! WHEREAS, it is desirable to widen San Pedro Street between 28th and 28 Streets immediately contiguous to Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, in Block I, Outlet 70, Division "D", in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, according to what is known as the James Byrne Subdivision of said Outlot, as recorded in Plat Book No. 3, at page 72, of the Records of Travis County, Texas, by acquiring a strip of land 17x200 feet off of the eastern part of said lots; and WHEREAS, Patrick Byrne, acting by his attorney-in-fact, John Byrne, the owner of said Lote 1 and 2, has agreed to sell said strip off of said lots to the City for One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00), and Leo. Α. Martin and Dorothy West Martin, husband and wife, the owners of said Lots 3 and 4, have agreed to sell to the City a strip 17 feet in width off of said lots for One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00), and said parties have respectively tendered their deeds for said purposes; and WHEREAS, certain interested parties have contributed the sum of Ninetyfive Dollars ($95.00) towards the purchase of said strip of land in considera- tion of the City appropriating the balance of One Hundred and Fifty-five Dollars ($155.00) for said purchase, Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to accept said deeds, and the City Clerk is hereby instructed to issue the warrant of the City for One Hundred and Fifty-five Dollars ($155.00) payable out of the General Street Fund, to Clyde Hailey, Agent for said above named parties, and to deliver same as the full payment of the city for said purchase. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The Council then adjourned. very fornsby REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, May 10.1923. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 5; absent, none. Councilman Haynes moved that the reading of the Minutes of the last meetings be suspended. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 5; nayes, none. G. B. Davidson, Field Engineer for the Pitometer Company, appeared before the Council and read a report on his work, with certain recommendations. 155 156 Councilman Nolen introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That in the confirmation of all nominations for special policemen, it is provided that none of such persons shall be authorized thereby to carry arms, unless he is specially authorized in writing so to do by the City Marshal. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 5; nayes none. Upon the recommendation of J. H. Rogers, City Marshal, Councilman Nolen nominated the following as special policemen of the City of Austin: Alex McKenzie Cantrell Giles J. M. Allen D. S. Harper J. A. Gillespe G. V. Potter Max Bickler James W. Francis J. R. Jones W. C. Russell A. C. Smi th Rex Fowler John Hawkins M. B. Ayers J. L. Stegall W. O. Rutledge Tom J. White (Colored) H. H. Henry S. W. Spencer B. B. Neans 0. M. Roberts John Patterson Bob Drenner Vernon Day Joe H. Smi th C. D. Caswell Robert Roakwood Harvey Harrell E..R. Barnes R. L. 21ller H. C. Millan George Baggett John Simms G. W. Peteet W. L. Bailey R. J. Yancey Ed Nitschke Sid Locke Each of the above nominations was confirmed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, and Searight, 4; nayes, none,. Councilman Nolen not voting. A petition of the office employees of the City Hall asking for a half holiday on Saturdays from June 1st to October 1st, was read and the same was granted by the following vote: Ayes Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The reports of the Austin Public Health Nursing Association for April and the Travis County Humane Society for January were read and ordered filed. The Council then Goes ely :