permit, especially the houses that are being built adjacent to Rosewood Park; and to file suit on such violations, if doomed necessary. The City Attorney was further instructed to consider the matter of regulating the granting of building permits where buildings are to be orected in, or adjacent to, a sluice, by requiring that the property owner first take care of the drainage before a building permit is issued to him. Upon motion of Mayor Miller, the request of certain citizens for a traffic light at the intersection of 23rd Street and San Jacinto Boulevard was referred to the Traffic Division for recommon- dation. The written request of Swann-Schulle Furniture Company that a two-hour parking limit be established on the north side of East Fourth Street from Congress Avenue to Brazos Street, was received. In this connection, the written recommendations of the Police Department were also submitted. The matter was referred to the City Attorney to have the necessary ordinance drawn granting the request. The Mayor announced that there would be a meeting of the City Council with the Livestock Committee heretofore appointed, and all interested citizens at 3:00 P. M., Friday, January 17th, for the purpose of discussing proposed improvements for the stockyards at the Abattoir as a means of promoting a better livestock market for the City of Austin. Upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 11:45 A. M., subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: Mallia Millar City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Approved, Jom Miller Mayor Austin, Texas, January 17, 1941. The City Council met in special session Friday, January 17, 1941, at 3:00 P. M., in the Council Room at the Municipal Building, with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilman Gillis and Mayor Miller; absent, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, and Wolf. There wore present, also, T. il. Davis, Walter Bremond, and E. R. L. Wroo of the Livestock Committee heretofore appointed; and, several members of the Chamber of Commerce Livestock Committee. The Mayor stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the proposed improvements for the stockyards at the Abattoir as a means of promoting a better livestock market for the City of Austin; and whether the City should erect the improvements and operate the stockyards, or lease same to private capital. T. H. Davis reported that, at a recent meeting of his committee with Acting City Manager Garrison and City Attorney O'Quinn, it was decided to recommend to the City Council that the City terminate the present lease with W. F. Gunn upon its expiration February 20, 1941, and either buy lessee's improvements or have him move them off; and that the City then construct new improvements and advertise for bids to be operated on a yard basis, or hire a superintendent to run the yards. 1.9 20 G. S. Moore, Structural Engineor, submitted an estimate in the amount of $37,280 an the cost of the proposed improvements if made by the City, and the replacement value of the present improvements as $8000, with a salvage value of $3000. A sketch of the proposed plans for the stockyards was also submitted by the said G. S. Moore, Structural Engineer. A tentative draft of the proposed Stockyards Ordinance was read to the meeting. After considerable discussion, it was the consensus of opinion that the City advertise for bids on the proposed improvements under two proposals, to be received February 10th: (1) that the bidder erect the improvements; and (2) that the City erect the improvements and the bidder name the price that he would operate on, whether schedule, commission, or lump sum. The City Attorney was instructed to notify W. F. Gunn that his lease would be terminated February 20th next, but that he would be given an opportunity to bid on the proposals. The Acting City Manager was instructed to secure a price on the purchase of the property owned by Marian Buckhannon adjacent to the Abattoir. The meeting was then recessed. Attgats Hallic M Hella City Clerk Arture: Jom Miller Mayor