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the famous Pasadena prohibitory ordinance, just as it had been passed upon 

 and sustained by the state supreme court ; and it was adopted without a dis- 

 senting vote — to take effect March 14, 1888. It remains in full force yet, 

 1895, just as enacted at this meeting. However, it was ascertained later that 

 these first four ordinances had not gone through all the forms of procedure 

 laid down in the state law ; hence they had to be formally rescinded, and 

 then re-enacted step by step in accordance with the statute. 



Under this first city council the following city officers were appointed : 

 A. B. Cobb, marshal, with M. B. Sellman as deputy ; attorney, W. S. 

 Knott ; recorder [police judge], J. A. Gates was elected, but declined to 

 serve, and F. H. Smith was then chosen. Treasurer, J. H. Jacobs. 



The first city election was held April 9, 1888, the officers having held 

 their places by charter provision until this time. And all the same men 

 were elected to the same places, except Capt. Risley, who had withdrawn, 

 and E. Gardner was chosen in his stead. The trustees or councilmen drew 

 lots for term, and Wilson, Graham and Hammond drew the two-year seats, 

 while Gardner and Burrows drew the four-year seats. And the business of 

 the city now went on efficiently and in good shape. July 2 E. Peters was 

 appointed fruit-pest inspector. 



At this time the city limits took in the whole of the Pasadena school 

 district, which extended from Columbia street south to the north line of lyos 

 Angeles city, and from the Arroyo Seco east to the west line of the Stone- 

 man ranch, or the Raymond brook and its outwash, which are called also 

 the "San Pasqual Arroyo " in the city records of April 29, 1889, and other 

 dates. Saloons had been started on Mission street, and Columbia street, 

 and Fair Oaks Avenue, and the adobe road — some eight or nine in all — 

 and now the city had to wrestle with them. Some were closed without 

 much trouble, but others staid to fight. And the city records of August 

 13, 1888, show that $23 was paid to the Pasadena Detective Agency for ser- 

 vices in this line. Again, April 22, 1889, $20 was allowed to the city mar- 

 shal, E. Peters, for payment of detectives. Thus all saloons north of the 

 chalk hills were finally driven out ; but those on the adobe road down 

 toward I^os Angeles could not be phased, and they continued to run wide 

 open, although nominally in a prohibition city. To get rid of this offensive 

 state of things it was necessary to have the city boundaries re-established, 

 so as to exclude the incorrigible territory. 



On Jnly 31, 1889, the city council voted to call an election, to take 

 place September 7, on a proposition to exclude from the city limits all the 

 territory south of the Monterey road, etc. And it was ordered that notice 

 of such election "be published four weeks in the South Pasadena Citizen, a 

 weekly newspaper printed and published in the city of South Pasadena. ' ' 

 On August 26 the council changed the date of this election to September 28, 

 to cure some technical defects in their former action. The election was held at 



