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Letter from John Eccles to Council applying for position of Tax Collector

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9 Mar. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Letter to Council. Sender: John Eccles. Subject: application for position of Tax Collector. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

Statutory declaration of A.M. Brown, City Clerk

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Mar. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Statutory declaration of Alexander MacDougall Brown when he was sworn in as City Clerk in March, 1874.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department

Nominations for Mayor for 1875

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28 Dec. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

A copy of nominations for Mayor for the year 1875, written down by the City Clerk during a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874. Francis E. Cornish was nominated by Andrew Strang and Alexander Logan, and William Nassau Kennedy was nominated by J.H. Ashdown and [H.L. Shelton?].

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department

Nomination for William Kennedy for Mayor for 1875

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28 Dec. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Nomination paper for William Nassau Kennedy for Mayor of Winnipeg for the year 1875, signed by J.H. Ashdown and [H.L. Shelton?] at a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department

Nomination for Francis Cornish for Mayor for 1875

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28 Dec. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Nomination paper for Francis E. Cornish for Mayor of Winnipeg for the year 1875, signed by Andrew Strang and Alexander Logan at a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department

Winnipeg Council Minutes - Volume 1 - part 1 (1874)

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Part
19 Jan. - 28 Dec. 1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

W. H. Tucker - application for position of Fire Warden

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1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

Wilson Hyman - transfer of saloon license

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1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

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.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

Duncan Currie - application for position as Policeman

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1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

William Logan – petition for sidewalk on Main Street

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1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Petition from residents of Point Douglas requesting a sidewalk on Main Street “before the muddy time takes place in Spring”.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

License Commissioner – licenses granted by Provincial Government to Winnipeg dealers

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1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

License Commissioner - Licenses granted by Provincial Government to Winnipeg dealers between Nov. 8, 1874 and March 20, 1874. Includes licenses for grocery stores, hotels, saloons, taverns, billiard parlours.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council