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Tukwila, I;vashir-•gton, April 12th,191O.
The regular meeting of the Town Council was held on the above
date, being called to order by the l -Tayor at the hour of 8 :00 o'clock
P.tli.
There were present:
E.W. Engel, 1 ayor.
Jno.O.1 Wold,
I+ E. Kline
B. G, Northrup and
J.W. Wilson, Councilmen.
Minutes of the l meting were read and approved.
Mr. Wold reported that Rluff Street had been improved as rec�-
oru mended. h1r. Wold also made a report on the matter of the closing up
of the alley between_ the Doubleday and ?f places; this alley has
been used as a highway by people desirous of entering the Town oz
Tukwila, for several years, and was closed by 1r. Jordan, although
he expressed a wilingness to rent the necessary amount of land to keep
the road open, for a term of years, having closed the road merely to
preserve his rights in the premises. Mir. Miller expressed his willing-
ness to allow the necessary amount of land to be used off his property
for the purposes-of a road. Referred back to the committee.
A petition was presented in favor of allowing cows to roar: at
large through the Town. 4 general discussion was 'meld in re this matter
and was finally referred to the Committee on T-aws and Ordinances, with
instructions to drr.v: up an ordinance permitting the cows to run at large
but subject to certain restrictions and regulations, said Ordinance
being subject to revision by the Council as a whole.
communication was read from the County Health Officer, in reply
to a letter written him by the Town Clerk, wit_ reference to a nuisance
maintained by the P. S,E.Ry. viz: The allowing of water (stagnant) to
stand within the Town, it which he stated that he had no jurisdiction
and ±h-at it should be referred to the Health Officer of Tukwila, all
of which brought up a discussion_ of ways and means as to the draining
off of said low land, and was finally referred to the Corumit on
Streets and Alleys.
The fol:lowirg bills were revid, approved and :varrELnts ordered
drawn in their payment:
IN. Smith, $1,00
Roy Kittering 1.010
John Johnson 7;75
N9,75
There being no further business to core before the Council,
meeting adjourned at the hour of 9:50 P.M.
E. F. Greene
Town Clerk.