282 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



known. A bonfire was lighted on school-house square, the bell rang out a 

 jubilee, some cannon firing was improvised, and the band played some of 

 the liveliest tunes in their repertoire. 



C. C. Brown and John O. lyOwe were the judges of election, and F. H. 

 Heydenreich and Will T. Holmes, clerks. It took them about three hours 

 to complete the count, the result being as follows : Total vote, 229. 



For City Trustees : R. M. Furlong 222 



K. Turner 219 



E. C. Webster 130 



H. J. Holmes 130 



M. M. Parker 112 



James Clarke no 



R.Williams 104 



I. M. Hill 83 



The first five are elected, and will constitute the first City Council of 

 the City of Pasadena. 



For Citv Treasurer : Col. J. Banbury 140 



W. E. Cooley ' 85 



For City Clerk : C. A. Sawtelle 220 



Scattering 6 



For City Marshal : I. N. Mundell 158 



M. H. Weight 68 



For incorporation, 179; against, 50; majority for, 129. 



The result was ofi&cially ratified by the county board of supervisors on 

 June 14, 1886, and so recorded in Book 9, at page 16 and following. 



After the vote for city officers had been duly canvassed by the county 

 board of supervisors, Mr. Sawtelle went before the county clerk, subscribed 

 the oath of office, and was thus qualified to swear in the other officers elect. 

 On June 23, 1886, at 2 o'clock p. m., the parties elected all met in a frame 

 building then known as the Wakeley block, on E. Colorado street. The 

 several trustees presented their certificates of election to Mr. Sawtelle, 

 whereupon he administered the oath of office to them. Then R. M. Fur- 

 long was chosen as president pro tern. ; after which a formal election was 

 held by ballot, and H. J. Holmes was duly chosen as president of the cit}^ 

 board of trustees — hence he stands in history as the first " mayor " of the 

 cit3^ 



The Valley Union newspaper was at this time publishing two issues 

 during the week, one being a small sheet called the " Union Junior^'" and 

 this issue of date June 29, says : 



"The Board of Trustees met yesterday, at Mr. Webster's office, over 

 F. D. Stevens' hardware store, and deliberated over and passed the ordinan- 

 ces for the future government of our young and growing city. Ordinance 

 No. 2 provides for the publication once in some newspaper in the city of 

 said ordinances, before going into effect at noon of the following day. 

 Necessarily they, being published in today's Junior Union, are legal from 

 tomorrow at noon. Ordinance No. 3 provides for the filing of bonds by 

 certain of the city officials elect, as follows : City clerk (as ex-officio city 

 assessor) in the sum of $5,000 ; marshal (as ex-officio tax collector) also 



