399 Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin, Texas December 16, 1915. The Council was called to order by the Mayor : Roll called : Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Absent none: The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted : Councilman Haynes offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 97.16,be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay interest on the General fund of the City of Austin, texas, for the month of November 1915, per per the attached and approved billrendered by the Citizens Bank & Trust Co of the City of Austin, Texas. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge ,Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 45.44, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Street Improvement fund of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1915, in payment of the approved attached bill of interest on overdrafts of said fund to the Citizens Bank & Trust Co for the month of November 1915. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the plat of Oakwood Cemetery Annex designed by Geo S Iredell, Civil Engineer,and surveyed and mapped by Urin E Metcalfe,Civil Engineer, and adopte by the City Council by resolution dated October 29th 1915, and now on file in the Office of the County Clerk of Travis County, Texas, and a copy of which is is now on deposit with the City Assessor & Collector of the City of Austin, Texas, be and the same is ereby declared to be the Official map so,far as completed ,of the Annex to Oakwood Cemetery in this City. and be it further resolved : That the sections of said map as now platted and on file in the Office of the City Assessor & Collector of the City of Austin, Texas, and designated as Sections "A" "B" and "D",are adopted and declared to be the Official Maps of those sections, and --- Page break --- 391 . Be it further resolved : That the schedule of prices of lots of said sections, as set out in the accompanying and attached exhibit "A"be and the same are hereby fixed at and declared to be the prices for the lots in said sections "A" "B" and "D",as set out by number ,size and price in said exhibit "A",and Be it further resolved: That for single grave spaces sold to adults the price is hereby fixed at $ 7.50, and where sold for the purpose of interrment for the bodies of young children,the price is hereby fixed at $ 5.00 for each grave space ,and Be it further resolved : That not more than two grave spaces can be sold to the members of any one family. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Proceeds Sale lots Cem Annex [illegible] Deposited Cem Purchase fund EMMMXXIMaReRaftheaffofbCabdCbhofalaSgwing SASPlMRXXTTXXAS : Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the proceeds of the sale of lots in the Oakwood Cemetery Annexe and the same are hereby ordered to be deposited in the Cemetery Purchase fund account to be kept there for the purchase of additional grounds in the proposed Annex to Oakwood Cemetery, but not up to this date acquired by the City of Austin. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor . Mayor to make deeds to Cem lots. Annex The Mayor laid before the Council An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of Austin, Texas, to execute deeds of conveyance to cemetery lots in Oakwood Cemetery Annex in this City. The ordinance was read the first time ,and a motion made to suspend the rule and place it on its second reading, which motion prevailed by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. The ordinance was read the second time and laid over . The Mayor presented application from Jack Barker ,asking the remission of a Jack Barker fine Refused. fine assessed against him in the Recorders Court. A motion was made that the petition be not granted, which motion prevailed by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew & Haynes 4 Nay Councilman Powell 1 Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Approp. Sewer Con. Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of two hundred and sixteen dollars ,be and the same is hereby appro -priated out of the Sanitary Sewer Bond fund to be used in doing the following sanitary construction work: To construct a 100 foot extension of a 6 inch line along 8th street west of Blanco street at a cost of $ 33.00 To construct a 6 inch sewer line along east 12th street from Angelina street westward ,a distance of 290 feet at a cost of 113.00 --- Page break --- 392 . To construct a 6 inch extension on Brazos and east 14th street for the purpose of furnishing sewer service to the new house being built on the north side of 14th street between Brazos street and the alley west ,a total length of 280 feet at a cost of $ 70.00 The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes * Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 4,926.52,be and the same is hereby ordered transferred Fr transferred funds Sanitary Sewer from the Sanitary Sewer Bond fund to the Sanitary Sewer Earnings fund to re-im-burse the latter fund for permanent construction work paid for out of that fund during the year 1915. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the unexpended balances of appropriations made in the 1915 budget for the Sanitary Sewer Earnings fund ,be and the same are hereby, ordered trans-ferred from the accounts to which these appropriations were made as follows : From appropriations for Salaries $ 110.00 From appropriation for Printing, Stationery & Postage 125.00 From appropriation for transportation 120.00 Total Transfers $ 355.00 And be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the total of the above unexpended balances ,amounting to $ 355.00, be and the same is hereby, re-appropriated as follows : For Incidentals $ 355.00 The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. About Storm Sewer Wichita St Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of four hundred ($400.00) dollars ,be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Permanent Street Improvement fund for the purpose of constructing a 20 inch and a 24 inch pipe drain ,400 feet long, across Wichita street south of its intersection with 27th street through private property to the alley west of Wichita and northward along the alley to the south side of 27th street connecting with a pipe drain already installed. The resolution was adopted by the following vote; Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor --- Page break --- Appropriated from water drain survery Avenue By J Look – fine remitted Transfer funds I suppose Sewer funds! & C Vest – fine remitted --- Page break --- 304 Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 37.50 be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Permanent Street Improvement fund to pay for the concrete pavement at the intersecPaving alley - tion of the alley between Speedway and Tom Green street with east 23rd street. driveway - The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Tom Green St Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. G.J.Lunan City Clerk