590 Regular meeting of the City Council Austin, Texas, November 18, 1901 Hon R. E. Hilk Mayor presiding Roll Called Present Aldermen Brooken Davis Low Calder Hitschks Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Stumpff Uhl Absent Aldermen Henke Mortimer On Motion the minutes were approved as recorded by the Clerk without reading Petitions & memorials etc. Pet Citizens By the Mayor – Petition of Citizens calling attention to the matter E 10th st as to of buildings in the street on E 10th street and requesting that buildings in st the Council take action to enforce the ordinance on the subject – The Petition was read and on Motion was referred to the Street Committee Com By the Mayor – Communication from H. B. Belcher in regard H B Belcher to building alleged to be partly in the street on E 10th street as to building On Motion the Communication was laid on the table in E 10th st Alderman Mortimer entered the Council Chamber Pet W. A. By Alderman Shelley Petition of W. A. Goodman asking that Goodman to certain pound fees paid by him be refunded refund pd fees Alderman Davis moved that hereafter all petitions for refunding pound fees, must first be presented to and have the approval of the Committee on claims and accounts, before being presented to the Council The motion was lost by the following vote – Yeas Aldermen Brooken Davis Low Hitschks 4 Nays Aldermen Uhl Calder Mortimer Schneider Redd 8 Alderman Shelley Shumate & Uhl On motion of Alderman Brooken the petition of W. A. Goodman was then referred to the Committee on claims & accounts Pet Mrs Harper By the Mayor Petition of Mrs Harper to have certain Pound to refund Pound fees paid by her refunded – On motion the petition was granted fees. By the Mayor Petition of Public School Trustees asking the Council Pet Bd School to put in telephones at the different Public School buildings Trustees for Read and on Motion referred to the Fire Committee telephones By the Mayor Petition of E. A. Brush for permission to Read and on add an addition to building & erect stairway, porch &c on Congress Motion Ave, within the City limits – Read and on Motion refd to the Fire Committee Pet E. Von Horsey By Alderman Shelley Petition of E. Von Horsey asking to Correct Correction of Assessment for taxes Read and on Motion Assessments referred to the Committee on claims & accounts Reports of Standing Committees R. C. M. Alderman Low for the Committee on claims & accounts Claims to whom was referred the following petitions to report & accounts as to Assessments for taxes, presented reports recommending pets to Com that the petitions be granted Viz Assessments --- Page break --- 591 Brou Million Misses Bessie Mary ruillen, Mrs Lucile Granger and Mr McFadden Alderman Low for the claims & accounts Committee to whom was referred the petition of James Byrnes to have penalty and interest on taxes refunded, presented a report recommending that the Council was without power to remit interest it being a charter provision – The report was adopted New business $75.00 to purchase By Alderman Low an ordinance appropriating the sum of Sanitary Cart $75.00 to purchase a cart for the Sanitary Dept The ordinance was read the first time and on motion was referred to the Sanitary Committee $275.00 to open By Alderman Maddan an ordinance appropriating the sum Navasota st of $275.00 to open Navasota street from its present Northern terminus to 19th Street – The ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Alderman Brown Crooked Davis Low Maddan Mortimer Ribscke Redd Schneider Shelley Shrumff & Welch – 12 Nays none spelling By Alderman Maddan an ordinance making it a nuisance ordinance. to throw paper, banana pealings etc, on spelling on sidewalks etc Read the first time and referred to the ordinance Committee Alderman Schneider moved to reconsider the vote, by which the Council referred, an ordinance appropriating the sum of $75.00 to purchase a cart for the Sanitary Dept to the Sanitary Committee, which motion prevailed The ordinance was then passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Alderman Brown Davis Low Maddan Mortimer Ribscke Redd Schneider Shelley Shrumff & Welch – 12 Nays none $4500. to buy By Alderman Shrumff an ordinance appropriating the fire Hose sum of $4500. to purchase Hose for the Fire Dept The ordinance was read the first time and on motion was referred to the Fire Committee etc. Alderman Shrumff offered the following resolution which [illegible] was read and adopted Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin; that the City Clerk & Collectors of Taxes, be and is hereby authorized and instructed to receive and receipt for taxes due under and by virtue of the Tax Levy for the year A.D. 1894, Notwithstanding the fact that the Tax rolls of said year are not as yet completed Said Officer is hereby authorized and instructed to enter on Said Rolls and on the books of his office, the appropriate receipts and credits for such collections when Said rolls and books shall have been prepared for such entries --- Page break --- 592 f.20. J. Incharity sum By Alderman Maddox An Ordinance, appropriating the of $20.00 to pay the claim of A.L. McKenzie and for care of Infant in the Orphans Home. The Ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Brown Davis Loun Maddox Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Thurman Welch – 12 Nays None Alderman Maddox offered the following resolution which was read and adopted. A+C. divibut Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin; to deposited into That all water works taxes, and the taxes heretofore levied S. Fund with for interest on bonds issued prior to May 1. 1890, to be yet bonds to Cv. Niff Collected be deposited by the Assessor & Collector to the Skg fund credit of interest and Sinking fund of refunding bonds refunding bonds of the City of Austin Alderman Hume entered the Council Chamber. Done Q. L. Brown By Alderman Nitschke Communication from A.L. Brown to letter Streets Suggesting that the Streets in the City running North and South be Named for the letters of the Alphabet instead of the different Rivers of the State as at present named. Read and on motion referred to Street Committee Ald. Nitschke Alderman Nitschke rose to a question of personal on Police force privilege and addressed the Council upon the action of the Police force and the University Students a few nights since – Condemning the action of the Police. Ald. Davis Alderman Davis addressed the Council on the same on Police force subject – Condemning the action of the Police force. The Mayor made a verbal report from the Committee Ref't Smallpox from appointed to Confer with the Hon. Commissioners Committee Court of Travis County on the Small Pox Situation stating the action taking by the Committee and the results of same. Comm. Court On Motion the Commissioners Court of Travis County authorized to were authorized to establish a Pest Camp on establish Pest land belonging to Geo. G. Johnson west of the dam Camp site, if the property of Geo. G. Gray & Doster. On Motion the Council adjourned Geo. G. Johnson City Clerk.