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Min 02/14/1921 C Morgan Bldg., Wichita FallS, Texas. February 14th, 1921. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in regular session on the above date to transact the business of tla City th the following present: W.S. Curlee Mayor Pro-tem W.N. Bonner ) W.G. Bralley ) R.E. Shepherd ) aldermen M.O. McDowell ) Geo. W. Thorburn City Clerk Moved by Aldermen Bonner that J.M. Burrows be permitted to operate..a Grocery Store at 1907 Sixth Street, he having secured the necessary number of signatures as provided by ordinance, which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried. Moved by Alderman Bonner that O.H. Johnson be permitted to operate a Grocery Stare at 310 Travis Street, he having secured the necessary number of signatures as provided by ordinance, which motion was seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried. Mr. Bialkowski then appeared before the Board, asking that the Board take some action to compel the Wichita Falls Eleatrio Company to furnish light service to his property. Aetton on the matter was deferred uhtil the next meeting and the City Clerk was instructed to notify the said Light Co. to have a representative at sai3d meeting on February 21st to show cause why light sHrvice 'should not be given Mr. Bialkowaki. Moved by Alderman Bonner that the Mayor issue a proclamation declaring February 22nd a holiday, and requesting all merchants to elate for half a day, and assist in the "rat extermination campaign", which motion was seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried. Dr. J.F. Reed then came before the Council with a request that sidewalks and crossi1gs be installed from the Gates Of the Cemetery to corniest with proposed sidewalks to bb installed on Denver Street by property holders, This matter was referred to City Engineer and he was instructed to make report on same at next meeting. Dr. Reed also requested that came action be taken to build a Bath House at the Swimming Pool in McGregor Park and Alderman Bonner moved that the City Engineer ask for bids on Bath House as proposed, which motion was seconded by alderman Bralley and carried. �7 Moved by %1derman Shepherd that a warrant be issued for w / 4,`0 as the City+s part of County Taxes due on waterworks property f o2c1, A d that the City Clerk and City At orney be instructed to see the commissioners and ask for refund of same, which motion was seconded by Alderman Bonner and carried. Moved by Alderman McDowell that the Street Commissioner be authorized to install a Gasoline Filling Station at the City Barns, which motion was seconded by Alderman Shepherd and c arried. Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the report of the Library Board shaming disbursements for Hanuery be accepted and approved, which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley and Carrie . Moved by Alderman Bonner that a certain Dodge automobile, which was found by the Pollee Department and the ownership of which: is unknown, be ap- praised by this Board ofAldelmen it one hundred dollars and that the City prodeed to use same, which motion was secehded by Alderman Bralley and carried. I 4 155 • • Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the Late r Department buy a ditohi.ng. po machine as per plans shown to the Board of Alderman by W.N. Lawton, Mgr.,22ce.c./ 0`" which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley and carried. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Lamar Street Garage made application to install a Gasoline Filling Station at 1006 Lamar Street, and the City Engineer Vas instructed to report on this location at next meeting. Moved by Alderman Bonner that the following resolution:be adopted, which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried by the fol- lowing vote: Yeas, Aldermen Bonner, Bralley Shepherd, and McDowell. Naves, None. RESOLUTION OHIO STREET 0 RESOLUTION APPROVING THEREPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROV7TENT OF OHIO AVENUE FROM ELEVENTH STREET TO WICHITA VALLEY R. R. CO TRACK,FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A BEARING TO PROPERTY OWNLE S AND OTHERS INTERESTED,AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE TH EIROF, AND PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERAT NN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has here- tofore ordered the improvement of Ohio Avenue from Eleventh Street to Wichita Valley R. R. Co Track and has received estimates plans and speoificsations from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and three- fourths of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof and the City Engineer has made and filed With the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and esti- ma.te of the cost of such improvement and the estimated amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by the law and the City Charter and the pro- ceedings of this Board for such reports and same has been examined and corr- ected: I. That said report of the City Engineerfiled on the 7th day of Feby. 1921, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a heating shall be given to the owners of property abutting on said portion of said street and to all others interested and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock p. M. on the/nth day of March, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of said nronerty or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvement or in the manner or method of making and constructing same or in the contract therefor or the proceed- ings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages to said property,shall be fully and faitly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts, to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to said property in enhanced value by means of said improve- ment, and as to damages to said property or the wwners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any Other matter or thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessments therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. III, That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set ro'thJths:m$tters and things in the manner and form provided and required 40 15F by the provisions of the City Charter and other claims or matters may be presee nted either orally or in writing, and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the evidence before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting property and against the owners thereof and will determine the amount of damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners there of the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property, b y means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes or invalidi- ties in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the making or constructing of said improvement or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and levy assessments against each piece or parcel of abutting uroperty and against the owners thereof in the pror,ortion provided and in the imanner and form and in accordance With the terms required and provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by law and the City Charter and the ord- inances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. sifter suoh hearing is closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Comet having jurisdicti on within twenty drys from the date suoh hear- ing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of each assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner attacking or resisting same or asserting any error irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Seoretary is hereby directed to rive notice of the time and plane of said hearing to the owners of said property an to 11 others interested by causing such notice to be published in the ie i eZde26of the City which said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit: "To the owners of property abutting on Ohio Avenue between Eleventh Street and the Wichita Valley R. R. Co. Track, and to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Ohio Avenue from Eleventh Street to Wichita Valley R. B. Co track by raising, grading and filling; same, installing concrete curbs, and gutters and paved with Concrete, and All lots and lands abutting on said portion of Ohio Avenue will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improvements, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upan the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owner thereof; On the 14th day of March 1921, in the COUPNCIL CFLUD R in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. M all such wwners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring to be heard will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, objections or claims will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land Bud the owner there- of will be determined, and assessments therefor will be levied. Plans and specifications for said improvements and form of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of land the owner thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary and open to inspection, The estimated cost of said improvement is Sixteen thousand six hundred and one and 17/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be assessed against prorert owners, is Twelve Thousand Six Hundred and thirty three dollars and 53/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be assessed against abutting property for curb is One and 072/1000Dollars per lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assessments against abutting -property and the owners therefor for navement and excavation for pavement is Twenty one & 3505/1Q000 Dollars per front foot All persons, firms, corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys des- iring to be heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceed- ings connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board at said tine and place. Done in accordance with eesolution of Board of aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls. Passed on the 14th dal of February, 1921. Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk. And said notice shall be published in said raper not less than four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than 14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said day of hearing and the City Secretary shall cause to pe mailed to each owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a registered letter contain- ing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the. Post Office e 157 at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be reoeived or sent. Read and approved this 14th day of February, 1921. Attest Geo. W. Thorburn, W. S. Curlee, Mayor Por-tem. City Clerk Moved by Alderman Bonner that the following resolution be adopted. which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried by the following vote. Yeas: Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Reyes:- None. RESOLUTION, BROOK STREET. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 3EB0RT AND ESTIMATE OF TIE CITY ENGINRF,R. AS TO COST AND ASSESSLMHTS FOR THE II,W'ROVEMENT BROOK STREET FROM SOUTH PROP- ERTY LINE OF EIGHTH STREET TO NORTH PROPERTY LINE TENTH STREET FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTEsESTED, AND DIRECT- ING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE HEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA PAL]H TEXAS, THAT: WHEREAS , the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Brook Street from South roperty line of Eighth Street to North property line of Tenth Street and has received estthmates plans and specifications from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were rec- eived, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and three fourhs of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and the City Engineer has made and filed with. the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost at such improvement and the estimated amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other natters and things required by the law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such resorts and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 14th day of Feby 1921, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing ball be given to the ovaners of property abutting on said portion of said street and to all others interested and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 14th day of March, 1921, an at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of maid property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any manner inter- ested either in said property or in said improvement or .n the manner or method of makAng and constructing same or in the contract therefor or the. proceedings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages of said prope4 rty, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said mat',,ers and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners there- of resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, ,proceedings or assessments therefor or the method or manner of paving for same. 158 • III. That aay claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by the provisions of the City Charter any other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all olaims,pro- tests and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board and said hear- ing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been filly and fairly heard said hear- ing will be closed and at said hearing and from the evidence before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting property and against the owners thereof and will determine the amount of damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property, by means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mis- takes or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the making or constructing of said improvement or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and levy ass- essments against each piece or eareel of abutting pro%erty and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. after such hearing is closed any one desiring to a peal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment be forever barred and estoppel from in any manner at asking or resisting same r asserting any error irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said proper- ty and to 1 others interested by causing such notice :o be published in the AgetaSof the City which said notice shall be in substan- tially the following form, to-wit: "No the owners of property abutting on Brook Street from South property line of Eighth Street to North property line of Tenth Street ate to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Brook Street from South property line of Eighth Street to the North property line of Tenth Street, by rais- ing, grading and filling same, installing concrete curbs and gutters arni paved with Concrete and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of Brook Street, will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improve- ments, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owner thereof; On the 14th day of March 1921, in the Council Chamber in tie Morgan Building in the City of fiehita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., all such owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring to be heard will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, object- ions or claims will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, a objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof will be determined, and assessments therefor vet ll be levied. Plans and specifications for said improvements and form of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of land the owner thereof are on file in the office Of the City Secretary and open to inspection, The estimated cost of said improvement is Twelve Thousand eight hundred and fourteen & 70/100 Dollars, the estimated amount, to be assessed against property owners is Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Twelve & 63/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be ass- essed against abutting property for curb in One & 122/1000 Dollars per lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assessments against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement and excavation for pavement is Eleven and 9625/10000 Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms corpo- rations or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings m nneeted therewith shall be and appear before saidBoard at said time and place. Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls. Passed on the 14th day of February, 1921.. Geo. V7. Thorburn, City Clerk. 159 • And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than 14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said day of hearing and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name app- ears on the said report of the City Engineer a registered letter oontainIng a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. Read and approved this 14th day of Feb. 1921. Attest':- W. S. Curlee Geo. W. Thorburn, Mayor, Pro-tem City Clerk. Moved by Alderman Bonner that the following resolution be adopted which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried by the. Following vote. Yeas:- Benner, eralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Bayes:- None. **************************** RESOLUTION, LUCILE STREET. Cif) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE II2R3V MERT OF LUCILE STREET FROM EAST PROPERTY LINE DUVAL STREET TO 192 FEET FROM WEST PROPERTY LINE'DUVAL STREET FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTER- ESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRES- CRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIR'N OF THE CITY OF YICffiTA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City Df Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Lucile Street from East property line Duval Street to 192 feet from West property line Duval Street and has received estimates plans and specifications from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constru- cting curbs, along said portion of said street and three-fourths of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement and the estimated amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other matters and thin a required by the law and the City Charter and the proceed- ings of this Board for such reports and same has been examined and corrected. I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 14th day of Feb. 1921, be and it is hereby adapted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the owners of property abutting on said portion of said street and to all others interested and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 14th day of March, 1%1. and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any manner interested either in said ,property of in said improvement or in the manner or method of making and constructing sum or in the contract therefor or the proceedings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to said nronerty in enhanced ttalue by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said nroeerty or the orra rs thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement o: as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessments therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. u 160 III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writi ne and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form arovided and required by the provisions of the City Charter any other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hearing all claims, pro- tests andobjections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board and Bait hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard lave been fully heard, and after all have bean fully and fairly heard said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the evidence before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting property and again::t the owners thereof and will determine the amount of damages if any to each lot or parcel of property end the owners thereof the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property, by means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mis- takes or invalidities in any proposed assessment and jrn any proceedings with reference to the making or constructing of said improvement or the levy- ing of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and levy assessments against each piece or parcel of abutting property end against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board After such hearing is closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner attacking or resisting acme or asserting any error irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Secretary is hereby directed to gte notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property d to a 1 of ers interested by causing such notice to be published in the of the City which said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit: "To the owners of nroeerty abutting on Lucile Street from East property line Duval Street to 192 feet from West property line Duval Street and to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Lucile Street from East property line Duval Street to 192 feet from West pro-arty line Duval Street,by rais- ing, grading and filiinr same, installing concrete curbs, and gutters and paved with tta and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of -Lucile Street will Tie assessed for a portion of the cost of such improvements, and such assess- ments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against tin owner thereof; On the 14th day of March 1921, in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30, o'clock?. Li., all such owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring to be heard will be fully heard by the Board of Ali ermen and any protest objections or claims wi 11 be fully heard by the Board of Alterman and any protest, objections or claims will be fully and f x fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined a.ad the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel ,of land and the owner thereof will be determined, and assess- ments therefor will be levied. Plans and speeifications for said improvements and form of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of land the owner thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary aad open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is Fifty Two Hundred and Sixteen a 17/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is Thirty Five hundred a fifty six and 16/100 Dollars the estimated amount to be assessed against abutting property for curb is 0.872 Dollars per lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the ass- • essments against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement and excavation for pavement is 6.8886 Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with aid improvements, the assessments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings connected there- with shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aliermen of the City of Wichita Falls. Passed on the 14th day of February, 1921 Geo. W. Thorburn, City Olerk 161 r And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than 14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said day of hearing, and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a registered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. Read and approved this 14th day of February, 1921. Attest:- W. S. Curlee Geo. W. Thorburn, Mayor- Pro-tem. City Clerk. Moved by Alderman Bonner that the following resolution be adopted which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried by the following vote:- Yeas:- Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Hayes:- None. • ******************** RESOLUTION, MONROE STREET RESOLUTION APTROVIEG :HE aliLo 1 AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROTeeeANT MONROE STREET IN FRONTS OF L LOTS 5 AND 6 BLOCK 80, FLORAL HEIGHTS ADDITION FIXING A TIIG AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE TH:HEOF, AND PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. • BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDFRIOIN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; • WHEREAS, the Board of Allermen of the City of Wichita Falls hes heretofore ordered the improvement of Monroeq Street in front of Lots 5, and 6 Block 80 Floral Heights Addition and has received estimates plans and specifications from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said por- tion of said street and three-fourths of the remaining cost of such imp- rovement shall be assessed against the pro erty abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improve- ment and the estimated amount to. be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things requ:red by the law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Bca..rd for such reports and same has been examined and oorreoted: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 14th day of Feby 1921, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the owners of property abutting on said portion of said street and to all others interested and same shall be given and held in the Council Cea.mber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on thel4th day of March, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any manner inter- ested either in said property or in said improvement or in the manner or method of making and constructing same or in the contract therefor or the pro- ceedings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners the e- of and as to the benefits to said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resolting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any other matter or thing In any wise incident to or con acted with the said imp- rovement, contract, proceedings or assessments therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. 1.6? III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by the provisions of the City Charter any other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hearing all claims, protests and ovjectione whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the evidence before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine tie amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting pronarty and against the owners thereof and will det- ermine the amount of damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and to the owna rs thereof the benefits in enhanced Value of to each lot or parcel of property, by means of said improvement and will correct any errors, mis- takes or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the making or constructing of said improvement or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and levy assessments against each piece or parcel of abutting property and against the owners thereof in the pr oportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and Provided by law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall pro-eoute and appeal to any Court having jurtediotion within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner attacking or resisting same or asserting any error irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein, The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said prop- erty t99,, a�ll1�o era interested by causing suoh notice to be published in the ��[lf.[9fi�ca� of the City which said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit: "To the owners of property abutting on Monroe Street in fronts of Lots 5 and 6 Block 80 Floral Heights Addition, and to all others interested notice is hereby given to the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Monroe Street in front of Lots 5 and 6 Block 80 Floral Heights Addition , by raising gradingling same, installing concrete cnrbe, and gutters and paved with and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of Monroe Street will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improvements, and sued assess- ments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owns r thereof. On the 14th day of March 1921, in the Council 8hamber in the Morgan- Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., all such owners their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring to be heard will be Hilly heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, objections or claims will be fully heard by'the Board of Aldermen and any protest,objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof will be determined, and assess• ments t erefor will be levied. Plans and specifications for said improve- ments and form of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or par- ce l of land the owner thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary and open to inspection, The estimated cost of said improvement is Nine hundred and Twenty Eight and 36/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be ass- essed against property owners is Seven Hundred and Twenty and 44/100 Dollars the estimated'amount to be assessed against abutting property for curb is 0.972 Dollars per lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assess- ments against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement and ex- cavation for pavement is 6.2315 Dollars per front foot, All persons, firms, corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assess- ments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls. Passed on the 14th day of February, 1921. Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk. 168 ea And said notice shall be published in said caper not less than four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than ]4 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said day of hearing: and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a registered letter contain- ing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the post Office at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. Read and approved this 14th day of February, 1921. Attest: W. S. Curlee, Geo. W. Thorburn, Mayor-Pro-tem. City Clerk Moved by Alderman Bonner that the following resolution be adopted. which motion was seconded by Alderman McDowell and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Nayes: None. ************************ RESOLUTION, NINTH STREET. ti.,:) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IET2OVEf1ENT OF NI_ TH STREET. N. W. INTERSECTION AND 100 FEET WEST OF WEST SIDE BUCHANNAN STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE POE A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTND,AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE TIEREOF ANI2 PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY TIE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALL'S, TEXSS, THAT: WNE'NEAS, the Board of Aldermen of the Ctty of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Ninth Street N. W. Intersection and 100 feet West of West side Buchannan Street, Old has received estimates plans and specifications from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and three-fourths of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owes rs thereof, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement and the estimated amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by the law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 14th day of Feby 1921, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. ri. That a hearing shall be given to the owns rs of property abutting on ' said portion of said, street ant to all others interested and same shall be given and 'held in the Council Chabiber in the Morgan Butlding in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 14th day of March, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property or any of them their agents or at orneys or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvement or in the manner or vethod of making and constructing same or in the contract therefor or the proceed- ings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to said property in enhanced value by means of said impro- vement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any other mat- ter or thing in any at wise or incident to or connected with the said improve- ment, contract, proceedings or assessments therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. 164 • • III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by the provisions of the City Charter any other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hearing all claims, pro- tests and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board and sail' . hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard., and after all have been fully and fairly heard said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the evidence before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting property and against the owre ra thereof and will determine the amount of damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property, by means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any pro- ceedings with reference to the making ar constructing of said improvement or the levying of assessments therefor and will thereafter by ordinance mac and levy assessments against each piece or parcel of abutting property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordanee with the terms required and provided and in the manner and form and in Xiscameseneorssumi accordance with the terms required and provided by law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceed- ings of this Board. After such hearing is closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessments levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after the expir an on of twenty days from the levying of such assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner attacking or resisting same or asserting any error irreg,ilarity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Secretary is hereby directed to giv e notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property an o 11 o hers interested by causing such notice to be published in the siblof the City which said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit: "To the owners of property abutting on Ninth Street N. W. Intersection and 100 feet West of West side Buchannan Street, and to all others interested notice is hereby given to the intention of the City to proceed with the imp- rovement of Ninth Street from N. W. intersection and 100 feet West of Wes , side Buchannan Street, by raising, grading d filling same, installing o ° . Crete curbs and gutters and paved with ((Qp���!!l al ots and lards abutting:IA on said portion of-ninth Street, will be assessed for a portion of the. c 1, , {-) of such improvements, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and lama assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owner thereof: On the 14th day of March 1921, in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 orolodc P. Id., all such owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons des- iring to be heard will be fully heard by the Board. of A]d.ermen and any pro.. test, objections or claims will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermei and any protest, objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owns r there- of will be determined, and assessments therefor will be levied. ?land and. specifications for said improvements and form of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of land the owner thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary and open to ins-cation. The estimated cost of said improvement is Twenty Five kund, ed:&^3Q/100 Dollarthe estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is Sixteen Hundred Fifty Four Dollars & 33/100 Dollars, the estimated amount to be assessed against abutt- ing property for curb is 1.072 Dollars -per lineal foot of curb, and the estt A mated amount of the assessments a ainst abutting property and the owners kindle thereof for pavement an& excavation for pavement is 13.8952 Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls. Passed on the 14th day of February, 1921. ±gem Geo. W. 4horburn City Clerk 165 And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than ]d days prior to the date set for said hearing not countng the said day of hearing and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a registered letter contain- ing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Pa is and suoh notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. Read and approved this 14th day of February, 1921. Attest:- W. S. Curiae, Mayor- Pro-tem Coo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk Alderman Bonner moved that the following resolution be adopted, which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley and carried by the following vote; Yeas: Bralley, Bonner, Shepherd, McDowell, Payee: None. ************* RESOLUTION. Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; That Whereas, the Board of Aldermen of the City of iiiphita algA Texas has heretofore ordered the following sidewalks and driveways l across and upon the following described property to be constructed with concrete in accordance with the plans and specifications of the City Engineer now on file in the City Clerks Office:- Lots 8 to 14 inclusive, Block 147 " 15 to 28 " " 115 " 1tt 7 " 146 ^ 15 to 28 " " 104 " 1,8,9 & 13 " 25 " 1 to 7 " " 140 " 7 and 8 " 177 " 1 " 2 " 127 " 9 t0 14 " 116 " 1 & 14 " 181 " 9 10 " 202 " 15 to 28 " " 128 Whereas by resolution of the Board of Aldermen adopted on the 24th day of January, 1921, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of rroper ty abutting on said lots and all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber in The Morgan Building at 7:30 P. M. on the 14th day of February, 1921 and that notice thereof be given; and Whereas, due notice of the time and place of such hearing was given and such hearing was held, and that no protests were made, Therefore The Board of Aldermen finds that no rronerty will be dama- ged by means of, or as a result of such improvements. The Board further finds from the evidence before it that the proper rule of apportionment of the cost of such improvene nuts is that applied and shown on the estimates reports and statements of the City Engineer filed on the 24th of January A. D. 1921, and examined and approved by the Board of Aldermen, and that such produces and effects substantial equality and justice between the Various lots and parcels of ]and shown and tffeoted there- by and the respective owners thereof and that the Board further finds from theevidence that each parcel or to f d, will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvement 0 er, a oss and upon said property in an amount in excess of the costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates reports and statements of the City Engineer. r • That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of property and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare fxum form of Ordinance levying such assessment in accordance with The Charter and laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances resolutions and other proceedings of the City applicable thereto. That said hearing be and it is hereby closed as to all parties and ds to all said improvements. That this resolution take effect from and after its passage. The Board of Aldermen were then petitioned to order the following Streets paved. Ohio Avenue; From Sixth Street to where Ohio Avenue will intersect with County Road. And Alderman Moved that the following resolutions be adopted which motion was seconded by Alderman 3ralley and carried by the following vote:- Yeas: Bralley, Bonner, Shepherd, McDowell. Mayes; None. The Board of Eldermen were then petitioned to order the following Streets paved. Ohio Avenue: From Sixth Street to where Ohio Avenue will intersect the County Roads,. And Alderm Moved that the following Resolutions be adopted, which motion was seconded by alderman Bralley and carried by the following vote:- Yeas: Bralley, Bonner, Shepherd, McDowell. Nayes: None. RESOLUTION ONE. BE it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that it is hereby declared to be a public necessity to curb, pave, and excavate the following; Ohio Avenue; From sixtj Street where Ohio Avenue will intersect with the County Roads. To build new curb or reset old curb according to the plan and specifications made by the City Engineer of Wichita Falls, Texas, and on file in the office of the City Secretary, 'of Wichita Falls, Texas, To pave said street between said limits and curb lines asscording to the plans and specifications of the City Engineer of the City of ;?iehita Falls, Texas. Be it further resolved that the City Engineer be instructed to speed- ily prepare a prdliminary estimate of the cost of the said improvement and present same to the Board of Aldermen for their approval and that the City Clerk make the proper publication of these resolutions. RESOLUTION TWO. Resolution ordering the improvement of the following ¢treat. On Ohio Avenue:- From Six-it/Street to where Ohio Avenue will intersect with the County Road Be it resolved by the •Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the above described streets shall be improved in the following manner, t o-wit: 1. That the said street shall be graded excavated or filled. 2/ That new curb shall be built or reset old curb and that said streets be paved between said limits and said curb lines, according to the plans and specifications to be furnished therefor by the City Engineer of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. 167 3. That the said roadway shall be paved with one of the following materials, and bids be taken therefor, to-wit: (a) Bids shall be taken for concrete curbs, and said work of improve- ment shall be done with such of said materials and under such methods and plans as may be selected by the Board of Aldermen after the bids are rec- eived. 4. That the cost of said improvements shall be paid as follows: The owners of property abutting on said streets shall pay the whole cost of installing concrete curbs in front of their respective proper- ties, and three-quartets of the cost of the paving in proportion to their frontage and the City of Wichita Falls shall pay one fourth of the total cost of such paving. That the proportion of the costs herein named to be paid by the owners of abutting property shall be paid in three equal installments as follows: One third cash, on the aocpptanee of the improvement by the City of Wichita Falls, one third in oae year from the date of said accept- ance, and one third in two years from said date. That the said sums payable by property owners shall bear interest at eight (8%) per cent per annum from said date of acceptance, provided that said owners of abutting property shall have the privilege of paying the said assessments in whole or in part before maturity, with accrued interest to the date of payment, and default in payment of any installment shall at option of holder and onwer of assessment mature all un-aid in- stallments. That the >ronortion of said costs payable by the owners of said abut- ting property shall be assessed against the said owners and against their said property in accordance with the terms of the General Lass of the State of Texas, and in accordance with what is known as the "front foot ,lan or rule", as the frontage of the property on the said streets named to be paved providing that if the application of this rule, would, in the opinion of the Board of Aldermen to assess and apportion said cost in such proportion as it may deem just and equitable, having in view the special benefits in enhanced value to be received by each owner of said property so as to pro- duce a substantial equality of benefits by, and burdens imposed upon each owner. That no assessments shall be made against any such owner or his property until after notice has been given such owner and a hearing as pro- vided by the General Laws of the State of Texas, and provided that no ass- essment shall be made against any owner or his property in excess to the ben- efits to such property in enhanced value thereof by said improvement. fhat the Engineer of the City of Wichita Falls is hereby directed at once to prepare specifications and file the same with the Board of Alder- men for each of the hereinabove described pavements or improvements. That each street or portion thereof mentioned herein shall be con- sidered a separate improvement, contracts, let, hearings held, benefits, and assessments etc. determined accordingly. That in the specifications prepared, provisions shall be made for requiring a,l contractors to give a maintenance bond for a term of not longer than five years fro the maintenance of the payments hereinabove described. That such specifications shall require the bidder to make a bid upon the various above named pavements or materials or improvements, with a maintenance bond as herein provided. The said specifications shall also state the amount of the constru- ction bond required to be given as well as the method by which it is prop- osed to pay the cost of the said pavement; said method being in accordance with this resolution. The City Engineer then presented specifications which were approved and following resolution then passed by the following vote on the motion of Alderman Bonner seconded by Aldermen Shepherd Yeas: Alderman Bonner, Shepherd, Bralley. Bayes: None. i 168 RESOLUTION THREE. Be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, that the specifications here presented to the Board of Aldermen by the City Engineer, and prepared by him for the improvement of the hereinabove described streets, as heretofore defined, having been carefully considered by the Board of Aldermen be, and the same are hereby approved and adopted as the specifications for the improvements of the said street. Be it further resolved by the Board of Aldermen that the City Sec- retary be, and is hereby instructed, to at once advertise for sealed bids for the construction of said improvements provided by the said specifications such advertisement to arpear or be inserted in the Wichita Daily Times paper a paper off gendral circulation in the City of Wichita Falls, all bids to be made subject to the terms of the General Laws of the State of Texas in such oases made and provided. Said bids shall be filed with the City Sec- retary, and shall be opened at a public meeting of the Boardof Aldermen. *********** ORDINANCE 343 v "An Ordinance giving and granting to the Wichita Falls Traction Compa,y its successors, assigns, and lessees, the right to extend construct and operate a standard guage car line or lines on over and across and upon the following described and named streets in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to-wit: (a) Beginning at a point where Ninth Street intersects with_ Broad Street; Thence in a northerly direction along said Broad Street to a point where said Braod Street intersects with Eighth Street in an easterly direc- tion to a point where said Eighth Street intersects with the present car line on Indiana Avenue. (b) Also beginning at a point where Grace Street in ersects with Thirteenth Street; thence in an easterly direction along said Thirteenth Street to a point where said Thirteenth Street intersects with Broad Street Providing that said tracks shall be laid in conformity with the fran- chise heretofore granted to J. A. Kemp and Frank Kell on the 17th day of Jan- uary A. D. 1910, and all of the amendments thereto, and the provisions and conditions of said fra chise and amendments thereto are exprressly spade applicable to this ordinance. Moved by Alderman Shepherd that Ordinance 343ybe placed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman McDowell and 'assed by following vote: Yeas: Bonner Bralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Hayes: None. ORDINANCE 344 y "An Ordinance amending section three of Ordinance 257 entitled "An ordinance giving and granting unto the Wichita Falls Traction Co., its successors, assigns and lessees the right to operate, construct and main- tain a street car line over and along certain streets of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas and repealing so much of Ordinances 108 and 187 of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas as requires the Wichita Palle Traction Co. its successors, assigns and lessees to pave any part of the streets of Wichita Falls, Texas, oocup'ed by said Street Railway belonging to the Wichita Falls Traction Co., and so much of said ordinances as requires the payment of a gross receipts tax of two per Dent to said City when its population reaches twenty five thousand and providing that a gross receipts tax of two per cent shall be paid by said Wichita Falls Traction Co.. its successors, assigns and lessees, when its net earnings, exclusive of all taxes paid, shall amount to eight per cent on the amount of its actual investment. Passed the 22nd day of May A. D. 1919. Approved thi ; 22nd day of May A. D. 1919. So as to read as hereinafter proviaea. IA 169 • Moved by Alderman Bonner that C,rdinance No. 344.be put on its first reading, which motion was seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd, McDowell. Nayes: None. • ORDINANCE 345. "An ordinance establishing a Health Department for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas defining its organization, powers, and duties, and creating certain offices." Moved by Alderman Bonner that Ordinance 345 be placed on its first reading. which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Bralley, Bonner, McDowell, Shepherd. Nayes: None. • She Board of Aldermen then Adjourned. Read and approved this 21st, day of February, 1921. ATTEST: c,`--- Iayo r Ci y ler • f 70