217 217 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Meeting March 26,1948 5:00 Ρ.Μ. Council Chamber, City Hall In pursuance of call by the Mayor, the City Council convened in special session at the regular meeting place in the Council Chamber in the Municipal Building on Friday, Mary 26, 1948, at five o'clock P. M., with Mayor Miller presiding. Roll call Present: Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, Councilman Thornberry Absent : Councilman Bartholomew Present also: Guiton Morgan, City Manager; and Trueman E. O'Quinn, City Attorney. The following NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING and CONSENT TO MEETING were ordered spread on the Minutes: "NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 26th day of March, 1948, at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado Streets, in Austin, Texas, at 5:00 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of passing ordinances establishing ward boundaries for voting purposes and naming voting places in the City of Austin. Dated this 25th day of March, 1948. (Sgd) (Sgd) TOM MILLER MAYOR City of Austin, Texas Hallie McKellar City Clerk City of Austin, Texas." 218 218 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and place therein named, and for the purposes therein stated. (Sgd) Will T. Johnson Homer Thornberry $$ Taylor Glass 11 Councilman Thornberry introduced the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND ESTABLISHING THE WARD BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR VOTING PURPOSES ONLY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The ordinance was read the first time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the rule be suspended and the ordinance be passed to its second reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, Councilman Thornberry; Noes : None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew The ordinance was read the second time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the rule be further suspended and the ordinance be passed to its third reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, Councilman Thornberry Ayes : Noes : None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew The ordinance was read the third time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the ordinance be finally passed. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, Councilman Thornberry; Noes: None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew passed. Thereupon Mayor Miller announced that the ordinance had been finally Councilman Thornberry introduced the following ordinance: CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 219 , AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A CERTAIN ORDINANCE ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1948, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHETHER HOUSE BILL 34, PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE 50TH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ALSO KNOWN AS ARTICLE 1269m OF VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES SHALL BE ADOPTED OR REJECTED; PROVIDING A PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY', PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 4, 1947, AND RECORDED IN BOOK "M", PAGES 703-707, INCLUSIVE, OF THE ORDI- NANCE RECORDS, BY RE-ENACTING SAID ORDINANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND CHANGING THE DATE ON WHICH THE ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AS ORDERED BY SAID ORDINANCE; AND SUSPENDING THE RULE REQUIRING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY", WHICH ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 11, 1947, AND IS RECORDED IN BOOK "M", PAGES 723-728, INCLUSIVE, OF THE ORDINANCE RECORDS, BY PROVIDING VOTING PLACES FOR EACH OF THE VOTING WARDS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The ordinance was read the first time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the rule be suspended and the ordinance be passed to its second reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Thornberry Noes : None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew The ordinance was read the second time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the rule be further suspended and the ordinance be passed to its third reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Thornberry Noes: None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew The ordinance was read the third time and Councilman Thornberry moved that the ordinance be finally passed. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Glass, Johnson, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Thornberry Noes: None Absent: Councilman Bartholomew Thereupon Mayor Miller announced that the ordinance had been finally passed. Upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was then recessed, subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: Hallia Mi Fella City Clerk Approved: Milla MAYOR