Scope and Contents note

Ordinances passed by the City Council and arranged in two numerical series. Ordinances 1-185 cover the period 1893-1906. A second series, numbered 1-61, was begun when Columbia achieved city of the third class status in 1906. Volume Two also contains Resolutions passed by City Council.

Scope and Contents note Administrative records of the City of Columbia filed with the City Clerk. They cover the period from incorporation in 1893 to annexation in 1907 with a few records relating to completion of local improvements in 1913. Materials include Council resolutions, committee reports, City Attorney opinions, contracts, correspondence, franchises, city officials' reports, local improvement district bonds, mayor's messages, oaths of office, petitions, ordinances, bonds, and bills and receipts. Arranged...