: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution shall remain on file with the City Clerk for public inspection at least one week before the final passage or adoption thereof. The above resolution was read and laid on the table. City Manager Johnson laid before the Council an offer of J. C. Bryant to sell to the City about six acres of land, at $450.00 per acre, situated between 32nd and 34th Streetson Shoal Creek, for a gravel pit, with the privilege of a sixty days option on the property for the purpose of testing the quality of gravel on same. City Council instructed City Manager Johnson to secure such option and make such tests. Councilman Reed moved that the Council recess, subject to call of the Mayor. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Barker absent. The Council then recessed. O.A. M-Fadden REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, February 10,1927. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Pannell, and Steck, 4; absent, Councilman Reed. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and Councilman Pannell moved the adoption of same. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Pannell and Steck, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Reed absent. A. W. Griffith, representing the Little Theatre organization, appeared before the Council and requested that they be given free water and light service at their building located upstairs over 7th and Congress Avenue. No action was taken on the matter, except to advise said Griffith to file with the Council a written communication setting forth the merits of this organization, its purposes, etc. Mayor McFadden laid before the Council the following resolution: WHEREAS, the improvements on Lot 21, and S. 1/2 of 22, Block 7, Hyde Park Annex, were assessed for taxation as follows, for the following years: for 1922, $405.00; for 1923, $400.00; for 1924, $400.00; for 1925, $400.00; and for 1926, $400.00; and WHEREAS, the improvements on Lot 23, and N. 1/2 of 22, Block 7 were assessed for taxes as follows, for the following years: for 1922, $215.00; for 1923, $200.00; for 1924, $200.00; for 1925, $200.00; and for 1926, $200.00; and WHEREAS, it has been shown to the satisfaction of the City Council that all of said assessments are excessive and should be corrected; and W. Trenchmann, guardian of Helene Luthy, non compos mentis, owner of said property, is now desirous of paying all said taxes, including the real 59 60 estate on which said improvements are situated, provided the proper corrections are made in said assessments; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SECTION 1, THAT the assessments of the improvements on Lot 21 and S. 1/2 of 22, Block 7, Hyde Park Annex, be corrected as follows: for 1922, $300.00; for 1923, $275.00; for 1924, $250.00; for 1925, $200.00; and for 1926, $175.00. SECTION 2. THAT the assessment of the improvements on Lot 23, and N. 1/2 of 22, Block 7, be corrected as follows: for 1922, $100.00; for 1923, $75.00; for 1924, $50.00; for 1925, $50.00; and for 1926, $25.00. SECTION 3. THAT the City Tax Assessor & Collector be and he is authorized and instructed to make the above changes on his rolls and take credit therefor. Councilman Pannell moved that the above resolution be adopted. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Pannell, and Steck, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Reed absent. City Manager Johnson laid before the Council a petition from the residents on Eleventh Street from San Jacinto to Red River Streets, asking for the paving, with permanent paving, of said street, and agreeing to pay for the cost of paving if the City would pay for the street intersections. After a discussion as to the cost of such paving, the Council instructed City Manager Johnson to ascertain if the property owners would agree to the paving of said street with 14" asphalt paving, and if so to proceed at once with the work on said street. Mayor McFadden laid before the Council the proposed budget of the City, which had been read at the previous meeting and laid over. Action on same was deferred until the next regular meeting. Councilman Barker moved that the Council recess, subject to call of the Mayor. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Pannell and Steck, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Reed absent. The Council then recessed. O.A. MJaaden REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, February 17.1927. Roll call showed the following The Council was called to order by the Mayor. members present: Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; absent, Councilman Barker. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and same were adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Barker absent. Councilman Barker entered the Council chamber. A committee from the Citizens Health Council, composed of F. W. Sternenberg, 7. E. Long, F. E. Giesecke, and E. T. Manlove, appeared before the Council and requested that the Council include in its budget for the current year liberal appropriations for tuberculosis and mosquito control work. Sam Sparks and J. A. Nichols, representing the Woodward Body Works, requested that they be granted some concession in the way of a reduction in the power used ,