Austin City Council Meeting May 1890
• Low attendance: Only 8 of 20 aldermen showed up for the meeting, with 12 absent.
• Quick adjournment: The council immediately moved to adjourn with a narrow 5-3 vote, suggesting minimal business to conduct.
• No substantive agenda items: The meeting minutes contain no discussion of policies, public hearings, or city business—only procedural matters.
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The minutes of a Regular meeting of the City Council.
Austin, Tex. May 19, 1890. Hon. John McDonald, mayor, presiding.
Roll Call- Present- Aldermen - Carleton, Hume, Jackson, Jones, Morris, North, Platt, Ziller - 8.
Absent Aldermen- Anderson, Assmann, Boland, Graham, Linn, Metz, Newton, Nitschke, Phillips, Schneider, Schuber, Townsend-12.
Alderman Platt moved to adjourn and the motion prevailed by the following vote- Yeas- Aldermen- Hume, Jackson, Jones, North, Platt- 5. Nays- Aldermen - Carleton, Morris, Ziller- 3. Milton Morris, City Clerk.