31 On Motion of Alderman Bremond the matter was referred to the City Attorney for investigation and report On Motion the hour for holding the next Meeting of the Council was fixed at 8 oclock P.M. On Motion the Council adjourned John T. Herbert City Clerk Approved August 21 1874 Called Meeting of City Council August 21 1874 Council called to order at 8.30 P.M. Mayor De Gress in the chair Roll called and the following members answered Aldermen Cook, Diffenborg? James, Larmour, Moas Robinson Taylor and Withers Absent Aldermen Bremond and Ward Quorum present The Journal of Meeting of August 15th was read and approved Alderman Withers moved a call of the Council wall sustained and the Marshal was directed to bring in the absentees Alderman Bremond came in answered and took his seat On Motion of Alderman Robinson the call of the Council was suspended The following Communication was presented by the Mayor Austin Texas August 21 1874 Hon. De Gress --- Page break --- Mayor to Austin Texas Dear Sir I beg leave to state to your honor that the people in the neighborhood of the Small Pox Hospital are very anxious to get the house in which I have a school, I have made arrangements so far as I am concerned for them to have it, but one of the rooms has in it, bedsteads, stoves, feather beds and other goods which were used by the small pox patients, of course this property should be saved for the City, or destroyed so that the disease would not again be disseminated. I have been informed that no danger could come from moving all furniture stoves &c to town, but that the feather bed might impart the disease. Will your honor please direct the Marshal to at once remove or destroy the property, as to you may seem right, safe and proper, as the parties want immediate possession of the house. Trusting that you will act on this matter at once I remain Yours Very Truly J.B. Athuler On Motion of Alderman James the communication was received On Motion of Alderman Dremond the communication of J.B. Athuler was referred to a special committee of three for investigation and report Alderman Bremond, Taylor and Nettins were appointed on the committee Petition of A. Bledsoe stating that on the 11th day of May 1896 he paid to the City of Austin the sum of Ten dollars for license to peddle Brooms that he raises the cows and manufactures the Brooms he is not required by law to pay such license and asks that the amount paid by him be refunded On Motion of Alderman Cook the petition was laid on the table The Committee on Market House submitted the following report Austin Texas August 21 1897 To the Hon J C De Gress Mayor Sir Your Committee on Market House [illegible] --- Page break --- 314 was referred the petition of Mr. U. [illegible] the lessee of the Coffee Stand in the City Market House asking that his lease be extended to four years from the 1st day of March 1 [illegible]. Respectfully report that they have carefully examined the Matter and recommend that the petition be granted believing it to be in the best interest of the city Respectfully J Larneur U Leffenbaugh A. H. Cook Jr. Committee Alderman Bremond moved that the report of the Committee be received and that the Mayor be authorized to have prepared the necessary lease in accordance with the report of the Committee Carried unanimously The Cemetery Committee submitted the following report. Austin Texas Aug 21st 1877 Hon J. C. DeGress Mayor Your Committee on Cemetery to whom was referred the petition of Chief of Fire Department asking that Four (44) Lots in the new addition to City Cemetery be set aside and donated to the Fire Department as a burial place for deceased Firemen. would respectfully recommend that the petition be granted Alderman Robinson moved that the report of the Country Committee be received and adopted and that the Mayor be authorized to make a deed to the Chief of Fire Department of Four Lots in the City Cemetery for the purposes petitioned for Carried unanimously An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to employ counsel to defend the suits now pending against him and other City Officers and testing the legality of the amendments to the City Charter. which passed its third reading on August 15 and further action postponed was taken up. Alderman James moved that the Ordinance do pass The Yeas and Nays ordered and the Ordinance passed by the following vote- Yeas Aldermen Bremond, James, Larneur Mason and Helbers Nays Aldermen Cook, Leffenbaugh, Robinson & Taylor --- Page break --- 315 Report of Special Committee To the Hon Mayor and Board of Aldermen Your Committee to whom was referred the petition of Moore and Brossman as City Scavengers, have the honor to make the following report, that they find it necessary to have some reliable parties to whom the citizens may look to for aid in the enforcement of Sanitary regulations would suggest the propriety of the Mayor entering into such contract with said parties as may be to the best interest of the city. They using the odorless apparatus for so cleansing all places as may be designative by the sanitary officer Secondly the parties having exclusive right to clean all such vaults cesspools, privies and other places at a cost to be agreed upon by the parties having such places to be cleaned. The prices to range from the minimum say twenty five cts to the maximum of Ten dollars in proportion to the labor and trouble in so cleansing and disinfecting the same. and the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the above named parties till the city can be enabled to purchase the improved odorless apparatus for a more thorough cleansing and disinfecting the city M. A. Taylor Chairman Com On motion of Alderman Cook the report was received On motion the words sanitary officer was made to read Health Inspector On motion of Alderman Robinson persons are allowed to clean their vaults + c should they chose to do so On motion of Alderman Cook the report as amended was adopted By Alderman Deffenbaugh, Whereas on the 25 day of January 1875 a petition was presented to the city Council signed by 347 citizens and Tax payers praying for the construction of a Wagon Bridge across Walnut Creek on Mesquit Street and that said petition was referred to the Committee on Streets. And Whereas said Committee having failed to make a report as required, a resolution was introduced into council on the 7 day of May 1877 authorizing the Mayor and Street Committee to Advertise for proposals for the building of the Bridge prayed for. When said resolution together with the orig inal petition was referred to the Street Committee Said Committee having failed up to this date to --- Page break --- 316 referee any action in the premises, and in the enforcement thereof is hereby directed. Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin That the City Engineer be directed to at once prepare the necessary plans and specifications for the bridge asked for and that as soon as they are completed that the Mayor be authorized to advertise for proposals for the building of said bridge. On Motion of Alderman Cook the resolution was referred to the Street Committee 13g Cemetery Committee To his Honor the Mayor and City Council of the City of Austin We the Cemetery Committee recommend that the city Sexton be directed to cover the Well at the City Cemetery with a good wooden cover, also we ask that he be authorized to purchase a pump and place it in said well Mo A Taylor Ab H Cook Jr S B Withers Committee On Motion of Alderman Bremond the report of the Cemetery Committee was received and referred back to the Committee with power to act The Committee on Streets asked for further time to report on the repairing of the gutters on Pecan Street Further time granted The Mayor presented the name of T F Brocatto as poor John and asked his confirmation On motion of Alderman Withers the nomination was confirmed The Committee to whom was referred the petition of citizens protesting against the leasing of a portion of the river walk for Tannery purposes returned the petition with the following endorsement We the Committee recommend that the within petition be laid on the table Ab H Cook. Jr J Larmour On Motion of Alderman Cook the report of the Committee was received and adopted 13g Ordinance Committee. An Ordinance repealing an Ordinance No 105 regulating Hide Yards --- Page break --- 317 the Ordinance was read and passed to its second reading Alderman Cook moved to suspend the rules and put the Ordinance on its second reading the Yeas and nays ordered and the Motion to suspend the rules carried by the following vote Yeas Aldermen Bremond, Cook, Deffenbaugh, James Larmour, Maas, Robinson, Taylor and Withers, Nays none the Ordinance was read the second time and passed to its third reading Alderman Cook Moved to further suspend the rules and put the Ordinance on its third reading the Yeas and Nays ordered and the Motion to further suspend the rules carried by the following vote Yeas Aldermen Bremond, Cook, Deffenbaugh, James Larmour, Maas, Robinson, Taylor and Withers, Nays None the Ordinance was read the third time Alderman Cook Moved that the Ordinance do pass the Yeas and Nays ordered and the Ordinance passed by the following vote Yeas Aldermen Bremond, Cook, Deffenbaugh James, Larmour, Maas, Robinson, Taylor, and Withers Nays None On Motion of Alderman Cook Council adjourned Approved Sept 21st 1877 John T. Herbed. City Clerk