Austin Burns Debt Bonds, Picks Election Judges
Austin Burns Debt Bonds:
City officials certified the destruction of over $80,500 in municipal bonds by ceremonially burning them in the City Hall furnace.Paying for Progress:
These destroyed bonds represented debt incurred for critical public works, including schools, street improvements, and modern sewer systems, reflecting the city's investment in growth.Election Officials Appointed:
Key appointments were made for election judges and clerks in the Fourth and Fifth Wards, vital for administering upcoming local elections.
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"THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TRAVIS, CITY OF AUSTIN.
Austin, Texas, December 13, 1920.
This certifies that the undersigned, all together and in the presence of one another, have this day destroyed by burning the following numbered and otherwise described bonds:
We destroyed these bonds by burning them in the furnace at the City Hall in the City of Austin, Texas, on this 9th day of December,1920:
City of Austin School Bonds, dated July 1st, 1910, numbered 6 to 15, inclusive, $1,000.00 each -------------------------$10,000.00
City of Austin Street Improvement Bonds, dated July 1st,1912, numbered 36 to 40, inclusive, $1,000.00 each ------------------ 5,000.00
City of Austin Sewer Bonds, dated July 1st, 1912, numbered 36 to 40, inclusive, $1,000.00 each --------------------------- 5,000.00
City of Austin Cemetery Bonds, dated July 1st, 1912, numbered 15 and 16, $1,000.00 each ----------------------------------- 2,000.00
City of Austin School Building Bonds, dated July 1st, 1915, numbered 21 to 25, inclusive, $1,000.00 each ------------------ 5,000.00
City of Austin Street, Bridge and Sewer Bonds, dated July 1st, 1915, numbered 41 to 50, inclusive, $1,000.00 each ---------------- 10,000.00
City of Austin Sanitary Sewer Bonds, dated July 1st, 1915, numbered 9 and 10, $1,000.00 each --------------------------- 2,000.00
City of Austin Refunding Bonds, dated July 1st, 1916, numbered 118 to 156, inclusive, $1,000.00 each ---------------- 39,000.00
City of Austin Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds dated July 1st, 1918, numbered 6 to 10, inclusive, $500.00 each ----------------- 2,500.00
Total --------------------------$80,500.00
(Sgd) W. D. Yett, Mayor; (Sgd) H. L. Haynes, Councilman; (Sgd) C. F. Alford, Councilman; (Sgd) J. W. Graham, Councilman; (Sgd) Jno. S. Ward, Councilman.
The Council then recessed.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL:
Austin, Texas, December 13,1920.
The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes; 4 - absent, Councilman Ward.
The following nominations were made:
L. H. Kreisle, Presiding Judge of Fifth Ward; Gus Urbantke, Assisting Judge of Fifth Ward; W. H. Thaxton, Clerk of Fifth Ward; G. K. McMorris, Clerk of Fifth Ward.
Wm. G. Franklin, Presiding Judge Fourth Ward; Geo. Begg, Assisting Judge Fourth Ward; C. G. Wukasch, Assisting Judge Fourth Ward.
The above nominations were confirmed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes; 4, nayes, none, Councilman Ward absent.
The Council then recessed.