380 The monthly reports of Fred Sterzing, Assessor and Collector, and Dr. A. A. Biebel, Meat and Dairy Inspector, were read and ordered filed. The Council then adjourned. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: AUSTIN, TEXAS, November 04, 1920. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; absent, none. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. Councilman Alford nominated Peter Brown to be a motorcycle policeman of the City of Austin. Nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Graham, Haynes and Ward, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Alford present but not voting. Councilman Alford nominated C. D. McKnight to be a motorcycle policeman of the City of Austin. Nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Graham, Haynes and Ward,4; nayes, none. Councilman Alford present but not voting. Councilman Alford nominated J. F. Parker to be a patrolman of the City of Austin. Nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Graham, Haynes and Ward, 4; nayes, none. Councilman Alford present but not voting. The petition of B. F. Thomas and others, asking that Upson Street be opened,was read and upon motion of Councilman Ward was referred to the Street Commissioner and City Engineer for report back to the Council, by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. Councilman Haynes introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That whereas, it appears that the south forty-six (46) feet of Lot No. 34, Outlot No. 22, in Division "D" of the City of Austin was used exclusively for religious purposes by the Sacred Heart Convent of Galveston during the year 1919; therefore, same is hereby exempted from taxation by the City of Austin for the year 1919, and the City Assessor and Collector is hereby ordered to strike same from the rolls for said year. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. Councilman Haynes introduced the following resolution: Whereas, the City Assessor and Collector has assessed taxes of 1919 against the Lion Bonding & Surety Company of Omaha, Nebraska, of notes --- Page break --- 381 on deposit in the State Treasury of the State of Texas to the amount of $50,000.00 at 66-2/3¢ on the one hundred dollars, making $33,335.00; and Whereas, said Company has shown evidence, through John W. Baker, Treasurer of the State of Texas, that these securities so deposited consisted of Liberty bonds and Federal Land Bank bonds, which are not taxable, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the Assessor and Collector be and he is hereby authorized to cancel above named assessment and to take credit for the above amount. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. The following monthly reports were read and ordered filed: Jas. A. Warren, Cashier and Bookkeeper of the Street and Sewer Department; A. S. Anderson, Public Weighor; Mrs. R. C. Walker, Pure Food Inspector. Mayor Yett introduced the following ordinance: An Ordinance ordering an election to obtain the consent of the qualified voters of the City of Austin, Texas, who pay taxes on property within the limits of said city, to the issuance of bonds by the City Council for the purposes of: (1) The extension of the Sanitary Sewer System; (2) The extension and betterments of the Sewage Disposal Plant; (3) The construction and equipment of an addition to the City Hospital; (4) The permanent improvement of the streets; (5) The erection of bridges; (6) The construction of a garbage incinerator; (7) The construction of a municipal swimming pool. The ordinance was read the first time and a motion made to suspend the rule and place the ordinance on its second reading, which motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. The ordinance was read the second time and a motion made to suspend the rule and place the ordinance on its third reading and final passage, which motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. The ordinance was read the third time and passed finally by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5; nayes, none. The Council then adjourned. [illegible]