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Min 07/12/1917 Page 212. Wichita Falls, Texas, July 12th 1917. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in regular session on above date for the transaction of the business of the City with Mayor A H Britain presiding and with the following Aldermen present, to-wit; • Marvin Smith, J A Richolt and M J Gardner. J L Lea, Jr and E G Hill being absent. City Engineer Hinkley, City Clerk Skeen, City Marshal Humphris and City Atty Nutt, in attendance. -00o- Minutes oflast regular meeting were read and approved. -000- Judge J H Barwise came before the Board of Aldermen with request that he be allowed to pay half the charges for sewer rent against hiatproperty on Humphret St, on account of vacancies, whereupon M J Gardner moved that Sudge Barwise be credited with vacancies to amount of $2.00 and the Tax Collector be authorized to aoopat 44,00 in full payment of serer charges aft to Jany 1st 19134 against dewer_`aonnections at 205 & 207 Humphrey St, which motion was seconded by Marvin Smith and carried. -o0o- Mr J L Mears made application for permission to replace Gasoline Filling Station at 911 Scott and 620 Ohio and to install a new 1 Filling Station at 50$ Ohio, whereupon M J Gardner moved that J L Mears be granted permission to replace new for old Gasoline Filling Station at 911 Scott Ave and at 620 Ohio Ave, and to install a new Gasoline Filling Station at 50$ Ohio Ave, under the usual provisions, that he is to save the City harmless from any damages which may be caused by said changes and installation, and that he and his assigns agree to remove said Filling Stations upon demand and at the request of the Board of Aldermen, whiwh motion was seconded byy Marvin Smith and parried. -o0o- Mr Gradner made application for a leave of absence from the City from July 17th to Sept lst, whereupon J A Richolt moved that the request of Mr Gardner be granted, which motion was seconded by Marvin Smith and carried. -o0o- Mr Richolt made application for leave of absence from the City at next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, whereupon Mavin Smith moved that J A Rioholt be granted leave of absence for Board meeting July 19th, which motion was seconded by M J Gardner and carried. -o0o- The following report of the Committee appointed to investigate and report on the conditon of the R O'C Lynch warehouse, was read anda‘mdtinnwas: made by J A Richolt that same be received and spread upon the minutes which motion was seconded by M J Gardner and oarried. REPORT. Tha'State of Texas) County of Wichita ) Comes now C C Willard, J H Taylor and H J Naylor, appointed heretofore by the Board of Aldermen of the City of,Wichita Falls, Texas, at a regular session thereof to inspect the building owned by R 0'0 Lynch and situated on the rear of Lot No 14 Block No 138 of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and hereby filed with the Honorable A H Briatin, Mayor of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, this our report of the condition of this building as required and directed under the provisions of Ordinance No 242 of the Ordinan- ces of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas First. On this 28th day of Jund, 1917, we, your said dnspeetors, went upon said premises in company with S D Lynch, Agent for R O'C Lynch, and inspected said building, and•we find that said building is in an unsafe and delapidated condition and that there is stored in said buildinga great quantity of refuse and rubbish which is in..itd-elf unsafe and dangerous, and that both said building and said rubbish is a public nuisance and should be removed, that said building and said material stored therein have only a nominal value and that said building oannot be repaired without building practically a new building. Witness our hands at Wichita Falls, Texas, this 28th day of June 1817. Signed, C C Willard, J H Taylor, H J Naylor. Page 213 Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Publio in and for Wichita County, Texas, on this the 28th day of June 1917, by C C Willard, J H Taylr and H J Naylor. K Raney, Notary Public in and for (SEAL) Wichita County. • -o0o- There being no further business the Board of Aldermen adjourned. _pQo_ Read and approved this the /9--day of July 1917. Attest, 6, "a. y erk. i7 yor.