613 1 Baid amount, the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to said D. P. Elam releasing all the right, title, claims and interest which the City of Austin has on the aforesaid land by reason of the aforesaid judgment and Sheriff's deed. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillie, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. Upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 11:45 A. M., subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: Wallic Meccar City Clerk Approved: Jommilla Mely or SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 3, 1938. The City Council met in special session in the Council Chamber at the City Hall, in Austin, Texas, at 2:30 P. M., March 3, 1938, with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillie, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 5; absent, none. The meeting was called at the request of the Board of Trustees of the Austin Public Schools for the purpose of discussing with them the advisability of submitting a special election for the issuance of school bonds. All members of the School Board and Supt. A. N. McCallum were present. A discussion of the need for a large building program for the city schools to keep pace with the rapid growth of the City was then entered into by those present, Mr. Louis Blendermann, Chairman of the Building Committee, submitting an itemized estimate of said proposed building program, totalling approximately $750,000. The legal opinion of Judge A. L. Love, City Attorney, relative to the proposed bond election was read. Following the discussion, Mayor Miller moved that it was the sense of the meeting that action on the matter be deferred until the next regular meeting of the City Council, at which time an opportunity would be given all citizens to appear and be heard for or against the matter, and that in the meantime the Attorneys for the City and the School Board prepare the proper ordinance calling the election for presentation at said meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 5; naye, none. Upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed, subject to call of the Mayor, Attest: Halli City Clerk. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Approved: Tom milla Mayor Austin, Texas, March 10, 1938. The City Council met in regular session at the regular meeting place in Austin, Texas, at 10:30 A. M., with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Owing to the large number of visitors present, the meeting was held in the Auditorium. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen C. F. Alford, C. M. Bartholomew, Simon Gillis, Mayor Tom Miller, and Councilman Oswald G. Wolf, 5; absent, none. The reading of the Minutes was dispensed with. Mayor Miller called up for discussion the matter of a special election for ratification by the taxpayers of a $750,000 School Bond Issue, previously requested by the School Board, and declared the discussion open to all interested citizens. Members of the School Board and Supt. A. N. McCallum were present, as were also several citizens, of whom the following expressed themselves as favorable to the proposition and tendered their support in the matter: Messrs. A. T. Knies, President of the Chamber of Commerce, B. J. Rupert, representing the South Austin Civic Club, and John D. Cofer. No protests against the proposition were submitted, except a petition from the colored ministers of the City, presented by Dr. E. H. Givens, who, following the discussion, asked that said protest be withdrawn. Councilman Bartholomew went on record as favoring the bond issue substantially as follows: "I feel that it is the duty of the City Council, though I am only speaking for myself, to put ourselves on record at a time like this because I feel that the people who have elected us to this position are expecting that we define our attitude. "Ordinarily, I am strong against the issuance of bond obligations that posterity has to pay off, but I hope that I never live to see the day that I would take any stand against providing every facility for the youth of today to make himself a better man of tomorrow. For myself, I am through with education because my children are all grown, but I have grandchildren coming on, and I feel that I would be derelict in duty not to say to those present that, while I am a pretty good-sized taxpayer in Austin, I welcome the