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Min 01/28/1935 Wichita Falls, Texas Y'llemorial Auditorium Building January 28, 1935 The Board of Aldemen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular session on the above date in the Council. Chamber in the Memorial Auditorium with the following members present., John T. Young, Mayor V. E. Stampfli., J. B. Stokes, Mark D. Walker, Claude Miller, Mack Taylor, Aldermen L. C. Rodgers, A. H. Douglass, City Manager J. H. Crouch, City Clerk W. E. George, City Attorney The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, ORDINANCE NO.1190 AN ORDINANCE MAY-ING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OUT 071 THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE AT THE BEGINNING Or, THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOVEM41ENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING APRIL 19 1934p AND ENDING MARCH 319 19359 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Walker that Ordinance No. 1190 be passed on its first reading, Motion seconded by Alderman Stampfli and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Aldermen Walker, Stampfli, Miller, Stokes, Rodgers, Taylor, and Mayor Young. Nays: None. Moved by Alderman Rodgers that the rules requiring ordi- nances to be read on three separate days be suspended, an emergency declared, and Ordinance No. 1190 be passed on its second reading . Motion seconded- by Alderman Stampfli and carried by the following vote: Yeas : Aldermen Rodgerst Stampfli, 'Yalker, Taylor, Stokes, Miller, and Mayor Young. Nays: None . Moved by Alderman Rodgers that Ordinance No. 1190 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. ing vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Walker and carried by the follow- Yeas: Aldermen Rodgers, Walker, Miller, Stokes, Taylor, Stampfli, and Mayor Young. Nays : None. Moved by Alderman Stampfli that the Board of Aldermen approve applications of Granville Bowen, E.- E. Phillips , and James Campbell (col) for chauffeurs' licenses, Motion seconded by Alderman Rodgers- and carried. Applications for operation of dance halls at 2117 Bluff and 2204 Princeton were reported on by Chief of Police and no action was taken by the Board of Aldermen ORDINANCE NO.1191 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 OF ORDINANICE NO. 934, PASSED AND APPROVED on the 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1927, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE REGUIATING THE BUSINESS OF JUNK DEALERS AND DFAIERS IN SECOND- HAND GOODS, AND PROVIDING A PENAITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PRO- VISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE. Moved by Alderman Walker that Ordinance No. 1191 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Rodgers and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas: Aldermen Rodgers, Walker, Taylor, Stampfli, Miller, Stokes, and Mayor Young. Nays: None. Moved by Alderman Miller that the City Council go on record favoring the construction of a municipal light plant in Wichita Falls from P.W.A. Funds with the distinct understanding that this plant be erected without imposing any additional tax bonds upon real estate and personal property of the people of this city, and with the further assur- ance that such plant only shall stand as collateral for the payment of all indebtedness created by its construction. vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Taylor and carried by the following Rodgers, Yeas: Aldermen Miller , Taylor, Stampfli, 7Valker,, Stokes, and Nays: Mayor Young, 153 A written protest dated January 26, 19.35 of the Texas Electric Service Company and signed by Albert E'. Kelly,, Manager, was presented and read by attorney for the Texas Electric Service Company. Moved by Alderman Taylor that the City accept the deed on 30 acres of land previously offered by W. B. Hamilton to the City for park purposes and never accepted by the City, to-wit: "that certain tract of land bounded on the north and west by Hailton Boulevard; on the south by Hampstead Lane and the lands belonging to the City of Wichita Falls, 0 Texas referred to as Weeks Park; on the east by the Wichita Falls Golf Club and a tract of land owned by W. B. Hamilton, individually;- the above described tract of land being the sane dedicated for park purposes by Hamilton-Martin Investment Company, in its dedication of Country Club Estates Addition to the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, filed for record on June 14,, 1926, and recorded at page 86 of volume 3, of the Plat Records of Wichita County, Texas , and marked on the plat as Country Club Estates Park" . Motion seconded by Alderman Miller and carried, adopted. Moved by Alderman Taylor that the following resolution be Motion seconded by Alderman Rodgers and carried by the following vote : Yeas: Aldermen Rodgers,, Taylor, Stokes, and Miller. Nays : Aldermen Stampf li, Walker, and Mayor Young. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, a special audit by P. H. Lambert and Company reveals that the sum of 451,539 .92 was on March 17, 1930, June 5 , 1933, and March 12, 1934, transferred from the General Fund to several Interest and Sinking Fund accounts; and WHEREAS, the City Attorney did, on December 10, 19349, render an opinion to the Board of Aldermen "that should these specific Interest and Sinking Fund accounts which have received this money from the General Fund later collect a sufficient amount of delinquent taxes for that particular year to reimburse the General Fund for the amount so received from the Genderal Fund, the Board of Aldermen have a legal right and authority to reim- burse the General Fund the money heretofore received" ; and WHERELS, sums of delinquent taxes for those particular y ears have been received by the Interest and Sinking Fund accounts, therefore 154 BE IT RESOLVED; that the Board of Aldermen authorize and in- struct the City Treasurer to transfer and return from the several Inte.. -, est and Sinking Fund accounts to the General Fund such sums of money as have been received by said Interest and Sinking Fund accounts from delinquent taxes for the particular years referred to in the special audit and City Attorney's opinion; and further instruct and authorize the City Treasurer to, from time to time, transfer and return like delin.- quent taxes received for those particular years to the several Interest and Sinking Fund accounts until the entire sum of $51,539 .92 has been rep-laced in the General Fund. M-oved by Alderman Stempfli that the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Alderman Walker and carried. The Board of Aldermen then adjourned, READ AND APPROVED this 4th day of February, A.D. 1935 . M arr ATTEST: City ClerE