Black Police, Voter Census, City Expansion
Here's a summary of the Austin agenda:
Request for Black Police Woman:
A committee of Black women petitioned for the appointment of a Black policewoman to supervise the morals of Black youth, leading the City Manager to review the role of the City-County Police Matron.Expanding Voter Rolls:
A census was ordered for recently annexed city territories to create a supplemental voter list for an upcoming city charter amendment election.City Development & Infrastructure:
Permits were approved for the installation of numerous new gas mains throughout the city and for temporary street access for major construction projects, including a new church.Tax Delinquent Property Sales:
The city moved to sell multiple vacant properties at public auction, which it had acquired due to unpaid taxes, with safeguards to ensure fair bids.
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490 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, November 10, 1937. The meeting was called to order at 11:00 A. M., with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen C. F. Alford, Simon Gillis, and Mayor Tom Miller, 3; absent, Councilmen C. M. Bartholomew and Oswald G. Wolf, 2. The reading of the Minutes was dispensed with. A committee of Negro women' presented a petition aigned by the various Negro organizations of the City, asking for the appointment of a Negro police woman to supervise the morals of the colored youths The matter was referred to the Olty Manager to find out what assistance can be given by the City-County Police Matron. The petition of J. E. Dye for permission to sell beer in the 4700 block of Burnet Road was received and referred to the City Manager. Mayor Miller offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, on the 5th day of August, 1937, the boundaries of the City of Austin were duly extended by six certain ordinances, incorporating within said City six additional territories known as Section "A", Section "B", Section "C", Section "D", Section "E", and Section "F", qualified voters residing in each of said territories; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Austin is contemplating calling an election to submit to the voters of said City for their acceptance or rejection an amendment to Article I, Section 1 of the Charter of the City of Austin; and WHEREAS, the law provides that before holding said election, the governing body of said City shall cause the City Clerk to mail a copy of the proposed amendment to every qualified voter in said City as appears from the Tax Collector's rolls for the year ending January 31st preceding said election; and WHEREAS, it is contemplated by the City Council to call said election prior to January 31, 1938, and the County Tax Collector's rolls for the year ending January 31, 1937, do not show who are the qualified voters in the aforesaid annexed territory to the City of Austin; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the qualified voters residing within said annexed territory be mailed a copy of the proposed amendment before the aforesaid election is held; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT the City Manager of the City of Austin is authorized and directed to cause a census to be taken showing the names of all the adult persone in each and all of said annexed territories and that a list of said names be furnished the Tax Assessor and Collector in order that he may prepare a supplemental list of the qualified voters in said annexed territories. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT the Tax Collector of Travis County, Texas, be requested to furnish to the City Clerk of the City of Austin at the earliest date practicable a certified list of the citizens in each precinct who reside in the aforesaid annexed territories who have paid their poll tax or received their certificates of exemption, or have reached the age of 21 years since January 31, 1937, the namee being arranged alphabetically, and to each name its appropriate number as shown by the 491 | duplicate retained in his office, with a description of the voters as to their residence, giving the address, length of residence in the voting precinct where they reside and length of residence in the State and County and race and occupation. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, and Mayor Miller, 3; naye, none; Councilmen Bartholomew and Wolf absent, 2. Councilman Alford offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, Texas Public Service Company has presented to the City Council tentative maps or plans showing the proposed construction of its gas mains in the streets in the City of Austin hereafter named, and said maps or plans have been considered by the City Council; therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT Texas Public Service Company be and the same is hereby permitted to lay and construct its gas mains in and upon the following streets: (1) A gas main in GLENVIEW AVENUE northerly 182 feet from a point 364 feet north of the north line of West 30th Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 70 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Glenview Avenue. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 20 feet. (2) A gas main in ELIZABETH STREET westerly 345 feet from a point 36 feet east of the east line of Bouldin Avenue, the centerline of which gas main shall be 13 feet north of and parallel to the south line of said West Elizabeth Street. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 22 feet. (3) A gas main in EAST FIFTY-SECOND STREET from Duval Street to Evans Avenue, the centerline of which gas main shall be 12 feet north of and parallel to the south line of said East 52nd Street. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (4) A gas mrin in EVANS AVENUE from Flakville Road northerly to a point 62 feet north of the north line of East 52nd Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 76 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Evans Avenue. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (5) A gas main in FISKVILLE ROAD from Evane Avenue southwesterly 33 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 7t feet south of and parallel to the north line of said Fiskville Road. Said ras main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (6) A gas main in WEST FORTY-THIRD STREET from Shoalwood Avenue to Sinclair Avenue, the centerline of which gas main shall be 74 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said West 43rd Street. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (7) A gas main in SHOALWOOD AVENUE from West 43rd Street southerly 12 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 74 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Shoalwood Avenue. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (8) A gas main in PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE easterly 207 feet from a point 118 feet east of the east line of Leona Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 18 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said Pennsylvania Avenue. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (9) A gas main in FREDERICKSBURG ROAD from West Mary Street northerly 1400 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 28 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of said Fredericksburg Road. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. 492 (10) A gas main in MOCALLUM DRIVE northerly 197 feet from a point 60 feet south of the south line of Wathen Avenue, the centerline of which gas main shall be 24 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said McCallum Drive. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (11) A gas main in GLENVIEW AVENUE from Mohle Drive north 29 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 7 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Glenview Avenue. Said gaa main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (12) A gas main in MOHLE DRIVE from Glenview Avenue westerly 77 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 74 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said Mohle Drive. Said gas main described above. shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (13) A gas main in GUADALUPE STREET ALLEY northerly 48 feet from a point 208 feet north of the north line of West 30th street, the centerline of which shall be 5 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Guadalupe Street Alley. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 20 feet. The Texas Public Service Company is hereby put upon notice that the City of Austin does not guarantee that the space assigned above is clear from other underground utilities, but is based upon the best records we have at hand, and that the minimum depth stated does not have any reference to the fact that greater depthe may not be required at special points. When the Texas Public Service Company requires definite information upon the ground as to elevations or working points from which to base the location of their assignments, they shall apply to the City Engineering Department not less than three (3) days before such information is required. The Texas Public Service Company is further put upon notice that they will be required to bear the expense of repairs or replacement of any underground utility damaged during the construction of lines named in this resolution. AND THAT whenever pavement is cut in the vicinity of a fire plug, water must be used at intervals during the course of backfilling of the ditches. THAT the work and laying of said gas mains, including the excavation in the streets, and the restoration and maintenance of said streets after said mains have been laid, shall be under the supervision and direction of the City Manager, and under all the pertinent terms and conditions of the certain franchise granted to said Company by the City of Austin. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, and Mayor Miller, 3; naye, none; Councilmen Bartholomew and Wolf abeent, 2. Councilman Gillis offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, Ed Schneider is the Contractor for the construction of a loading platform located at 110-20 East 4th Street and desires a portion of the street and sidewalk space abutting Lot 12, Block 42, of the Original City of Austin during the construction of said loading platform, such space to be used in the work and for the storage of materials therefor; therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: 1. THAT space for the uses hereinabove enumerated be granted to said Ed Schneider, the boundary of which is described as follows: Street and Sidewalk Working Space Beginning at the southwest corner of the above described property; thence in a southerly direction and at right angles to the centerline of East 4th Street for a distance of 18 feet to a point; thence in an easterly direction and parallel with the centerline of East 4th Street for a distance of 160 feet to a point; thence in a northerly direction and at right angles to the centerline of East 4th Street 18 feet north to a point; thence in a westerly direction along the line of Lot 12 to the point of beginning. 2. THAT the above privileges and allotment of space are granted to said Ed Schneider, hereinafter termed "Contractor," upon the following express terms and conditions: (1) That the Contractor shall construct a guard rail within the outer boundary of the above described space, such guard rail to be at least 4 feet high and substantially braced and anchored, and without wood strips or obstructions of any kind along the pavement within the walkway. (2) That the Contractor shall in no way obstruct any fire plugs or other public utilities in the construction of such guard rails. (3) That provision shall be made for the normal flow of all storm waters in the gutter and the Contractor will be responsible for any damage done due to obstruct 1on of any such storm waters. (4) That the Contractor shall place on the outside corners of any walkway, barricades or obstructions, red lights during all periods of darkness. (5) That the Contractor is permitted to construct a temporary work office within such allotted working space provided such work office is not within 25 feet of any corner street intersection. (6) That the Contractor shall remove all fences, barricades, loose materials and other obstructions on the sidewalk and street immediately after the necessity for their existence on said sidewalk or street has ceased, such time to be determined by the City Manager, and in any event all such sidewalk, barricades, materials, equipment and other obstructions shall be removed not later than November 20, 1937. (7) That the Contractor shall restore all public and private property injured during the use of such space to as good condition as the same existed before the use of such space began. (8) That the City reserves the right to revoke at any time any and all the privileges herein granted, or to require the erection or installation of additional barriers or safeguarde if the conditione, demand it. (9) That the Contractor shall furnish the City of Austin a surety bond in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, which shall protect, indemnify and hold harmless the City of Austin from any claime for damages to any person by reason of the exercise of the privileges granted to the Contractor by the City of Austin and shall guarantee the replacement of all sidewalks, pavement and all other publio property and public utilities disturbed or removed during the construction work and shall further guarantee the construction of a walkway and other safeguards during the occupancy of the space. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford Gillis, and Mayor Miller, 3; nays, none; Councilmen Bartholomew and Wolf absent, 2. , Councilman alford offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, Moore Construction Company is the Contractor for the construction of a church building located on the corner of South Congress Avenue and East Monroe Street and desires a portion of the sidewalk space abutting Lots 5 and 6, Block 18 of Swisher Addition to the City of Austin, during the construction of the building, 493 494 such space to be used in the work and for the storage of materials therefore; therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:.. 1. THAT space for the uses hereinabove enumerated be granted to said Moore Construction Company, the boundary of which is described as follows: Sidewalk Working Space Beginning at the northwest corner of the above described property; thence in a westerly direction to a point 3 feet east of the present curb; thence in a southerly direction and parallel to the centerline of South Congress Avenue 98 feet to a point; thence in a westerly direction to the southwest corner of the above described property; thence in a northerly direction 98 feet to the point of beginning. Beginning at the southwest corner of the above described property; thence in a southerly direction to a point 3 feet north of the present ourb; thence in an easterly direction and parallel with the centerline of East Monroe Street 140 feet to a point; thence in a northerly direction to the southeast corner of the above described property; thence in a westerly direction to the point of beginning. 2. THAT the above privileges and allotment of space are granted to said Moore Construction Company, hereinafter termed "Contractor," upon the following express terms and conditions: (1) That the Contractor shall construct a guard rail within the outer boundary line of the above described space, such guard rail to be at least 4 feet high and substantially braced and anchored, and without wood strips or obstructions of any kind along the pavement within the walkway. (2) That the Contractor shall in no way obstruct any fire plugs or other public utilities in the construction of such guard rails. (3) That provision shall be made for the normal flow of all storm waters in the gutter and the Contractor will be responsible for any damage done due to obstructton of any such storm waters. (4) That the Contractor shall place on the outside corners of any walkway, barricades or obstructions, red lights during all periods of darkness. (5) That the Contractor is permitted to construct a temporary work office within such allotted working space provided such work office is not within 25 feet of any corner street intersection. (6) That the Contractor shall remove all fences, barricades, loose materials and other obstructions on the sidewalk and street immediately after the necessity for their existence on said sidewalk or street has censed, such time to be determined by the City Manager, and in any event all such sidewalk, barricades, materiale, equipment, and other obstructions shall be removed not later than March 30, 1938. (7) That the Contractor shall restore all public and private property injured during the use of such space to as good condition as the same existed before the use of such space began. (8) That the City reserves the right to revoke at any time any and all the privilegee herein granted, or to require the erection or installation of additional barriers or safeguards if the conditions demand it. (9) That the Contractor shall furnish the City of Austin a surety bond in the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, which shall protect, indemnify and hold harmless the City of Austin from any claims for damages to any person by reason of the exercise of the privileges granted to the Contractor by the City of Austin, and shall guarantee the replacement of all sidewalks, pavement and all other public property and public utilities disturbed or removed during the construction work and 495 shall further guarantee the construction of a walkway and other safeguards. during the occupancy of the space. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, and Mayor Miller, 3; nays, none; Councilmen Bartholomew and Wolf absent, 2. Councilman Alford offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, the City of Austin has tax title to a number of vacant or unimproved tracts or parcels of land, and the owners' period of redemption has long since expired; and WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable by the City Council of the City of Austin to sell said lands as provided by law at public outery, and upon the written request of the City Council of the City of Austin, it is made. the duty of the Sheriff to sell said lands as under execution, except that such sule must be made between the hours of 2 and 4 P. M., and it is the duty of the Sheriff to reject any and all bids for said land when in his Judgment the amount paid is insufficient or inadequate; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT, the Sheriff of. Travis County is hereby requested to sell at public outery to the highest bidder for cash at the principal entrance of the Court House in Travis County, Texas, after giving notice of sale in the manner now prescribed for sale of real estate under execution, all the right, title and interest which the City of Austin has in and to the list of lands attached hereto and marked "Exhibit A" for identification, said notice to contain a legal description of land to be sold, the date of its purchase by the City, the price for which the land was sold to said City, and that same will be sold at public outery to the highest bidder for cash on the 7th day of December, 1937, same being the first Tuesday in said month, between the hours of 2 P. M. and 4 P. M., and the Sheriff is hereby authorized and it la hereby made his duty to reject any and all bids for said lands, or any part thereof, when in his judgment the amount bid is insufficient or inadequate, and in the event any insufficient or inadequate bids are received, the Sheriff is hereby authorized. and directed to readvertise and offer for sale said lands as under execution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT the Sheriff of Travis County is authorized and directed to execute a deed in the name of and on behalf of the City to the purchaser of each and every tract of land sold by him, the Sheriff, in accordance with the terms of this resolution, giving to said purchaser all the right, title and interest of the City of Austin in and to such tract or parcel of land, but in no event is the Sheriff authorized to warrant the title thereto. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT a certified copy of this resolution, together with a list of the land authorized to be sold be furnished the Sheriff of Travis County as evidence of his authority to make such sale. "EXHIBIT A" attached: In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 13, Block N, J. E. Bouldin Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 45783, City of Austin vs. G. C. Boatman et al., on October 7, 1930, for the 11 496 sum of $59.34; deed recorded in Volume 459 pages 340-341 of the Deed Records of Travis County. Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 9, Block 8, Outlot 3, Division "0"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 24186, 0ity of Austin vs. Gordon and shed Collins, on April 6, 1909, for the sum of $31.73; deed recorded in Volume 563, радев 369-370 of the Deed Records of Travie County, Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travie County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 4, Block B, J. E. Bouldin's Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 16215, City of Austin va. N. A. Dawson, on August 4, 1903, for the sum of $29.90; deed recorded in Volume 563 pages 375-376 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly describi ed as follows: Lots 1 and 2, Block 10, South Heights, and Lote 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, . Block "A", J. E. Bouldin Addition, and Lot 13, Block S, J. E. Bouldin Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41445, City of Austin vs. N. A. Dawson, et al., on the day of November, 1926, for the sum of $301.84; deed recorded in Book 404, раgев 123-124 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lote 4 and 5, Block 3, Outlot 34, Division "B"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Teохав, in No. 47359, City of Austin vs. Wm. Elliot, on the 7th day of October, 1930, for the sum of $375.86; deed recorded in Book 459, pages 334-335 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 1, Block 14, Outlot 58, Division "B"; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 43328, 0ity of Austin vs. Mrs. Estella H. Ferguson, on the 4th day of September, 1928, for the sum of $22.25; deed recorded in Book No. 429, pages 621-622 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travie County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lote Nos. 8, 9 and 10, in Block 1, Barton Springs Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travie County, Texus, in No. 41641, City of Austin vs. Bettie Fields, on the 5th day of October, 1926, for the sum of #123.81; deed recorded in Book No. 404, pages 131-133 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lots 11 and 12, Block 5, Outlot 32/33, Division "B", Glenwood Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 44606, City of Austin vs. Adolph Haffelder, on the 4th day of September, 1928, for the sum of $56.82; deed recorded in Book 429, pages 630-631, of the Deed Records of Travis County, Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: 100 x 131 feet("U"), Block I-C, being part of tract of 3-3/7 acres of subdivision of Bouldin Estate, out of Abstract 8, Survey 20, Isaac Decker League; said 497 land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20244, City of Austin vs. S. B. Hill, Executor, on the 4th day of August, 1903, for the sum of $43.13; deed recorded in Book No. 564, pages 303-304 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Техав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly describ ed as follows: Lot 5, in Block 7, Outlot 58, Division "B"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41460, City of Austin ve. Allen Hodge, on the 2nd day of November, 1926, for the sum of $126.56; deed recorded in Book No. 400, Rages 458-459 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, Outlot 58, Division "B"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Техав, in No. 20248, City of Austin vs. Archie Holman, on the 4th day of August, 1903, for the sum of $33.65; deed recorded in Volume 564, pages 301-302 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 7, Block B, in South Heights Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax 1lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 16200, City of Austin va. Home Builders Association, on the 4th day of August, 1903, for the sum of $27.73; deed recorded in Book No. 564, pages 308-309 of the Deed Records of Travia County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 4, Block 2, Outlot 58, Division "B"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 35070, City of Austin vs. J. S. Jones et al., on the 2nd day of July, 1918, for the sum of $41.81; deed recorded in Book No. 304, pages 621-622 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lote 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, Block 7, Glenridge; East part of Lots 18, 19, 20 and 21, Block 10, Glenridge; Lote 16, 17, 18 and 19, Block 3, Glenridge; Lots 17 and 18, Block 6, Glenridge; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tex lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 40232, City of Austin ve. Joe C. Kerby Estate, on the 5th day of October, 1926, for #257.42; deed recorded in Book 404, pages 137-138 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Техав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: West 2/3 of Lot 2, Block 143, Original City; ssid land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tex lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 42033, City of Austin ve. Mary Baldwin et al. (Kinney heirs) on November 5, 1926, for $964.91 (including other property); deed recorded in Volume 404, pages 141-143 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 9, in Block 3, Outlot 32-33, Division "B", Glenwood; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41429, City of Austin ve. Ollie L. Love, on the 2nd day of November, 1926, for the sum of $65.83; deed recorded in Book No. 404, pages 119-120 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. 498 ! In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Southeast 1/4 of Lot 12, Outlot 1, Division "B", Carelton Subdivision; seid land sold to City of Austin' under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41436, City of Austin vs. Martha Mason et al, on the 2nd day of November, 1926, for the sum of $100.78; deed recorded in Book No. 404, раgев 133-134 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 7, Block 10, Outlot 32/33, Division B, Glenwood Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 46092, City of Austin vs. S. 4. Sellstrom et al. on the 1st day of October, 1929, for the sum of $48.32; deed recorded in Book No. 445, pages 148-150 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: West 1/3 of North 1/2 of Block 3, Outlot 6, Division "0"; said land Bold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41596, City of Austin ve. Washington Sessions, on November 2, 1926, for the sum of $92.91; deed recorded in Volume 404, pages 134-135 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lots Noe. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block "E", J. E. Bouldin Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 41657, City of Austin vs. R. T. Stewart et al., on November 2, 1926, for the sum of $327.99; deed recorded in Volume 404, радев 135-137 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 25, Deats Subdivision of West End Heights; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 46093, City of Austin ve. Alex Tisch, on October 1, 1929, for the sum of $10.06; deed recorded in Volume 443, pages 301-302 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Teхав. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lote Nos. 13 and 14, Block 5, Glen Ridge Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20933, Oity of Austin vs. Unknown Owner, on February 7, 1905, for the suin of $11.474; deed recorded in Volume 559, pages 496-497 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 5, Block 3, Davis and Dawson Subdivision of South Extension of Bouldin's Addition, in the City of Austin; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20933, City of Austin vs. Unknown Owner, on February 7, 1905, for the sum of $16.10%; deed recorded in Book 563, радев 374-375 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 7, Block 143, Original City; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Trevis County, Texas, in No. 20933, City of Austin ve. Unknown Owner, on February 7, 1905, for the sum of $48.174; deed recorded in Book 559, pages 495-496 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Tехав. 409 ! In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 20, Block "B"-5, Sweetinan's Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20933, City of Austin vs. Unknown Owner, on February 7, 1905, for the sum of $12.59; deed recorded in Book 563, pages 370-371 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lote Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block "O", J. E. Bouldin's Subdivision; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20933, City of Austin vs. Unknown Owner, on February 7, 1905, for the sum of $43.742; deed recorded in Book No. 563, pages 376-377 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 1, Block No. 3, Outlot No. 4, in Division "0"; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 12686, City of Austin vs. Miles Jackson, on February 1, 1898, for the sum of $22.45; deed recorded in Volume 564, pages 311 to 312 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. In the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. 5, Block D, J. E. Bouldin's Addition; said land sold to City of Austin under Judgment foreclosing tax lien in District Court Travis County, Texas, in No. 20395, City of Austin vs. James C. Williams, on August 4, 1903, for the sum of $19.97; deed recorded in Volume 563, pages 368-369 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, G1111s, and Mayor Miller, 3; nays, none; Councilmen Bartholomew and Wolf absent, 2. The written recommendation of the City Manager for the housing of the various city departments during the reconstruction of the City Hall was received and approved. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 11:40 A. M., subject to call of the Mayor. |-- Attest: Halli City Clerk Approved: Jow milles. Mayor