WC. Arnett: remove Bowser Tank Council sanctioned to demand Specific performance of Dam contract Res. Dam contract declaring for forfeiture --- Page break --- 250 appointment of a receiver of all the property, including said franchise, of said City Water Power Company; and, Whereas, on the 27th day of November, A. D. 1913, the Honorable United States District Court granted the prayer of said New York Trust Company as to the appointment of a Receiver, and on said date appointed Guy A. Collett of Austin, Texas, as said Receiver, and empowered said Receiver to take into his custody all the property, including said franchise, of said City Water Power Company, and to exercise the authority and powers of said Company, and to discharge all public duties imposed upon said company, and to preserve its properties in proper condition and repair, and to manage and operate same in the same manner that said Company would be bound or ought to do if in possession thereof, with full power to complete said Dam and its appurtenances, and to furnish all machinery and complete all the work undertaken by said Company by virtue of the privileges and obligations contained in its franchise and contract with the said City of Austin; and, Whereas, in accordance with said appointment, said Guy A. Collett immediately thereafter qualified as such Receiver, and took charge of said Dam and its appurtenances, and succeeded to the rights and obligations of said City Water Power Company, and said Receiver has been in charge of said property since the date of his qualification; and, Whereas, said City Water Power Company is notoriously insolvent, and has wholly failed to perform its obligations to the City of Austin, contained in said contract and franchise, and said Receiver has wholly failed to complete said Dam or to proceed in any definite manner to the completion of the same and to the use of the rights and privileges contained in said contract and franchise; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That demand be immediately made in the proper and legal way and through the proper medium upon said Guy A. Collett, Receiver, to complete said Dam and its appurtenances and to begin to use the rights and privileges granted by said franchise, and that said Receiver be required to show to the proper tribunal whether or not he can and will proceed to the use of such franchise and privileges within a reasonable time; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the failure or refusal of said Receiver to proceed to a specific performance of the contract of said City Water Power Company with the City of Austin within sixty days herefrom, the City Attorney of the City of Austin be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to institute proceedings in the proper court for the purpose of annulling and setting aside all the rights and privileges heretofore granted said City Water Power Company to construct, operate and maintain said Dam and its appurtenances, and to furnish the power produced by said Dam to the City of Austin. --- Page break --- 251 Public Service Car license Charter Commis- sion: action postponed Hearing on Lavaca Street paving Notice of hearing on Lavaca St. paving: Affidavit of copy V.E. Mant City Clerk