On motion the report of [the] committee was accepted and committee discharged from further duty.
    On motion the Board proceeded to vote on ordinances which resulted in a unanimous adoption of the following ordinances--
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: In accordance with the provision of Sec. 1st of the Act of Incorporation of the Town of Jacksonville, the corporate limits of Jacksonville are as follows, viz.: Commencing at the northwest corner of section thirty-two, in township thirty-seven south, range two west, running thence south forty chains, thence east sixty chains, thence north fifty-eight chains to the south boundary of the claim of James N. T. Miller, thence west sixty chains, thence south eighteen chains to the place of beginning. (Said boundaries embrace the Town of Jacksonville, and the lines accord with the true meridian.) Ordinances which may be passed hereafter shall, all and each of them, be strictly construed to apply to every portion of area within the foregoing limits included.
    We people of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: That no person shall ride or drive horses through the streets of Jacksonville at a faster pace or gait than an ordinary trot, under a penalty, upon conviction thereof, of a fine not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or at the discretion of the Court, sentence of confinement in the jail for not less than two nor more than ten days--the person or persons so offending to be proceeded against for fine and cost, or imprisonment, by the Marshal or by any special policeman before the Recorder's Court.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: That, upon conviction before the Recorder's Court of any person or persons riding, driving, leading or fastening or tying horses, oxen, cows, mules or jacks upon any sidewalks now built or that shall be built hereafter with intent to use said walk as a public road for any purpose except for footmen, shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar, and pay all damages incurred by such act.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.:
    That a tax of five dollars for exhibition, or twenty-five dollars per month, be laid upon all theaters and concerts, and ten dollars for each exhibition of any circus, whether the same be by day or night, and said tax to be collected by the Marshal previous to the commencement of the performance as of that day or night, or month, as the case may be, under penalty of fine not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, to be enforced against the owner, proprietor, lessee and every adult performer who shall take part in such exhibition, before the payment of said tax, the Marshal paying the proceeds of the tax over to the Treasurer, reserving only the fees due himself, viz.: ten percent.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.:
    That all riotous or disorderly conduct--fighting, drunkenness or other misconduct on the public streets of the Corporation, whether by day or night, or the offenses, when committed in any public house, barroom, saloon, billiard room, store, stable or any house open to the public for the transactions of business of any sort or kind, shall be, upon conviction before the Recorder, punished on behalf of the Corporation by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars, with cost, or at the discretion of the Court, sentence to confinement in the jail not longer than ten days.
    The expressions "disorderly conduct" and "other misconduct," in this ordinance, shall be taken and construed to mean any act by which the peace and quiet of the Corporation is disturbed, or that of any neighborhood therein.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.:
    Section 1. That there shall be and hereby is laid off and designated an extent, or area, at present including the business portion of Jacksonville bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the function of First and Pine streets, running thence with the north line of Pine Street to Third Street, thence with the east line of Third Street to A Street, thence with the south line of A Street to Fourth Street, thence with the east line of Fourth Street to C Street, thence with the south line of C Street to First Street, thence with the east line of First Street to the place of beginning. That within this area or business portion of this Corporation no hog or pig shall be kept or fed, under penalty of a fine not less than one dollar nor [more] than two per day for each hog or pig so kept to be recovered from the owner of said hogs or from the persons occupying the premises upon which hogs may be found.
    Section 2. Outside of the foregoing described area or business portion of Jacksonville, but within the limits of the Corporation hogs may be kept, subject to the following restrictions, viz.: That when any complaint shall be made to Board of Trustees, or the President thereof, that the keeping of swine by anyone is productive of nuisance, or injury to any neighbor of the same, the President shall have the same examined, and if he is satisfied that the charge is well founded, shall order the removal of the swine within the next twenty-four hours, under the same penalty as in section first, for any further.
    Section 3. No hog or pig shall be allowed to run at large in the public streets, or square, or trespass upon any garden, lot or enclosure, within the limits of the Corporation, under penalty of fine of two dollars and fifty cents, to be paid by the owner or person having the same in charge, to the Marshal, or to be collected in the following manner: If the owner or person in charge of the animals is not known, the Marshal or his deputy, alone, without collusion with others, shall take possession of all hogs or pigs so found as above forbidden, and the animals shall be considered in his possession from the moment he attempts to drive, or secure them, and he shall have them driven or conveyed to the Poundkeeper without the limits of Sec. 1, the Marshal giving with the custody of the animal or animals, a written or printed certificate, containing the date, the description of the animals, and the Marshal's signature--one such for every animal, without it is a sow with a litter of young pigs under a month old or thereabouts, which in judgment shall be decided by the Poundkeeper, and in that case shall only count for one animal, and the Poundkeeper, upon thus receiving the animal and certificate, shall give to the Marshal or deputy one dollar, which shall be retained by him as his fees in the case, the Poundkeeper shall place the said certificate on the post at the entrance of the Pound, and shall keep and feed the said hogs two days (unless they are previously claimed) at seventy-five cents per day--any fraction of the day in which they are put in, or the day in which they are claimed out, to be claimed as one day--and when so claimed, the owner shall pay first the amount of the fine (two dollars and fifty cents) to the Marshal and receive an order to the Poundkeeper, upon receipt of the Marshal's order, and the said payment shall deliver the same to the owner or proper claimant, and the Marshal shall pay the two dollars and fifty cents to the Treasurer, but if the hog or hogs thus taken and confined in the Pound for two days shall not be claimed in that time, they shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder by the Poundkeeper, and from the proceeds he, the said Poundkeeper, shall retain the one dollar paid by him to the Marshal, and the one dollar and fifty cents due him for the keeping of the same for the two days elapsed, and the balance he shall pay over to the Treasurer, with the certificate of the Marshal given at first for the animal.
    Section 4. No dead hog, dog or larger animal shall be left unburied by the owner or person having had charge of the same, within the corporate limits, for more than twenty-four hours after death, under penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each such offense.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: No Indian encampments, huts, wigwams or rancherias shall be permitted to remain or be erected within the limits of the Corporation. It shall be the duty of the Marshal or deputy to give them forty-eight hours' notice to remove. If any Indian or Indians hereafter violate this ordinance, and if they fail to obey after being duly notified, the Marshal then may command a posse of citizens to help him remove the offenders outside the limits of the Corporation. Every citizen of aforesaid Corporation who shall refuse to assist the Marshal upon being summoned shall upon conviction before the Recorder pay the penalty of fine not less than five nor more than ten dollars on behalf of the Corporation.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: No peddler shall hereafter be permitted to vend, sell or retail, at private sale, any goods, wares or merchandise, within the limits of the Corporation, without first having obtained a license for that purpose from the Board of Trustees or the President thereof--the rate of license to be ten dollars per month, with five dollars and twenty-five cents added for Recorder's fees for issuing the same--and if any person or persons shall peddle any goods, wares or merchandise within the limits of the Corporation, without having first obtained a license for that purpose. Such person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay sum [not] exceeding one hundred nor less than fifty dollars, upon conviction before the Recorder.
    Section 2. No person or persons applying for a license or permit shall be entitled to the same until he or they shall file with the Clerk of the Board of Trustees a receipt from the Town Treasurer for the amount ordered to be paid by such applicant or applicants, agreeable to the provisions of this ordinance.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, viz.: That where no fines are collected for breach of Town ordinances, there shall be no cost allowed to the Town Officers. All fines collected in the Recorder's Court shall be paid over every month to the Town Treasurer, and the receipt thereof shall be entered on the Recorder's Docket, which book shall thus be the voucher for all fines collected, and all payments thereof over to the Town Treasurer.
    That the Town Ordinances Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be enforced and executed by the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, or by any Special Policeman; if by the latter he shall make the arrest and convey the accused to the jail, or before the Recorder, and the trial shall take place immediately, if in the daytime, or between the hours of 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. upon his producing to the Recorder his certificate of appointment as Special Policeman for a specified period of time not to exceed one week signed by the President of the Board of Trustees and certified to by the Recorder, and if fine is collected from the accused as the result of the trial, he shall be entitled to his cost, but if he arrest between the hours of 8 P.M. and 8 A.M. he shall turn the accused over to the Marshal, or deputy, for safekeeping, and on the trial of the same if fines are imposed, and collected, he shall be entitled to one half of the costs, the other half to the Marshal. If he neglect to make arrest for violation of these ordinances, he shall be discharged by the President, deducting from his payment the amount of fine thus lost. If the Marshal or his deputy neglect or refuse to make any arrest for violation of Ordinances Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, the President of the Board of Trustees shall institute suit against the Marshal and his securities in the name of the People of the Town of Jacksonville, for the amount of fine thus lost and cost of suit. If the Recorder refuses or neglects to make his settlement with the Town Treasurer as herein described paying over the amount of fines recovered, the President shall in like manner, as with the Marshal, institute suit against the Recorder and his securities on his bond.
    All the foregoing ordinances to take effect from and after their passing, with the exception of Ordinance No. 6, which is to take effect from and after January 1st A.D. 1860.
    The vote on the aforesaid ordinances was as follows. Yeas Joseph S. Burpee, Benj. T. Davis, John S. Love, J. A. Brunner, President. Nays "Blank."
    After which the Board approved of the following Officers' bonds. Treasurer, Marshal and Recorder's.
    On motion adjourned until Dec. 29th A.D. 1860

    Pursuant to adjournment the Board of Trustees met at the County Auditor's office December 29th A.D. 1860. Present: William Hoffman, Benj. T. Davis, J. A. Brunner. Absentees: John S. Love, Joseph S. Burpee. The minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and approved, the Board proceeded to the consideration of an appointee for the Pound.
    On motion, the President appointed G. W. Walker as Poundkeeper for the Corporation. On motion it was resolved that a committee of two consisting of Messrs. President and Recorder were nominated to draft ordinances pertaining to billiard and liquor licenses and report at the next meeting.
    On motion adjourned to meet again Saturday Jan. 5th A.D. 1861 at seven o'clock P.M.

    Pursuant to adjournment the Board of Trustees held a special meeting at the County Auditor's office January 5th A.D. 1861. President Hoffman in the chair. Present: J. A. Brunner, Joseph S. Burpee and John S. Love. Absent Benj. T. Davis. After the reading and adoption of minutes of the preceding meeting the Board proceeded to the consideration of:
    Report of Committee on Ordinances. On motion the report of [the] committee was accepted and committee discharged from further duty. On motion the Board proceeded to vote on the following ordinances.
    Sec. 1. That no person shall be permitted to sell spirituous liquors in the corporate limits of Jacksonville, by less measure than one quart, without having obtained a license from the Board of Trustees of the Town of Jacksonville for that purpose; nevertheless, any person wishing to obtain license during the interval of the session of the Board of Trustees may deposit with the Treasurer of the town twenty-five dollars, and upon the deposit of the aforesaid amount the Treasurer shall give his receipt for the same, whereby said person so applying shall be permitted to sell spirituous liquors until the next regular session of the Board of Trustees, at which time the applicant may apply for license to said Board.
    Sec. 2. Every person applying for a license to sell spirituous liquors in less quantity than a quart within the limits of the Corporation shall pay into the town treasury such sum as the Board of Trustees may assess, not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars per annum, or at the same rate for a shorter period, provided that no license shall be granted for a shorter period than six months.
    Sec. 3. On the applicant producing to the Recorder of the town the receipt of the Town Treasurer for the payment of the sum fixed by the Board of Trustees, and upon paying one dollar and fifty cents as Recorder's fees for issuing the same, the Recorder shall issue him a license for the term his receipt may call for.
    Sec. 4. Every person applying for a license to sell spirituous liquors in less quantity than a quart before receiving the same shall execute to the Board of Trustees a bond in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, conditioned that he will keep an orderly house, and that he will not permit any unlawful gaming or riotous conduct in or about his house, and in case of a violation of the foregoing conditions by any person giving such bond, he shall be liable to pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, for any such violation, the [same] to be for the use of the Corporation, to be recovered in an action before the Recorder.
    Sec. 5. If any person or persons shall barter, sell or dispose of in any manner any spirituous liquors, without having first obtained a license agreeably to the provision of this ordinance, [he] shall upon conviction thereof before the Recorder be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred nor less than fifty dollars, to go to the Corporation, and upon the failure to pay the fine so imposed shall be confined in the jail not to exceed twenty nor less than ten days.
    Sec. 6. And it is hereby made the duty of the Marshal, deputy and any officer of the Corporation, knowing of any violation of the possessions of this ordinance, to make complaint thereof to any officer having jurisdiction of the same, and the moneys collected on such judgment, except taxable costs, shall be paid to the Town Treasurer for the use of the Corporation, provided that this ordinance shall not apply to such persons as have taken out licenses from the Board of County Commissioners until such county licenses shall have expired.
    Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication by the Oregon Sentinel.
    Sec. 1. No person shall be permitted to keep a billiard table or ball alley within the corporate limits of the Town of Jacksonville, to let for hire, without obtaining a license from the Board of Trustees for that purpose.
    Sec. 2. Any person wishing to keep a ball alley (commonly called a ninepin alley), or alleys, provided they are all kept in the same room, shall pay into the town treasury the sum of fifty dollars per annum, and at the same rate for a shorter period; provided that no license shall be granted for a shorter period than six months. Upon the production of the receipt of the Treasurer by the applicant for the required sum to the Recorder, that officer shall issue said applicant a license for the term to which his receipt may entitle him.
    Sec. 3. Any person wishing to keep a billiard saloon, or billiard table or tables, providing all of said tables are kept in the same room, shall pay to the town treasury the sum of fifty dollars per annum, and at the same rate for a shorter period, provided that no license shall be granted for a shorter period than six months, and upon the applicant producing to the Recorder the receipt for the required sum, that officer shall issue said applicant a license for the term to which his receipt shall entitle him.
    Sec. 4. If any person shall violate the provisions of this ordinance he shall be liable to the penalties and in the same manner, as for violating Ordinance 10, and shall be subject to the same punishment, and all fines when collected shall be appropriated the same way, provided this ordinance shall not apply to such persons as have taken out licenses from the Board of County Commissioners, until such county licenses shall have expired.
    Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication by the Oregon Sentinel.
    The regular sessions of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Jacksonville shall be as follows, to wit, the third Tuesdays in the months of January, April, July and October.
    Sec. 1. That the owners and occupants of town lots on the following named streets be and they are hereby required to make or construct sidewalks with plank or gravel, of a width of not less than four feet, under the superintendence of the Street Commissioner, to wit: Commencing on California Street at its junction with Third Street and running eastwardly to 5th Street; also, commencing at the junction of California Street and 5th Street, and running northwardly with 5th Street, including the courthouse block; also, commencing at the junction of Main and 3rd streets and running northwardly with 3rd to D Street; also, commencing at the junction of California and 4th streets, and running thence northwardly with 4th to D Street; also, commencing at the junction of Pine and Oregon streets, and running thence northwardly with Oregon Street to D Street; also, commencing at the junction of 3rd and Main streets, and running thence westwardly with Main Street to the west line of V. Schutz' Brewery lot; also, commencing at the junction of Oregon and C streets, and running eastwardly to 5th Street.
    Sec. 2. Any person or persons neglecting to have such sidewalks made or constructed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance for the space of thirty days after its publication it shall then be the duty of the Street Commissioner to have such sidewalks made or constructed at the expense of such person or persons so neglecting as aforesaid; and the expense incurred in making such sidewalks by said Street Commissioner to be recovered before the Recorder, together with cost of suit.
    Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication by the Oregon Sentinel.
    Which resulted in the unanimous adoption of the preceding ordinances by the following vote.
    Yeas Joseph S. Burpee, John S. Love, Benj. T. Davis, J. A. Brunner and Mr. President. Nays "none."
    On motion adjourned to meet again Jan. 12th, at the same hour and place.

    The Board of Trustees met pursuant to adjournment January 12th A.D. 1861 at the usual place of holding their meeting. President Wm. Hoffman in the chair. Members present J. A. Brunner, John S. Love, Benj. T. Davis, Joseph S. Burpee.
    The minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and approved, and no business being before the Board,
    On motion they adjourned until next Tuesday Jan. 15th at 2 o'clock P.M. at the courthouse.

    Pursuant to adjournment the Board of Trustees met at the courthouse Jan. 15 A.D. 1861 at 2 o'clock P.M. Present J. A. Brunner, Benj. T. Davis, Joseph S. Burpee, John S. Love. Absent William Hoffman.
    On motion Benj. T. Davis was chosen President pro tem.
    The minutes of preceding meeting were read and adopted.
    On motion Messrs. Benj. T. Davis and William Hoffman were appointed a committee to consult with the County Commissioners in reference to making the Corporation a separate road district and to negotiate for the use of the county jail for town purposes.
    On motion the Board proceeded to the consideration of the Hook & Ladder Company's petition. After reading the aforesaid petition it was moved the petition be tabled. Carried. No further business being before the Board, adjourned sine die.

Saturday evening March 2nd 1861
    The Board of Trustees met this evening at the County Clerk's office. Present William Hoffman, President of the Board, J. A. Brunner and John S. Love. Absent Benj. T. Davis, Joseph S. Burpee, Trustees, and Henry Klippel, Recorder.
    The following appointments were made by the Board--
    Ordered that Recorder notify the above-named persons of their appointment.
    The petition of the Hook & Ladder Company was taken up and on motion was laid over until the next meeting of the Board.
    Adjourned until Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.

Tuesday Evening March 5th 1861
    The Board of Trustees met this evening at the County Clerk's office. Present William Hoffman, President of the Board, Benj. T. Davis and John S. Love. Absent J. A. Brunner and Joseph S. Burpee, Trustees.
    After the reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting the Board proceeded to canvass the vote of the election, which resulted in the election of the following named persons.
    "Trustees" Wm. Hoffman, Benj. T. Davis, John S. Love, J. A. Brunner and Joseph Burpee.
    "Recorder" U. S. Hayden.
    "Marshal" G. M. Banks.
    "Treasurer" James T. Glenn.
    Street Commissioner I. D. Haines.
    On motion adjourned until Saturday evening March 9th 1861.


    TOWN ELECTION.--The election for town officers took place Tuesday last. Scarcely any opposition was had to the regular ticket, and not a particle of excitement was manifested. There were some forty less votes polled than at the preceding election. The following is the result:
    Trustees.--Wm. Hoffman, 84; Joseph S. Burpee, 86; B. T. Davis, 85; John S. Love, 84; J. A. Brunner, 79; scattering, 5.
    Recorder.--U. S. Hayden, 64; Mulford Martin, 35; scattering, 6.
    Marshal.--G. M. Banks, 86.
    Treasurer.--James T. Glenn, 85.
    Street Commissioner.--I. D. Haines, 78; scattering, 3.
Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, March 9, 1861, page 3


Saturday Evening March 9th 1861
    Meeting of the Board of Trustees-elect for the Town of Jacksonville; present Wm. Hoffman, J. A. Brunner, B. T. Davis & Joseph Burpee, who severally subscribed their oaths of office as Trustee for the Town of Jacksonville for the ensuing year, and were duly qualified by U. S. Hayden, J.P.
    U. S. Hayden, Recorder-elect for the ensuing year of the Town of Jacksonville, subscribed the oath of office & was duly qualified.
    G. M. Banks, Marshal-elect present before the Board, subscribed the oath of office & was duly qualified.
    I. D. Haines, Street Commissioner-elect, subscribed the oath of office & was duly qualified.
    On motion William Hoffman Esq. was unanimously chosen President of the Board of Trustees for the ensuing year.
    The minutes of last meeting called for, read & approved.
    The petition of L. Horn, proprietor of the U.S. Hotel, praying to be allowed to keep a limited number of hogs upon his premises, was read, and on motion--Resolved, that L. Horn, proprietor of the U.S. Hotel, be allowed to keep upon his premises hogs, not to exceed four in number at any one time, and insofar exempted from the operation of the ordinance forbidding the keeping of some in the corporation of Jacksonville--and conditioned that the same be subject to abatement as a nuisance.
    The petition of John S. Drum & Henry Klippel, a committee on the part of the Jacksonville Hook & Ladder Company, was presented & read and on motion Resolved that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and that the Jacksonville Hook & Ladder Company be & are hereby constituted by this Board, as the Hook & Ladder Company for the Town of Jacksonville.
    On motion it was ordered that ten dollars a month from the first day of March inst. will be allowed the Recorder of Jacksonville to pay office rent, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
    Ordered that ($30) thirty dollars be appropriated for the relief of C. C. Beekman for construction of causeway across Jackson Creek on Oregon Street, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
    No further business, the Board then adjourned to the first Monday of April next at 8 p.m.
    Attest

Jacksonville, Wednesday evening, April 10th 1861
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
    Present Wm. Hoffman, Prest., J. A. Brunner, John S. Love (who subscribed the oath of office & was duly qualified) and Benj. T. Davis. The minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
    Bill of C. C. Beekman for lumber used in constructing crosswalks presented & allowed & ordered paid for the sum of $18.60.
    Jas. T. Glenn, Treasurer-elect, present, who subscribed the oath of office & was duly qualified--
    On motion T. G. Ferris was appointed Poundkeeper to the Corporation for the ensuing year.
    Ordered by the board, on application of Albert Barnhart, for license to sell liquor in less quantities than one quart for six month, within the Corporation, that license be granted, his license assessed at twenty-five dollars.
    Henry Huber comes and applied to the Board for a license to retail liquors in less quantities than one [quart], granted by the Board & license assessed at forty dollars.
    Max Muller comes and applied for a license to retail liquors in less quantities than one quart for six months within the Corporation, which is granted and his license assessed at forty dollars.
    Wintjen & Helms made application for a license to retail liquors in less quantities than one quart in the Corporation of Jacksonville. License granted for six months and assessed at forty dollars.
    Patrick Lynch made application for a license to sell liquors in less quantities than one quart for six months within the corporation. License granted by the Board and assessed at forty dollars.
    Klippel & McLaughlin made application for license in retail liquors in less quantities than one quart within the Corporation of Jacksonville for six months. License granted by the Board and assessed at fifty dollars.
    On motion, B. T. Davis was appointed a committee of one on subject of building and procuring site for station house and ordered to report at the next meeting of the Board.
    No further business. The Board adjourned to Saturday evening April 13th inst. at 8 P.M.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office April 13th 1861
Present Wm. Hoffman, Prest.
B. T. Davis, John S. Love, J. A. Brunner and Joseph Burpee
    Minutes of last meeting read & approved.
    B. T. Davis, to whom was referred the subject of procuring a site for & building a station house, reported verbally no progress, and he was continued, that committee to report at the next regular meeting of the Board.
    Joseph Weiland made application for a license to retail spirituous liquors in less quantities than one quart in the Town of Jacksonville--granted--and license assessed at twenty-five dollars for six months.
    Freeman Yandell's bill for jail fees presented and allowed and ordered paid--amt. $6.00.
    Ordered by the Board that the Jacksonville Hook & Ladder Company be and are hereby required to report to the Board the name of each & every member of said company at the next regular meeting of the Board.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows that a town road tax of one mill on the dollar be and is hereby levied upon the taxable property within the Town & Corporation of Jacksonville, and that the county assessment of the county be the basis for said tax thereon to be levied. Passed unanimously.
    On motion resolved that the Board adopt the town plat drawn by Sewell Truax as the plat of this Corporation, excepting so far as said plat comes in conflict with the old recorded plat for those lots that have already been enclosed. Passed unanimously.
    There being no further business before the meeting the Board adjourned.
    Arrest

Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
Recorder's Office July 23rd 1861
    Present a full Board.
    Minutes of last meeting read & approved. The report of the Jacksonville Hook & Ladder Company, made in conformity to an order from the Board, received and ordered on file.
    B. T. Davis, committee to whom was referred the subject of procuring a lot for station house, reported verbally no further progress and was discharged from said committee.
    On motion of Mr. Davis, John S. Love was appointed and authorized to contract for and purchase of Mrs. Ganung a town lot in Jacksonville, and to pay three hundred dollars for said lot, and to draw the draft upon the Town Treasurer for that amount & report at the next meeting of the Board.
    Ordered by the Board that the tax levied at their April session be immediately assessed and collected.
    Ordered by the Board of Trustees that U. S. Hayden, Town Recorder, be and is hereby authorized to contract with Sewell Truax to make & execute for the use of the Town & Corporation a complete map of said town and the same to be paid for out of the town treasury.
    William Burke made application for license to sell spirituous liquors in Jacksonville in quantities less than one quart--granted--and license assessed at fifty dollars for six months.
    Mulford Martin made application for license to sell spirituous liquors in Jacksonville in quantities less than one quart--granted--and license assessed at twenty-five dollars for six months.
    Lilly Sherwood made application for license to sell spirituous liquors in Jacksonville in quantities less than one quart--granted--and license assessed at twenty-five dollars for six months.
    Jeanne DeRoboam made application for license to sell spirituous [liquors] in Jacksonville in quantities less than one quart--granted--and license assessed at twenty-five dollars for six months.
    On motion the Board adjourned to Saturday evening July 27th instant at 8 o'clock P.M.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office July 27th 1861
    Meeting called to order by Wm. Hoffman, Prest. Present a full Board.
    The minutes of last meeting read and approved.
    John S. Love, who was appointed to negotiate for the purchase of a lot of Mrs. Ganung, reported verbally that lot No. [omission] can be purchased for the sum of three hundred dollars, and he was continued that committee, with authority from the Board to conclude the purchase & procure a deed for the same.
    Motion by Mr. Burpee that the Street Commissioner be instructed [to] cause a survey of a road to be made from the graveyard to Oregon Street on the most convenient grade--passed unanimously.
    On motion John S. Love and B. T. Davis were appointed a committee to obtain of J. N. T. Miller a deed for a lot of ground for a graveyard for the Corporation of Jacksonville.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows: No person shall be allowed to sell at public auction good or chattels, wares and merchandise within the corporate limit of the Town of Jacksonville, without first having obtained a license for that purpose from the Board of Trustees or the president thereof. The rate for license shall be twelve dollars and fifty cents for three months with one dollar & fifty cents for Recorder's fees for issuing the same. And it is further provided that any auctioneer so licensed shall be allowed for his commission on all sales for sums not exceeding five hundred dollars, five percent [blank] and over five hundred dollars, not exceeding one thousand dollars, three and one half percent, over one thousand dollars & over two and one half percent.
    Sec. II. Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale at public auction, within the corporate limits of Jacksonville without first having obtained a license for that purpose, such person or persons so offending shall upon conviction before the Recorder forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding the sum of twenty-five dollars, nor less than ten dollars. This ordinance to take effect from and after its publication.
    Yeas--Benjamin T. Davis, J. A. Brunner, Joseph Burpee, John S. Love & Wm. Hoffman, Prest. Nays--none.
    The Board then adjourned sine die.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Special Meeting
Recorder's Office August 3rd 1861
    Present a full Board, William Hoffman, Prest.
    William Burke made application to the Board for a reduction of his assessment for a liquor license.
    Ordered by the Board that whereas William Burke was assessed fifty dollars for a liquor license for six months, that in lieu thereof he be assessed at thirty-five dollars.
    On motion I. D. Haines was unanimously appointed Assessor for the Town of Jacksonville with instructions that he be governed by the statute law regulating County Assessor.
    I. D. Haines, Street Commissioner, submitted a diagram of road survey and the same was ordered to be received and filed in the Recorder's office for the use of the Corporation.
    Burpee & Linn presented a bill for lumber & work on bridge on California Street for one hundred & thirty-six dollars--allowed and ordered paid.
    On motion of John S. Love, the road survey No. 3 on diagram & survey presented by I. D. Haines, running from Oregon Street to the Cemetery, be adopted by the Board. Ayes--John S. Love, B. T. Davis, Joseph Burpee, J. A. Brunner, William Hoffman, Presdt. Nays--none.
    There being no further business before the Board, adjourned sine die.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Special Meeting
Recorder's Office August 31st 1861
    Present a full Board.
    Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
    Burpee & Linn presented their claims for $14.80 error in former bill--allowed and ordered paid.
    William Hoffman presented his bill for services recording deed &c. for $5 and allowed and ordered paid.
    Ordered by the Board that the President of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Jacksonville be and is hereby authorized to make out & file the declaratory statement of the Board of Trustees in the Land Office at Roseburg, for three fractions of land within the corporate limits of the Town of Jacksonville for the purpose of entering the same for the benefit of the said town.
    I. D. Haines, heretofore appointed Assessor for the Town of Jacksonville, presented the assessment roll of assessments made by Linn which is accepted by the Board.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows: That a tax of one mill on the dollar be levied on the taxable property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of the said town, said tax to be based upon the assessment of property made by I. D. Haines. It is further ordered that the ordinance in relation to taxes for road purposes, passed on the 13th day of April 1861 be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Yeas--J. A. Brunner, B. T. Davis, John S. Love, Joseph Burpee & William Hoffman. Nays--none.
    Ordered by the Board that the Town Treasurer make out a tax list upon the assessment roll accepted by the Board, and proceed to collect said taxes as soon as practicable.
    Ordered by the Board that I. D. Haines be allowed thirty-five dollars ($35) for assessing and making assessment roll.
    On motion the Recorder of Jacksonville was appointed to draft an ordinance to create fire warden for Jacksonville, defining the duties of fire warden & report the same at the next meeting of the Board.
    No further business before the Board.
    Adjourned till Saturday evening Septr. 7th 1861.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Sept. 7th 1861
    Present Wm. Hoffman, Prest., and J. A. Brunner.
    No quorum being present, Board adjourned till Saturday evening next Sept. 14th.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Septr. 14th 1861.
    Present Wm. Hoffman, Presdt., J. A. Brunner, B. T. Davis, Jos. Burpee and John S. Love.
    Minutes of last meeting read & approved.
    I. D. Haines, Street Commissioner, presented bill for expense fixing street for $38.00 with his voucher for the same. Allowed by the Board & ordered paid.
    Gazette printing bill, for printing Treasurer's notices, for $5 allowed by the Board.
    D. W. Douthitt's bill for attorney's fees presented for $75 taken under consideration by the Board, and on motion B. T. Davis and John S. Love were appointed a special committee to confer with D. W. Douthitt & get his bill reduced to some reasonable claim.
    Ordered by the Board [of] Trustees that Sewell Truax and I. D. Haines be and are hereby appointed a committee to survey and lay out certain streets within the limits of the Corporation so as to conform to plat of the Town of Jacksonville and that they report the same to the Board.
    The People of the Town of Jacksonville do ordain as follows, that two Fire Wardens be appointed for the Town of Jacksonville, to examine all dwellings, tenements or otherwise, within the Town Corporation wherein fires are used, or where candles, lamps or other lights are used, and it shall be the duty of the Fire Warden to examine all fireplaces, stoves, stove pipes, chimneys, ovens, flues and other apparatus wherein fires are used within this Corporation, and the said Fire Warden shall have power to prevent, remove or cause to be removed or secured any fireplace, stove, stove pipe, chimney, oven or other apparatus which may be dangerous in causing fire, and the said Fire Wardens shall notify such person or persons having dangerous or unsafe fireplaces, stove pipes or otherwise, to remove, alter and remedy the same within ten days from such notice, and any person refusing, failing or declining to remove, alter and remedy the same as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to have such dangerous fireplace, stove, stove pipe, chimney or otherwise, removed, altered and remedied, as it shall be deemed necessary by the said Fire Wardens, and it is herein provided that the party so refusing & failing as aforementioned shall be liable to all the costs & expenses of such removal or alteration, so made, and they shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty [dollars] ($20) on complaint & conviction before the Recorder. Yeas--J. A. Brunner, B. T. Davis, Joseph Burpee, John S. Love and William Hoffman. Nays--none.
    On motion of B. T. Davis, David Linn and Robt. H. Haines were unanimously appointed Fire Wardens by the Board for the Town of Jacksonville.
    There being no further business before the Board, the Board adjourned to Saturday next Sept. 21st instant.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Sept. 21st 1861
    Present Wm. Hoffman, President, J. A. Brunner, B. T. Davis, Jos. Burpee, John S. Love.
    Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
    B. T. Davis & John S. Love, a committee to whom was referred the claim of D. W. Douthitt, made verbal report that the same had been reduced to fifty dollars & recommend that it be allowed by the Board--and thereupon it was ordered by the Board that fifty dollars be & is hereby appropriated for the payment of D. W. Douthitt his bill for attorney fees, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
    R. C. Kirby made application for a license to retail liquors in quantities less than one quart in the Town of Jacksonville for six months--granted by the Board and assessed at twenty-five dollars.
    James Casey made application for a license to retail spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart in the Town of Jacksonville for six months--granted by the Board & assessed at twenty-five dollars.
    On motion J. A. Brunner & John S. Love were appointed by the Board to obtain a plan suitable for station house, to be attached thereto a hook & ladder truck house & Recorder's office, & that they be & are hereby authorized to advertise for proposals for constructing a building the same & report proceedings to the Board at their next meeting for the further action of the Board.
    Ordered by the Board, on motion of B. T. Davis, that the street next to and north of E Street, running parallel to the same, be and is hereby denominated, and to be known hereafter as "Hoffman Street."
    Ordered by the Board that the Street Commissioner be authorized & instructed to open Fourth Street to intersect Hoffman St. and that Hoffman St. be opened to 5th and Oregon streets.
    There being no further business before the Board the Board adjourned to Saturday evening next, Sept. 28th.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Septr. 28th 1861
    Present Wm. Hoffman, President, J. A. Brunner and John S. Love.
    John S. Love & J. A. Brunner, committee on buildings, presented their report, which was read & accepted, and the committee discharged. Report filed with the Recorder.
    No further business before the Board, the Board adjourned to Saturday evening next, October 5th.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Octr. 5, 1861
    Present William Hoffman & J. A. Brunner.
    No quorum being present, the Board adjourned to Saturday evening Oct. 21st 1861.
    Attest

Board of Trustees
Adjourned Meeting
Recorder's Office Oct. 21st 1861
    Present William Hoffman, President, & J. A. Brunner, John S. Love, Jos. Burpee.
    Minutes of two last meetings read and approved.
    Max Muller made application for a license to retail spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart in the Town of Jacksonville--granted by the Board and assessed at forty dollars for six months.
    Sentinel office printing bill of $9 for advertising Ordinance No. 15--presented to the Board--allowed & ordered paid.
    On motion the report of John S. Love & J. A. Brunner, committee, made at a previous meeting Sept. 28th ultimo was taken up for further consideration of the Board and the report was ordered to be spread upon the journal.
    Plan and specifications for Recorder's office, station house & hook & ladder truck house.
     Main building for office and station rooms to be 16 feet wide by 32 ft. deep & 12 feet  high in the clear. To be a good substantial balloon frame, partition through the center same as the wall, one good four-panel door in partition, a chimney in the center with a fireplace in each room. The building to be weatherboarded with dressed lumber with square front and cornice, two windows and one door in front, the windows each 12 lights, with 10 by 14 glass, the door to be a good four-panel door--one good, heavy batten door and 12-light window in the back room, said window to have a heavy batten shutter to be hung on the inside and a bar of iron across the center, with locks for fastening. The floor of the main building to be tongue & grooved but not dressed, the front room to be boarded up six feet high all around the walls inside and clothed and the back room will be lined on the walls with two thicknesses of inch plank, and overhead with inch boards not dressed. A mantel board in each fireplace. The doors all to have good locks and hangings. One good coat of paint outside, all around, and a shingle roof, shingles to be laid five inches to the weather. Said buildings to be set on stone pillars. One table 3 by six feet square.
    Truck house is to be built alongside of main building with shed roof, said building to be 10 ft. wide and 32 feet deep, framed & weatherboarded same as main building, shingle roof same as main building, a rough floor of 1¼-inch boards--square front--with cornice and double-panel door, sufficiently wide to allow the truck wagon to pass in and out. One 12-light window in the back end. This building to have one coat of paint on the outside same as main building and set on stone pillars--a good lock with bolts on door.
    The contractor completes the building according to specifications in a good workmanlike manner. The contractors will be required to give bonds for the completion of said buildings according to specifications.
    Sept. 28, 1861    Respectfully submitted
    Your committee further report that they publicly advertised for proposals under the foregoing plan & specifications, and that they have received a proposal & bid from Burpee & Linn, no other being received by your committee, and the proposal of Burpee & Linn is herein attached as a part of this report.