HomeMy WebLinkAboutSLO OFFICIALS 1870-1876Town of San Luis Obispo Officials
1870-1876
1870 (May 2)1
Board of Trustees: William W. Hays (85)2 (chairman); Horatio Bradshaw Palmer (107), John
Jacob Simmler (102), Henry Francis (82), Lazare Landeker (78)
Marshal: George W. Barnes (12/1: W. M. Farmer: night watchman)
Treasurer: William J. Marcus
Recorder: R. H. Coate
Assessor: Samuel Adams Pollard
Tax Collector: George W. Barnes
Clerk: Charles William Dana
1871 (May 1)
Board of Trustees: William W. Hays (chairman); Horatio Bradshaw Palmer, John Jacob
Simmler, Henry Francis, Lazare Landeker
Marshal: John P. Lewelling (David Dunbar declines 6/19)
Treasurer: Nathan Goldtree
Assessor: Charles W. Mauk
Tax Collector: George W. Barnes
Clerk: Charles William Dana (8/1/70+: John Jacob Simmler, deputy)
1872 (May 6)
Board of Trustees: Lazarus Meyer Kaiser (chairman); George F. Sauer, Samuel Porter McDougall,
Ernest Krebs, Antonio. Stanusseich
Marshal: John P. Lewelling (Night Watchman: F. F. Fine)
Treasurer: Jose C. Ortega
Assessor: Henry William Little3
Recorder: John Jacob Simmler, (resigns 3/3/73)
Clerk: Victor C. Allen
Attorney: Walter Murray: 9/2/72 (6/14/73: office vacant)
1873 (May 5)
Board of Trustees: Chauncey H. Phillips (chairman); Henry Francis, Edwin Booker Morris(s),
Horatio Bradshaw Palmer, Robert R. Harris
Marshal: Eliot D. Major (9/27/73: John P. Lewelling appointed night watchman; M: 10/13/73:
Jules Bau___? Night watchman)
Treasurer: Jose C. Ortega
Assessor: Victor C. Allen (dies August 14, 1873)
Recorder: George W. Barnes
Clerk: Julius Krebs
1874 (5/4)
Board of Trustees: Chauncey H. Phillips (chairman); Henry Francis, Edwin Booker Morris(s),
Horatio Bradshaw Palmer, Robert R. Harris
1 Date in parenthesis is election day
2 Number in parenthesis indicates total votes received by each trustee; voting numbers in official minutes
3 Banks?: see Minutes 1/18/72
Marshal: John P. Lewelling (John Waugh: deputy; night watchman)
Treasurer: Jose C. Ortega
Assessor: Henry M. Osgood (resigns 2/23/75; John Jacob Simmler appointed)
Recorder: George W. Barnes (5/5/74: election tie with John Jacob Simmler; Board of Trustees
select Barnes)
Clerk: Julius Krebs
Janitor: John E. Childs
1875 (May 3)
Board of Trustees: William L. Beebe (chairman); Chauncey H. Phillips, Lazare Landeker,
William W. Hays, Robert R. Harris
Marshal: Eliot D. Major4
Treasurer: Jose C. Ortega
Assessor: John Wrightman
Recorder: George W. Barnes
Clerk: Julius Krebs
On March 4, 1876, Governor William Irvin signed “An Act to incorporate the City of San Luis
Obispo.” (Senate Bill No. 396 Graves) The municipal election was to be held on the first
Monday in April with the first meeting of those elected on the first Monday in May. There was
now to be a Common Council of five with a separate office of Mayor. Other elected officials
were the Assessor, Marshal, Tax Collector, and Police Judge. The Mayor and Councilmen were
to serve one year and receive no compensation.
Joseph A. Carotenuti
jacarotenuti@gmail.com
Revised: May 5, 2017
4 also Constable? See Tribune 9/11/1875