534 Called meeting of the City Council Austin Texas July 18, 1901. The Mayor and President of the Council being absent, Ald. Nitscke the Council was called to order by the City Clerk and Chairman Pro Tem Alderman Nitschke was elected Pro temporary Chairman Roll Called Present Aldermen Strum Home, Low, Mortimer, Nitschke, Schneider, Shumate and Strunff. Absent Aldermen Brooker, Davis, Gillis, Maddox, Redd Shelley and Weit Alderman Schneider moved a call of the Council which was seconded. On Motion Aldermen Brooker, Gillis and Maddox were excused. The Marshal was directed to bring in the other absentees Alderman Davis entered the Council Chamber and answered to his name. There being a quorum present. on motion the Call was Suspended The following Call of the Council was read. Austin Texas July 18th 1901. A special meeting of the City Council is hereby called to meet Call for in the Council Chamber in City Hall at 5:30 o'clock P.M. this day, Special session for the purpose of considering and passing an ordinance appropriating the sum of $1125.00 to pay the interest due July 1st 1901. on $45.000.00 of high School bonds of the City of Austin F. B. Shelley acting Mayor J. M. Shumate Theodore Low H. B. Davis I H. Montgomery, City Marshal of the City of Austin do hereby certify that the above Call has been served upon the following named Aldermen, by having it read to them in person. Viz: J.C. Schneider J.L. Strum J. H. Weit J. B. Nitschke, O. J. B. Mortimer, H. B. Redd R. A. Gillis, Joseph Strunff, and that Alderman Maddox and Brooker have been served by having a true copy left at their residences, they being out of the City H. Montgomery By R. A. Marshal Ord. #1125-15 The Chairman laid before the Council an Ordinance pay interest appropriating the sum of $1125.00 to pay interest due High School bonds July 1st 1901. on High School bonds. The Ordinance was read the second time.- Alderman Shumate moved to Amend the ordinance by striking out in the caption Amended and body of the ordinance the words & figures “1125” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “One Hundred and twenty Dollars.” Also strike out in Section 1 of the ordinance the figures “$45,000.00” and insert in lieu thereof “$25,000.00” --- Page break --- 535 The amendments were adopted, and a motion made to suspend the rule and place the ordinance on its third reading and final passage which motion was lost by the following vote, 2/3rds not voting Yeas Alderman Davis Hume Low, Thortmon Nitschke Schneider Olumale Strunff Nays none. On motion the Council adjourned Geo. O. Johnson City Clerk