88 Called Meeting of the City Council Austin Tex December 06, 1884 Hon J.w. Robertson, Mayor, Presiding Roll call Roll call present aldermen Schneider Pillow Wells, Campbell, Schubert, Underhill, Maas, Warren Crooker Odell Carrington, Hill, Black, Ervin, Brecht Brunner absent aldermen Hancock, Driskill, Robertson & Autop The following call of the Council was read Austin Tex Dec 8th 1884 To the Honorables the City Council of the City Austin Call of the Gentlemen council. A meeting of the City council is hereby called to assemble at the City hall on saturday December 6th 1884 at 7:00 P.M. for the purpose of canvassing the vote for aldermen at the election held December 1st 1884 and for the purpose of installing the aldermen elect as provided in article 168 and succeeding articles of the revised Ordinances, and also to consider such other matters as may then be laid before you for your action Very respectfully your Obedient Servant J.w. Robertson Mayor of the City of Austin canvass Alderman Crooker moved that the Council proceed returns from to canvass the returns from the election held Dec election ald. 1st 1884, motion adopted Dec 1st 1884 The the mayor appointed as the Committee to canvass the returns Aldermen Wells, Black, Warren To admin Alderman Crooker moved that as the returns from ister oath each ward was canvassed and the result announced of office said. That the mayor administer to the alderman elect as vote announced the oath of office motion adopted Appt of Comm The Committee submitted the following report on returns which was adopted election Dec 1m. To the hon J. w. Robertson Mayor and board of alder men Gentlemen Your committee appointed --- Page break --- 89 to canvass the returns from the Election held Dec. [illegible] for aldermen of the City of Austin we find that the following vote was cast: In the First Ward for W. J. Autor | 102 | Total by wards " " " " E. S. Metz | 142 | 744 " " Second . " B. R. Pillow | 60 | " " " " Jeremiah Strahan | 46 | 111 " " Third " " S. J. Campbell | 52 | " " " " A. J. Loving | 37 | 89 " " Fourth " " R. Blunderhill | 50 | 50 " " Fifth " " May. Mace | 59 | " " " " " Henry Shelley | 1 | 60 " " Sixth . " L. W. Crooken | 68 | 68 " " Seventh " " W. R. Brown | 42 | " " " " " J. M. Odell | 101 | " " " " " J. B. Cummings | 63 | " " " " " W. Y. Mayes | 72 | 270 " " Eighth " " R. F. Holman | 148 | " " " " " S. A. Posey | 68 | " " " " " D. E. Dunn | 18 | " " " " " A. D. Cunningham | 11 | 748 " " Ninth " " Wm Ervin. | 106 | " " " " " Black John. | 1 | 107 " " Tenth " " Wm Brennen. | 90 | " " " " " J. M. Shnyder. | 42 | " " " " " H. F. Pelry. | 31 | 163 | 1404 | 1404 Very Respectfully, B. C. Wells. A. Clark G. Warren Committee aldermen His Honor the mayor administered the oath elected Dec. of office (as aldermen of the City of Austin) to [illegible] the following named gentlemen, E. S. Metz 1st ward B. R. Pillow 2d ward S. J. Campbell 3d ward R. B. Underhill 4th ward Max. Mace 5th ward L. W. Crookin 6th ward. J. M. Odell 7th ward. R. F. Holman 8th ward. Wm Ervin 9th ward. W. J. Brennen 10th ward. --- Page break --- December 6th 1884 90 motion to Elect Alderman Brush moved that the Council proceed Pres of council to elect a president of the Board of Aldermen motion adopted G.W. Crooker Alderman Crooker was nominated as President elected Prest of the Board of Aldermen and on motion was of council confirmed by acclamation. To take up The motion to take up the ordinance approOrd. for hydt priating the sum of $050. for hydrant rental was car- rental ried by the following vote yeas Aldermen Mitz Wells Maas Warren Crooker Odell Carrington Colman Platt Ervin Brush & Brannan nays Aldermen Pellow Campbell Schubert & Underhill 4 Passage of An ordinance entitled an ordinance appropriatOrds $5,050 ing the sum of $5050. to pay the claim of the City Hydrant Water Company," was taken up and read third rental. time and passed by the following vote yeas Aldermen Mitz Maas Warren Crooker Odell Carrington Colman Clark Ervin Brush &Brannan, 12 Nays aldermen Schneider Pillow Wells Campbell Schubert and Underhill Committee On motion of Alderman Brush the Council went into a comof the whole mittee of the whole on the question of an increase of street lamps increase of Alderman Crooker in the Chair st Lamps The committee rose and offered the following resolution as the dept of com report of the Committee Resolved. That the Committee of the on increase whole recommend and instruct the special committee on increase of st Lamps of gas lamps, that they contract with gas and Coal company on the basis of ten lamps to ward independent of the lamps on the avenue & Pecan street and that the action of the committee shall be subject to the ratification of the Council. The report of the Committee was adopted Committee Alderman Brush offered the following resolution to be appoint which was adopted: to report Resolved, That the Mayor City attorney and three Amendments aldermen to act with a committee of citizens appointto charter ted by the mayor, to report amendments to the City Charter On motion the Council adjourned T.G. Purnell City Clerk