The City’s first Council established standing committees on Finance, Printing,
Board of Works, Markets, Fire and Water, and Assessment. Council then began to establish itself through the passage
of by-laws. Twenty-seven by-laws were passed in the City’s first year of incorporation. Perhaps the most significant
were By-Law No. 5 – which confirmed the appointment of two assessors – and By-law No. 20 – which authorized the first
assessment of property within the City. The City was now able to generate revenue and begin the task of turning a
lawless frontier town into a dynamic social, cultural and economic centre.
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