A voting tabulation sheet for Winnipeg’s first civic election on January 5, 1874 in West Ward. Voters’ names are recorded, along with who they voted for (Mayor and Aldermen), and the document was confirmed by William Nassau Kennedy, who was acting City Clerk.

Letter to Council. Sender: Joseph Crowson. Subject: application for position of Collector of Taxes. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Rudolph Sicotte (incorrectly listed in index as Randolph) . Subject: application for position of Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Thomas H. Parr. Subject: application for position of City Engineer. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed Feb. 23, 1874.

Letter to Council. Sender: Willoughby Clark. Subject: application for position of City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Alfred E. Fisher. Subject: application for position of City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Robert Bourne. Subject: application for position of City Surveyor (incorrectly listed in index as application for position of City Engineer). Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Duncan McVicar. Subject: application for position of Chamberlin. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Statutory declaration of Francis E. Cornish when he was sworn in as Mayor on January 19, 1874.

Letter to Council. Sender: A. M. Brown. Subject: application for position of City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed Feb. 2, 1874.

First 218 pages of bound, handwritten volume of minutes of Winnipeg's City Council between January 19 and December 28, 1874. The minutes briefly recount the proceedings of meetings and are the official, legal record of decisions made by Council. Recorded decisions reveal municipal governance, resource allocation, and service delivery. Minutes also refer to topics debated, reports considered, by-laws introduced, communications received, decisions reached and votes taken during council meetings.

Individual minute passages are marked with numbers in the margins that correspond with a hand-written index.

Letter to Council. Sender: Robert T. Jackson. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: John Nisbitt. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: T.E. Rawson. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Alex McPherson. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Wilson Hyman and others. Subject: transfer of saloon license (petition by several citizens against the transfer of a saloon license for the Red Saloon to the brick building known as the “Drug Store” as there are already 3 saloons licensed in that area.). Referred to: laid on table.

Letter to Council. Sender: John S. Ingram. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed Feb. 23, 1874.

Letter to Council. Sender: Frederick John Haskin. Subject: application for position of City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.