| Show preparing Pre pring lor for the next municipal election the last legislature passed a law classifying the cities in this territory and placing those having W or more in the first class from to in the second class aud and under r in the third class salt lake city will come in the first class and at the next municipal election february 1890 the new law will govern agdens Ogden li election comes cow e sin in february next and as the arrangement and number of city coun cifors did not conform to the law the necessary steps were taken to brins brine about the desired result the census was taken and the result announced to the GoNer governor nor inobe in the following certificate WHEREAS ogden city on the ath day et ef november AD 1888 appointed six commissioners whose duty it was to take toe the census of said city for the purpose of ascertaining to what class said city belongs and whereas said commissioners have taken said census and made return thereof in due form to the city council of said city and whereas it Is shown by said returns that said city belongs to the second classo class no now therefore I 1 david eccles mayor of said city do hereby certify certia that thai the number of inhabitants of saia city is nine thousand eight hundred and fifteen As witness my hand and the corporate seal of said city this da of Novem november novembers berA A D 1888 SEAL DAVID ECCLES mayor of ogden Att erst THOMAS J STEVENS city recorder to his excellency caleb W west governor As provided in the law governo Go vernoi west then issued the following proc under and by the provis tons ions of an act of the governor anc legislative assembly of utah terri tern tory entitled an act providing foi the incorporation of cities approve march ath 1888 david eccles thi tb mayor of the city of ogden jn in webe county said territory orv did on the 1911 day of of november 1888 certify to me caleb W west governor of said T ter er atory under his signature and abi deal of sald said city the number of thi inhabitants of said city to atit it nini nim thousand eight hundred and fifteen now therefore I 1 caleb wt west governor aforesaid do proclaim an make proclamation that said city ol of ogden belongs to te and snail be knowl us a city of the second class in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto subscribed my band and caused the great seal of the I 1 SEAL territory to be affixed qt it salt sall lake city the day dav of 0 november AD A D IM 1888 CALEB W WEST governor by the governor WM C HALL secretary the next proceeding of the agdell city council will be to divide the municipality nic nici into five wards each of which will elect two councilors councillors counci lors tbt mayor and other general officers are elective at large when the apportionment tion ment is completed and registry lists list s made the city will be prepared for the election |
