The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller, 4; naye, none; Councilman Wolf absent, 1. Mr. D. K. Price of the Social Science Research Council was present at the meeting and advised the Council that he, together with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stone, is touring the United States, visiting thirty cities having the City Manager form of government, for the purpose of doing research work and obtaining information regarding the political and social background of the officials and administration of these cities.. The City Attorney was instructed to prepare resolutions on the deaths of Judge O. S. Lattimore and Mr. Sam Johnson, father of Congressman Lyndon Johnson, for adoption at the next regular meeting. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed, subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL:, Approved: Jom miller. Mayor Austin, Texas, November 1,1937. ! The meeting was called to erder by Mayor Tom Miller. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen C. F. Alford, C. M. Bartholomew, Simen Gillis, Mayor Tom Willer, and Councilman Oswald G. Wolf, 5; absent, none. Mayor Miller introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gillis, The motion, carrying with it the adoption of the resolution, prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen C. F. Alford, C. M. Bartholomew, Simen Gillis, Mayor Tom Miller, and Councilman Oswald G. Wolf, 5; Nays, nonu. The resolution is as follows: RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT NOTICE BE GIVEN OF THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY OF AUSTIN FOR ADOPTION OR REJECTION A CERTAIN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I, SECTION 1, OF THE EXIST- ING CHARTER OF SAID CITY. WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable to submit to the qualified voters 479 480 of the City of Austin a certain amendment to the existing charter of said City; and WHEREAS, the Charter of said City has not been altered or amended within two years next preceding this date; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SEOTION 1. THAT it is the intention of the City Council to pass an ordinance on the 24th day of November, 1937, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Austin, at an election to be held for that purpose, the following amendment to the existing charter of said City: AMENDMENT To amend Section 1, of Article I, of said Charter, so as to read as follows: ARTICLE I. ! Section 1. The inhabitants of the City of Austin, in Travis County, Texas, residing within its territorial limits, shall continue to be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corperate, by the name and style of the City of Austin, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall have all the rights; property, real, personal and mixed, immunity, powers and such further powers, rights, and duties as provid- ed by its charter, privileges and franchises now possessed and enjoyed by said City, or granted by its charter, and be subject to all its present liabilities, and may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and may sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded in all courts of law and equity, may contract and be contracted with, may take, hold and convey, lease or acquire or sell or dispose of any property whatever for corporate purposes; provided, that the City shall not have power to sell any part of the water and light system of the City of Austin, the dam across the Colorado River owned by the City, or any property now owned or used or which may hereafter be owned or used as a part of said system, and which may be necessary or incident to the operation thereof; but the City Council shall have power on behalf of the City to lease to any public agency of the State of Texas, for such period and upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such provisions, including provisions as to improvement by the lessee of the property so leased and as to purchase by the City of improvements so erected, as the City Council may approve, all or any part of such electric light system, including such dam and the reservoir formed thereby and any other property desirable in the operation of the property so leased; provided, however, that the City shall not have power to lease the present steam gonerating plant of the City and any additions, the present electric distribution system for the distribution of electric current in the City of Austin, and any extensions thereof, and any transmission lines connecting said generating plant and said distribution system, and the City shall not have power to lease its water purification plant and distribution system. ; SECTION 2. THAT the Mayor is authorized and instructed to publish a copy of this resolution in The Austin American, The Austin Statesman, and The Austin Daily Dispatch, newspapers published in the City of Austin, as notice of the intention of the City Council to submit, at an election, the amendment to the Charter of the City of Austin hereinbefore set out, and the same when marked "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SUBMIT CHARTER AMENDMENT," signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk, and published as herein provided, shall be due notice thereof. SECTION 3. THAT said notice shall be published in the newspapere aforesaid for ten days, the first publication of which shall be twenty days prior to the date on which the proposed ordinance is to be passed, as set out in Section 1 of this Resolution. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed, subject to the call of the Mayor. i Attest: Hallic Meccar City Clerk. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: 481 Approved: Tommilla. Mayor Austin, Texas, November 4, 1937. The meeting was called to order at 10:50 A. M., with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen 0. F. Alford, Simon Gillis, Mayor Tom Miller, and Councilman Oswald G. Wolf, 4; absent, Councilman C.M.Bartholomew, 1. The Minutes of September 2 to November 1, inclusive, were read, and upon motion of Councilman Gillis, were adopted as read, by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; naye, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. At the request of Spink's Spick N Span Cleaning Shop, 708 Brazos Street, the City Manager was instructed to have a loading zone marked off at said place of business. The Mayor introduced the following resolutions and moved their adoption by a rising vote of the Council. The motion carried unanimously. The resolutions are as follows: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." If the inspired writer had had Judge 0. S. Lattimore in mind when he penned the preceding words, they could not have been more applicable to the man. On the 27th day of October, 1937, Judge 0. S. Lattimore died. His was a long and useful life. While in the full vigor of his intellectual power, he was stricken