597 The minutes of a Called meeting of the City Council. Austin, Tex. March 07, 1890. Hon. John McDonald, Mayor, presiding Roll Call Present - Aldermen. Anderson, Assmann, Carleton, Hume, Jackson, Linn, Mannis, Nitschke, Phillips, Platt, Ziller 11. Absent Aldermen Boland, Graham, Jones, Matz, Newton, North, Schneider, Schuler, Townsend 9. The following Call was then read: Austin, Texas, March 7, 1890. To the members of the City Council of the City of Austin: We the undersigned members of the City Council of the City of Austin hereby Call a special meeting of the Council to meet at the Council rooms at 8 o'clock p.m. this the 7th day of March 1890, to take such action as the Council may deem proper with regard to inviting the Democratic Executive Committee of the State of Texas to Call the next Democratic Convention to meet at the City of Austin, and to take such action as the Council may deem proper with reference to providing additional burying ground for the dead. T. G. Morris, J.W. Graham, J.W. Ziller. Cemetery Alderman Ziller then moved that the Mayor land for and Cemetery Committee be authorized to negotiate for the purchase of a tract of land suitable for burial purposes and to report the result to the Council for Confirmation. Carried. Dem Alderman Anderson introduced a resolution inviting [illegible] the Democratic Executive Committee of the State to Call the next State Democratic Convention to meet in this city, and providing for the appointment by the Mayor of a Committee of ten members who shall Cooperate with the Committee of Citizens appointed by the Board --- Page break --- 598 of State, and shall meet Said Democratic Committee in Lampasas on the 15th day of April for the purpose of urging them to call the next State Convention to meet in Austin. Adopted. The Council On motion then adjourned. Morton Morris City Clerk.