9 Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the City Council. Austin, Texas, June 06, 1898. Hon. W.D. Shelley, President of the Council presiding. Roll called. Present, Aldermen Belvin, Crooker, Haynes, Maddox, Mc Lamore, Morris, Nitschke, Platt, Powell, Reed, Shelley, Stumpf, and Taylor. 13. Absent, Aldermen Beaty, Fischer, Horton, Kuhn, Miller, Roberdeau, Rosengren, Townsend and Zilker. 9. Minutes approved as On motion of Alderman Taylor, the minutes were approved as recorded, without recorded. reading. Petitions Memorials etc.. Pet. of J. M. Duckett By Alderman Platt, Petition of J. M. Duckett, asking removal of stand pipe at for removal of Stand Pipe corner of Congress Avenue and 18th Street. Read and referred to Street Committee. Pet. of Mrs. Serew Davis By Alderman Read, Petition of Mrs. Lucy Davis, proposing to sell to the City a to sell City Strip Land. strip of land for Street purposes. Read and referred to the Street Committee. Aldermen Beaty and Zilker entered the Council Chamber. Reports of City Officers. City Officers The President laid before the Council, the reports of the City Officers for the month Reports. of May, 1898. On motion the reports were referred to their appropriate Committees without reading, except the reports of the Treasurer, which were read. Treasurer The following is a synopsis of the reports: By the City Treasurer. Balances on hand May 2nd 1898. Account of General Fund. $ 2048.12 " Interest and Sinking Fund on Old Bonds. 2899.72 " 20% General Fund 2594.69 Receipts from Fred Sterzing Assessor and Collector, Account of Advalorem Tax $ 2921.35 " " License " 690.00 " " Recorder's Court 97.50 " " Miscellaneous Collections 764.97 " " Interest and Sinking Fund, Old Bonds 356.19 Total. $ 12172.54 Disbursements Paid Warrants from May 2nd to June 6th 1898, Balances Account of General Fund $ 4495.01 " Interest and Sinking Fund Old Bonds 972.17 " " 20% General Fund 3255.91 Balance on hand May 2nd 1898 Interest and Sinking Fund W. & L. Bonds 3449.45 $12172.54 Account of Interest Fund 1842.85 " Sinking " 18000.00 Received from Fred Sterzing Assessor and Collector. 2606.44 $ 22,448.29 Balances on hand June 6th 1898. Account of Interest Fund $ 3484.29 " " Sinking " 19000.00 $ 22,448.29 Balance on hand May 2nd, 1898 Account of Paving Fund Water & Light Plant $ 5721.23 --- Page break --- 10 Received of Superintendent during the month $5512.13 11,283.36 Disbursements Paid Warrants during the month of May 1898 $8236.59 Balance on hand 3046.77 $11,283.36 Referred to the Finance Committee. Assessor & Collector By the Assessor and Collector. To Collections as follows: From General Revenue $4273.82 " Interest and Sinking Fund on W T Bonds 2606.44 " " " " Old " 356.19 " School Tax 1314.24 Total Collections $8550.69 Referred to the Finance Committee. Clerk By the City Clerk Total amount of Warrants drawn during the month on acct of General Fund $5306.15 Referred to the Finance Committee. Marshal By the City Marshal. Total amount of Fines assessed in Recorder's Court $140.00 Paid in Cash $70.50 Worked out 53.00 Carried forward 16.50 $140.00 Collected on back Fines 39.50 Pound fees collected 76.00 Total number of arrests during the month. 33 Referred to Police Committee. Physician By the City Physician. Number of Patients in Hospital May 1st 1898 15 " " " admitted during " " " 29 " " " dismissed " " " 25 " " " died " " " 3 " " " remaining June 1st " 16 " " " Visits to Paupers during May " 90 " " " Prescriptions to " " " " " 204 " " " Cases of Diphtheria reported during May 1 No other contagious or infectious diseases reported Referred to Hospital Committee. Sexton By the City Sexton. Total number of Deaths during the month. 16. White 15. Mexican 1. Colored 1. Males 12 Females 5 Still born 1 Referred to the Cemetery Committee. Alderman Blatt moved to reconsider the vote by which the petition of G. M. Burnett was referred to the Street Committee, which motion prevailed. --- Page break --- 11 Alderman McLemore moved that the petition be referred to the City Engineer, with instructions to remove the stand pipe complained of from its present location, to a point in the middle of the Block, east, on 8th Street, which motion prevailed. Aldermen Miller and Townsend entered the Council Chamber. Unfinished Business. Ord Amending Articles 4 + 9, Chap. 5 Title 1 of Rev Civ. Ord. Amend by adding, Enac. Clause, "and add thereto Sect. 9.a. Amend ord. by adding Sec. 9.a." There was laid before the Council, An ordinance amending Articles 4 and 9, Chapter 5, Title 1, of the Revised Civil Ordinances of the City. The ordinance was read 2nd time. Alderman Maddox moved to amend the ordinance as follows: 1st Amend the enacting clause, by adding thereto the words "and add thereto section 9.a". 2nd amend the ordinance by adding thereto section 9.a. The amendment was adopted. Alderman Taylor moved that the rules be suspended and place the ordinance on its 3rd reading and final passage, which motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas. Aldermen Beaty, Belvin, Brooker, Haynes, Kuhn, Maddox, McLemore, Miller, Morris, Nitschke, Powell, Redd, Shelley, Taylor, Townsend and Zilker 17. Nays. Alderman Stumpf. 1. The ordinance was then read 3rd time and passed, by the following vote: Yeas, Aldermen Beaty, Belvin, Brooker, Kuhn, Maddox, Miller, Redd, Shelley, Taylor, Townsend and Zilker 11. Nays. Aldermen Haynes, McLemore, Morris, Nitschke, Blatt, Powell and Stumpf 7. Ord Approving $89.50 to build bridges on Cong. Ave. W 2nd & W 5th St. The President then laid before the Council, an ordinance appropriating the sum of $89.50 to build bridges on west 2nd and 5th Streets and Congress Avenue. The ordinance was read 2nd time. Alderman Zilker moved that the rule be suspended, and the ordinance placed on its 3rd reading, which motion was lost by the following vote: Yeas, Aldermen Beaty, Belvin, Brooker, Kuhn, McLemore, Miller, Morris, Blatt, Powell, Stumpf, Townsend and Zilker. 12. Nays. Aldermen Haynes, Maddox, Nitschke, Redd, Shelley and Taylor. 6. Alderman Horton entered the Council Chamber. Ald. Rosengren excused Ald. McLemore Alderman Rosengren moved that Alderman McLemore be excused from attendance at this session of the Council, on account of important business, which motion prevailed. Finance Com granted further time to report on petition of Mrs E C Pence. There was laid before the Council a report on the petition of Mrs. Brasse, to have certain taxes refunded, her, which motion prevailed. Alderman Nitschke moved to excuse Alderman Beaty from further attendance at this session of the Council, which motion was lost. Res. directing City Eng-r to sell condemned Fire Hose. Alderman Stumpf offered the following resolution which was read and adopted: Resolved, that the City Engineer, be instructed to at once sell the condemned Hose belonging to the City, for the best price possible. Supt. of Blind Inst. authorized to use trunk of Red River St. bet. 18 & 19th Alderman Nitschke moved that the Superintendent of the Blind Asylum be authorized to use four feet of Red River Street between 18 and 19th Streets, to erect a Dust Bin thereon, to be removed at any time the City Council may so order. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas. Aldermen Beaty, Belvin, Brooker, Horton, McLemore, Miller, Nitschke, Redd, Shelley, Stumpf, Townsend and Zilker 10. Nays. Aldermen Haynes, Kuhn, Maddox, Morris, Blatt, Powell and Taylor. 8. The President laid before the Council, a bill from the Water, Light & Power Plant, of the City, for water and light furnishing to May 31st 1898. Also a communication from the Austin Serena Rubber & Mfg. Co., in regard to Fire Hose. --- Page break --- 12 Communication from Gutta Percha Rubber Mfg Co regarding Hose, furnished the City, for the Fire Department. Alderman Delvin moved that the communication in regard to Hose furnished, be referred to the City Clerk, and that he be directed to write the Company, and explain the delay in paying the claim, which motion prevailed. On motion, the Council adjourned. Jas. O. Johnson City Clerk.