tions. The law establishing this office in Columbus was passed March 2, 1891.
The organization and control of the police force of the city are still vested in a board of Police Commissioners, three in number, chosen at the polls, pursuant to the metropolitan police law of 1866, and the subsequent amendatory and supplementary acts which constitute the existing municipal code. The mayor is ex-officio president of the board.
10. The act creating this board was introduced in the General Assembly by Hon. A. D. Heffner, Representative from Franklin County, and was passed and became a law April 3, 1890 The original members of the board, appointed by Mayor J. P. Bruck, were E. L. Hin- man, James M. Loren, William Wall and Joseph A. Schwartz.
11. A compilation of the general ordinances of the city, with municipal statutes, was made by James A. Wilcox, and published in 1858.
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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXXII.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1816.
Mayor, Jarvis Pike. Marshal, Samuel King. Surveyor, John Kerr.
Recorder, Robert W. McCoy.
Treasurer, Robert Armstrong. Clerk of the Market, William Long.
Trustees : Jeremiah Armstrong,1 Robert Armstrong. Henry Brown, John Cutler, Caleb Houston, John Kerr, Robert W. McCoy, Michael Patton, Jarvis Pike.2
1. Resigned April 22, 1817; Christian Heyl elected for unexpired term.
2. The borongh council was first organized at the Columbus Inn on May 13, 1816.
1817.
Mayor, Jarvis Pike. Marshal, Samuel King. Surveyor, John Kerr.
Recorder, Robert W. McCoy.
Treasurer, Robert Armstrong. Clerk of the Market, William Long.
Trustees: Robert Armstrong, James B. Gardiner, Christian Heyl, Caleb Houston, John Kerr, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain, Michael Patton, Jarvis Pike.
1818.
Mayor, John Kerr.
Recorder, James B. Gardiner.1
Marshal, James Fisher. Surveyor, John Kerr.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of the Market, W. H. Richardson.
Trustees: James B. Gardiner, Christian Heyl, Caleb Houston, John Kerr, James Kooken, Robert W. McCoy, Townsend Nichols, Ralph Osborn, Jarvis Pike.
1. Resigned December 19, 1818; Ralph Osborn elected for unexpired term.
1819.
Mayor, John Kerr. Recorder, Ralph Osborn.
Marshal, Demming L. Rathbone. 1 Surveyor, John Kerr."
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of Market, William H. Richardson.
Trustees : James B. Gardiner, Christian Heyl, Caleb Houston, John Kerr, James Kooken, Robert W. McCoy, Philo B. Olmsted, Ralph Osborn, Jarvis Pike.
1. Resigned June 26, 1819; William H. Richardson elected for unexpired term.
1820.
Mayor, Eli C. King. Recorder, John Kerr.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl.
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Trustees : James B. Gardiner, Christian Heyl, John Jeffords, John Kerr, Eli C. King,
James Kooken, Robert W. McCoy, Philo H. Olmsted, Jarvis Pike.
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THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1821.
Mayor, Eli C. King. Recorder, John Kerr. Treasurer, Christian Heyl.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon. Surveyor, John Kerr. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Trustees : Lincoln Goodale, Christian Heyl, John Jeffords,1 John Kerr, Eli C. King, James Kooken, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain, Philo H. Olmsted.
1. Died October 30, 1821 ; Charles Lofland appointed to vacancy.
1822.
Mayor, Eli C. King. Recorder, John Kerr.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon. Surveyor, John Kerr.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Trustees : Lincoln Goodale, Christian Heyl, John Kerr, Eli C. King, James Kooken, 1 Charles Lofland, Williamn T. Martin, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain.
1. Resigned February 10, 1823 ; James Robinson appointed to vacancy.
1823.
Mavor, John Loughrey.
Recorder, William T. Martin.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl.
Trustees : Lincoln Goodale, John Greenwood, Christian Heyl, John Kerr, 1 John Lough- rey, William T. Martin, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain, James Robinson.
1. Died ; Henry Brown appointed to vacancy August 16, 1823.
1824.
Mayor, William T. Martin.
Recorder, William Long.
Marshal, Benjamin Sells. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Trustees : John Greenwood, Christian Heyl, William Long, John Loughrey, William T. Martin, Robert W. McCoy, William MeElvain, James Robinson, John W. Smith.
1825.
Mayor, William T. Martin.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene.
Recorder, William Long.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Trustees : John Greenwood, Christian Heyl, William Long, John Loughrey, William T. Martin, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain, James Robinson, John W. Smith.1 1. Resigned April 8, 1825; Ralph Osborn elected for unexpired term.
1826,
Mayor, William T. Martin. Recorder, William Long. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene.
Marshal, Samuel Shannon.
Treasurer, Christian Heyl. Clerk of Market, Samuel Shannon.
Trustees : Joel Buttles, Christian Heyl, William Long, William T. Martin, Robert W. McCoy, William McElvain, Nathaniel McLean, Ralph Osborn, James Robinson. .
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
1827.
Mayor, James Robinson.1
Recorder, William Long.
Treasurer, Christian Hey).
Marshal, John Kelly. Surveyor, Jeremiah MeLene. Clerk of Market, John Kelly.
Trustees : Joel Buttles, Christian Hey], William Long, William T. Martin, 2 Robert W. McCoy, Nathaniel McLean, Ralph Osborn, Joseph Ridgway, Senior, James Robinson.3
1. Resigned September 11, 1827 ; William Long elected to vacancy.
2. Resigned June 11, 1827 ; Lincoln Goodale elected to vacancy.
3. Resigned September 11, 1827 ; Samuel Barr elected to vacancy.
1828.
Mayor, William Long.
Recorder, Lincoln Goodale.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCoy.
Marshal, Benjamin Sells. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene. Clerk of Market, Benjamin Sells.
Trustees : Joel Buttles, Lincoln Goodale, George Jeffries, William Long, Robert W. McCoy, Nathaniel McLean, Ralph Osborn, Joseph Ridgway, Senior, John Warner.
1829.
Mayor, William Long.
Recorder, Lincoln Goodale.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCoy.
Marshal, Benjamin Sells. Surveyor, Jeremiah McLene. Clerk of Market, Benjamin Sells.
Trustees : Robert Brotherton, Lincoln Goodale, George Jeffries, William Long, Robert W. McCoy, Nathaniel McLean, Ralph Osborn, Joseph Ridgway, Senior, John Warner.
1830.
Mayor, William Long. Marshal, Julius G. Godman.1 Recorder, Lincoln Goodale. Surveyor, Jermiah McLene.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCoy. Clerk of Market, Julius G. Godman.
Trustees : Robert Brotherton, Lincoln Goodale, George Jeffries, William Long, Robert W. McCoy, Nathaniel McLean, Ralph Osborn, Joseph Ridgway, Senior, John Warner.2
1. Died; Benjamin Sells appointed to vacancy January 21, 1831.
2. Died; Christian Heyl appointed to vacancy February 25, 1831.
1831.
Mayor, William Long. Marshal, John Kelly,1
Recorder, Nathaniel McLean. Surveyor, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCov. Clerk of Market, John Kelly.
Trustees: Robert Brotherton,2 Christian Heyl, George Jeffries, William Long, Robert W. McCoy, Nathaniel McLean, Philo H. Olmsted, Ralph Osborn, Joseph Ridgway, Senior. 1. Removed; Benjamin Sells elected to vacancy December 8, 1831. 2. Resigned ; Samuel Parsons appointed to vacancy July 11, 1831.
1832.
Mayor, William Long.
Recorder, Ralph Osborn.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCoy.
Marshal, Benjamin Sells. Surveyor, Byron Kilbourn. \ Clerk of Market, Benjamin Sells.
Trustees : Christian Heyl, George Jeffries, William Long, Robert W. McCoy, Jonathan Neereamer, Ralph Osborn, Philo H. Olmsted, Joseph Ridgway, Senior, Robert Riordan.
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THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1833.
Mayor, Philo H. Olmsted. Marshal, George B. Harvey. Recorder. John Patterson. Surveyor, Byron Kilbourn.
Treasurer, Robert W. McCoy. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Trustees : Christian Heyl,1 George Jeffries, Robert W. McCoy, Jonathan Neereamer, Philo H. Olmsted, Samuel Parsons, John Patterson, Robert Riordan, Moses R. Spurgeon.
Board of Health: Peleg Sisson, M. B. Wright, J. Campbell, Joel Buttles, John Patter- son, William Minor, Alfred Kelley, P. B. Wilcox, R. Brotherton, Christian Heyl, George Jeffries, John Noble.
1. Resigned July 9, 1833 ; William Miner appointed to vacancy.
1834.
Mayor, John Brooks. Marshal, Abraham Stotts. Surveyor, C. R. Prezriminsky.
Recorder, William T. Martin.
Treasurer, William Long. Clerk of Market, Abraham Stotts.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Henry Brown, Otis Crosby, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Ridgway, Senior ; Second Ward, William Long, Jonathan Neerea- mer, Francis Stewart, Noah H. Swayne ; Third Ward, Christian Heyl, William T. Martin, William Miner, John Patterson.
Board of Health : Doctors Parsons, Sisson, Wright, Aaron and Miller.
1835.
Mayor, John Brooks.1 Marshal, Abraham Stotts. Recorder, William T. Martin. Surveyor, J. A. Lapham.
Treasurer, William Long. Clerk of Market, Ahraham Stotts.
Councilmen: Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Henry Brown, Elijah Con- verse, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Ridgway, Senior; Second Ward, William Long, Jonathan Neereamer, Moylen Northrup, Noah H. Swayne; Third Ward. Christian Heyl, William T. Martin, William Miner, John Patterson.
Board of Health: Samuel Parsons, Robert Thompson, M. B. Wright, Ralph Osborn, George Jeffries, M. Matthews, P. B. Wilcox.
I. Resigned April 21, 1835; John Bailhache elected to vacancy by the Council.
1836.
Mayor, Warren Jenkins. Marshal, George B Harvey. Surveyor, Nathaniel Medbery.
Recorder, William T. Martin.
Treasurer, Jonathan Neereamer. Clerk of Market. George B. Harvey.
Councilmen : Robert W McCoy, President ; First Ward, Henry Brown,1 Elijah Con- verse, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Ridgway, Senior ; Second Ward, Aurora Buttles, Jonathan Neereamer, Moylen Northrup, Noah H. Swayne; Third Ward, William T. Martin, William Miner. John Patterson, M. B. Wright.
1. Resigned September 12, 1836; Moses H. Kirby elected to vacancy.
1837.
Mayor, Warren Jenkins.1
Recorder, William T. Martin.
Marshal, George B. Harvey. Surveyor, John Field.
Treasurer, Jonathan Neereamer. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Councilmen: Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Elijah Converse,? Moses H. Kirby,3 Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Ridgway, Senior ;4 Second Ward, Aurora Buttles, Matthew J. Gilbert, Jonathan Neereamer, Moylen Northrup; Third Ward, A. G. Hibbs, William T. Martin, John Patterson, M. B. Wright.5
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Board of Health : S. Parsons, M. B. Wright, R. Thompson, G. Jeffries, P. B. Wilcox.
1. Resigned September 4, 1837 ; Philo H. Olmsted elected to vacancy.
2. Resigned April 17, 1837 ; J. N. Champion appointed to vacancy.
3. Resigned ; John Noble elected March 12, 1838, to vacancy.
4. Resigned April 17, 1837 ; Joseph Ridgway, Junior, elected to vacancy.
5. Resigned September 4, 1837; John Greenwood elected to vacancy.
6. Resigned March 12, 1838; John L. Gill elected to vacancy.
1838.
Mayor, Philo H. Olmsted. Marshal, George B. Harvey. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop.
Recorder, William T. Martin.
Treasurer, John Greenwood. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, John L. Gill, Robert W. McCoy, John Noble, Joseph Ridgway, Junior ; Second Ward, Aurora Buttles,1 Matthew J. Gilbert, Moylen Northrup, John Wilson; Third Ward, John Greenwood, A. G. Hibbs, William T. Martin, John Patterson .?
1. Resigned ; Philip Reed elected to vacancy October 2, 1838.
2. Resigned April 16, 1838 ; James Bryden elected to vacancy.
1839.
Mayor, Philo H. Olmsted. Marshal, George B. Harvey. Recorder, William Miner. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop.
Treasurer, John Greenwood. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Conncilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Bela Latham, Robert W. McCoy, John Noble, Joseph Ridgway, Junior ; Second Ward, Matthew J. Gilbert, Philip Reed, Joseph Whitehill, John Wilson ; Third Ward, James Bryden, John Greenwood, A. G. Hibbs, William Miner.
1840.
Mayor, John G. Miller.I Marshal, George B. Harvey. Recorder, William Miner. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Treasurer, John Greenwood.
City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Robert Cutler, Bela Latham, John Noble,1 Joseph Ridgway, Junior ; Second Ward, Matthew J. Gilbert, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Whitehill, John Wilson ; Third Ward, James Bryden. John Greenwood, A. G. Hibbs, William Miner.
1. Removed from the city ; Jacob Strickler appointed to vacancy March 9, 1840.
1841.
Mayor, John G. Miller.I Marshal, George B. Harvey. Recorder, William Miner. Surveyor, Nathan B. Kelley. Clerk of Market, George R. Harvey.
Treasurer, John Greenwood.
City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Robert Cutler, Bela Latham,? Joseph Ridgway, Junior, Jacob Strickler ; Second Ward, William Armstrong, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph Whitehill, John Wilson ;3 Third Ward, James Bryden, John Greenwood, A. G. Hibbs, William Miner.
1. Resigned May 4, 1841 ; Thomas Wood elected by conncil to vacancy.
2. Resigned April 1, 1841 ; Justin Morrison appointed to vacancy.
3. Died November 2, 1841 ; Peleg Sisson appointed to vacancy.
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THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
1842.
Mayor, Abram I. MeDowell. Recorder, William Miner. Treasurer, John Greenwood. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, George B. Harvey. Surveyor, Nathan B. Kelley. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Robert Cutler, Justin Morri- son, Joseph Ridgway, Junior, Jacob Strickler; Second Ward, William Armstrong, Robert W. McCoy, Robert Russell, Joseph Whitehill; Third Ward, James Bryden, John Green- wood, A. G. Hibbs, William Miner.
1843.
Mayor, Smithson E. Wright. Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Jr.
Treasurer, William Armstrong. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, George Riordan. Surveyor, Nathan B. Kelley. Clerk of Market, George Riordan.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, David Evans, William A. Gill, Joseph Ridgway, Junior, John Taylor ; Second Ward, William Armstrong, Joseph N. Glazier, Robert W. McCoy, Robert Russell ; Third Ward, James Bryden, William Harrison, Adin G. Hibbs, Alfred P. Stone.
1844.
Mayor, Smithson E. Wright. Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Treasurer, William Armstrong. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, George B. Harvey.
Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop.
Clerk of Market, John Whitzell.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Richard Jones, John Miller, Joseph Ridgway, Junior, Robert Riordan ; Second Ward, William Armstrong, Henry Butler, Joseph N. Glazier, Robert W. McCoy; Third Ward, Frederick Cole, John Funston, O. P. Hines, Cornelius Jacobs.
1845.
Mayor, Alexander Patton.
Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Treasurer, William Armstrong.
City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, George B. Harvey. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Richard Jones, Jolin Miller, Joseph Ridgway, Junior, Robert Riordan ; Second Ward, William Armstrong, Henry Butler, Joseph N. Glazier, Robert W. McCoy ; Third Ward, William Harrison, O. P. Hines, Cornel- ius Jacobs, John Walton.
1846.
Mayor, A. S. Decker. Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior. Treasurer, William Armstrong. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, George B. Harvey. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, Jacob Turney.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy. President; First Ward, Richard Jones, John Miller, Robert Riordan; Second Ward, Benjamin Blake, Joseph Ridgway, Junior, Edward N. Slocum ; Third Ward, William Armstrong, Clark Higgins, Robert W. McCoy; Fourth Ward, James Bryden, William Harrison, John Walton; Fifth Ward, Louis Hoster, Solomon Lighter, Asa Walling.
Board of Health : Robert Thompson, I. G. Jones, R. L. Howard, - Morrill, John B. Thompson, S. Z. Seltzer, James Cherry.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
1847.
Mayor, Alexander Patton.
Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Treasurer, William Armstrong. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, John Whitzell. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, Jacob Turney.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President; First Ward, Luther Hillery, Richard Jones, John Miller ; Second Ward, Benjamin Blake, Joseph Ridgway, Junior. Edward N. Slocum ;1 Third Ward, William Armstrong, Clark Higgins, Robert W. McCoy ; Fourth Ward, James Bryden, William Harrison, Thomas F. Jones; Fifth Ward, Lonis Hoster, Solomon Lighter, Asa Walling.
1. Resigned March 23, 1848 ; Joseph Whitehill appointed to vacancy.
1848.
Mayor, Alexander Patton.
Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Marshal, John Whitzell. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Luther Hillery, Richard Jones, John Miller ; Second Ward, Benjamin Blake, Robert Cutler, Joseph Ridgway, Junior ; Third Ward, William Armstrong, Lucian Buttles, Robert W. McCoy ; Fourth Ward, James Bryden, Thomas F. Jones, John Walton ; Fifth Ward, Louis Hoster, Solomon Lighter, Asa Walling.
Board of Health: Robert Thompson, John B. Thompson, R. L. Howard, Samuel M. Smith, S. Z. Seltzer, Isaac Cool, John L. Gill, Alexander E. Glenn, James Cherry, Uriah Stotts.
1849.
Mayor, Alexander Patton.
Recorder, Joseph Ridgway, Junior.
Treasurer, William Armstrong.
City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Councilmen : Robert W. McCoy, President ; First Ward, Luther Hillery, Richard Jones, John Miller ; Second Ward, Benjamin Blake, Robert Cutler, Joseph Ridgway, Junior ; Third Ward, William Armstrong, Lucian Buttles, Robert W. McCoy ; Fourth Ward, John Butler, Thomas F. Jones, William Miner ; Fifth Ward, Louis Hoster, James H. Stauring, Asa Walling. Board of Health : Isaac Dalton, N. W. Smith, George B. Harvey, W. W. Pollard, James Cherry.
1850.
Mayor, Lorenzo English. City Clerk, B. F. Martin.
Marshal, John Whitzell. Surveyor, Uriah Lathrop. Clerk of Market, George B. Harvey.
Treasurer, William Armstrong. Solicitor, James L. Bates.
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