178 Regular meeting of the City Council Austin Texas August 21, 1882 Hon W A Saylor Mayor Presiding Roll Call present Aldermen Metz Schuber Bruggerhoff Kuppertz, Clark Wilson Absent Kinney Cook Morten Radkey A fine of one dollar was entered against aldermen Kinney Cook Morten & Radkey for non attendance at this meeting The minutes of the regular meeting of August the 7 1882 was read and approved The fine entered against alderman Kuppertz for non attendance at former Council meeting was remitted The petition of S Brunkerhoff was granted asking that the council grant to him permis sion to erect scales at the same point formally occupied by scales belonging to Webb & Bd. The petition of Mary I Thompson asking that the Council refund to her fine paid by her in the Mayors Court for her schmack Thompson Petition Tabled A Petition of Citizens residing in the vicinity of the H & T C R R protesting against the passage of an Ordinance regulating the speed of trains through the City of Austin Petition referred to the Ordinance Committee The following is the report of the street Committee (which was adopted) on the petition of Citizens asking that the Council compel the H & T C R R to make good crossing over its track on Blanco and, and Bower streets To the hon Mayor and board of Aldermen We the committee to whom was referred the within --- Page break --- 179 Petition would most respectfully represent that we have desired to that any and Mr Swenson the Superintendant of the Rail Road Company has promised to attend to it at once. Respectfully R Plath Chairman Ed [illegible] The following is the report of the ordinance committee which was adopted. On the Petition of Castle & Chadwick asking that the Council provide for the payment of warrant No 65 for $20. To the Hon Mayor and Board of Alderman your Committee to whom was referred the within petition would most respectfully represent to your honorable body that we have examined the same and recommend that it be not granted R Plath S. B. Metz. The following is the report of the Police committee and City Attorney on the petition of Samuel J. Spindle asking that the Council restor to him a horse sold by the City as astray stock The report of the Committee was adopted To the Hon Mayor and Board of Alderman we the Police committee to whom was referred the within Petition of Samuel J Spindle recommend that the same be not granted as prayed for, R Plath S B Metz S. S. Walton City Attorney Alderman Metz called up an ordinance which was read third time regulating the salary of the City Engineer and repealing that part of Section 4. of an Ordinance passed Dec 29th 1887. making the salary of the City Engineer $500.00 per annum and reenacting an Ordinance No 495 making the salary of the City Engineer $1200.00 per annum On motion the Ordinance passed by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Metz Schubert Bruggeshoff Buppitz Plath Wilson Alderman Bruggeshoff call up an Ordinance, regulating the speed of Rail Road Trains in --- Page break --- 180 the Corporation of the City of Austin and the Crossing of Congress Avenue in said City. The Vote taking the ordinance on its third reading was reconsidered and section 1st of said Ordinance amended by inserting the word one mile instead of three miles. The Ordinance was then read as amended. The motion to recommit the ordinance was lost, Alderman Wilson introduced an ordinance which was read first time, appropriating $100.00 for draining Maysontown On motion of Alderman Bruggerhoff the fire ordinances of the City of Austin were recom mitted to the Fire Committee By authority of Article 580 Section 11 of the revised Ordinances of the City of Austin the Mayor nominated William J Johnson & Hugh Hancock as Health Inspectors for the City of Austin to be commissioned for thirty days. On motion the Council confirmed the nomination, A L Purnell City Clerk Read and approved Sept 4. 1888