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January 7, 1947MINUTES OF A REGUTAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCTL OF WEST btEP,iPHI5 JANUARY 7, 1947 The Council of the City of West Memphis in the County of Crittenden, State of Arkansas, met in a regular session at the City Hall in said City at 7s30 P.M. on the 7th day of January, 1947. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, and the roll being called there wares Presents P. M. Dacus in the chair and the following named Aldermen: G. W. MoAuley, C. H. Brown, --~ 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster; City Attorney J. H. Spears, and City Clerk Manning. ., ~' ~ ` Absent= Alderman J. A. Johnson. I~ It being determined a quorum eras present, the following proceedings were had to wits ~' Minutes of a Regular Meeting on December 3, 1946, were read and approved; Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting on December 13, 1946, were read and approved; Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting on December 30, 1946, ware read and approved; 2dinutes of a Spooial Meeting on December 27, 1946, were read and approved. ~~~ 11 Thero a ared before the Council the followin citizens to ppe g protest the amount of their privilege ~ license as assessed by Ordinance No. 128 and to sea if some adjustment could be modes L j Jack Briggs representing Union Bua Station ~~ H. A. Boggs representing West Memphis Cotton Oil Mill Bill Chapman representing Bell & Chapman Farm Equipment Company and Russell Tractor Company, Inc. Bob Duncan representing Duncan Welding Shop G. W. MoAuley in behalf of Mr. Wm. Collins, President of the West Memphis Real Estate Board After hearing the complaints and discussion of the matter, City Attorney Spears was instructed to prepare an amendment to Ordinance 2do. 128 with the follrnrbig changes: Bus Stations $ 75.00 ~i Oil Mills 250.00 Farm Machinery Dealers - Under X50,000.00 a Year b0.00 Over X50,000.00 a Year 100.00 ,~ Welding Shops 25.00 Mayor Dacus advised the Council of the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of Serrer Revenue 'I ~1 Certificates of Indebtedness; that it was read at the meeting on December 20, 1946, and discussed; that it was now ready for passage. The ordinance Bras then introduced in writing and read in full by Alderman Brawn. ~ Alderman McAuley moved that the rule requiring said ordina.noe to be read i.n full on three different ~ ~ days be suspended, and that said ordinance be placed on its second reading; motion was seconded by Alderman Foster, and thereafter the Mayor put the question on the adoption of said motion, and the roll ~_. ~ being called, the following voteds i j~ Ayes G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brown, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nay: None. I Whereupon the Mayor declared the motion duly passed and said ordinance planed on its second reading. f The ordinance was then read the second time by Alderman Foster. Alderman Bollinger then moved that said ordinance be new placed upon its final adoption; motion was seconded by Alderman b"wAuley, and after due consideration thereof by said Cotmcil, the Mayor put the question on the adoption of the motion, and upon the roll being called, the following voteds I+ Ayes G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brovr-n, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nays None. ~I Whereupon the Mayor decle.red the motion duly carried and said ordinance placed upon its final reading ~ and adoption. Said ordinance eras read in full by Alderman Brown, who moved its adoption, seconded by Alderman PdcAuley, and after due consideration thereof by said Council, the Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said motion, and upon passage of said ordinance, and the roll being called, the following voteds k Aye: G. Y~. b4cAuley, C. H. Brown, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster ~; n II Nays None. I~ Whereupon the Mayor called to the Council's attention that the ordinance, as adopted, contained an emergency clause and suggested that specific action should be taken by the Council on this clause. ~ Whereupon motion was made by Alderman Bollinger and duly seconded by Alderman Foster that the emergency ~-~ clause of said ordinance be adopted, and the roll being called, the following voteds ~ ~ ~ Ayes G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brown, 0. Z. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nays None. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion duly adopted and said ordinance duly passed, and signed his approval to said ordinance and the City Clerk was directed to spread the same upon the record of Ordinances of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and to have same published as required by larv, and to number said ordinance No. 129. ~~ Said ordinance to which no amendment was offered read as follows: ~~ ~ +` II __ _ __ ORDINANCE N0. 129 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF SEWER REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SETTING UP A FUND FOR THEIR PA7adENT, AND DECLt,RING AN EMERGENCY. YNHEREAS, The. City of West Memphis, Arkansas, (sometimes hereinafter called the City)-, is just completing a city-wide extension and improvement of its municipal sewer system, during the construction of which it has found it neaesearyr.to authorize certain additional work and has sustained some unfore- seen damages, with the result that the final cost has exceeded the original estimated cost by the sum of $28,000.00; and WHEREAS, it is now certain that when all the improved property able to avail itself of sevrer service is connected to the ,ewer mains, the revenue from the sevrer system will be substantially in excess of the estimated amount of revenue, so that the City will be able to pay this balanoe which it now owes the contractor who built. the system, if permitted to make payments in annual instalments over a period of five years; and WHEREAS, by Section 7 of Ordinance No. 107 of the City passed and approved on the 6th day of July, 194b, the City is authorized, on June 15 or December 15 of eaah year, after it has deposited in its Sewer Revenue Bond Fund sufficient funds to pay all interest and principal to become due on its outstanding bonrla of the issue designated Sewer Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, dated as of June 1, 194b, and the unapportioned revenues from the operation of the sevrer system era in excess of the estimated amount required to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of said system for the ensuing period of six months, to use such exaess of such unapportioned revenues as the City may from time to time order and direct; NONE, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of W®at Memphis, Arl~nsas: Section 1. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver, upon payment at par and accrued interest 3f gewer Revenue Certificates of Indebtedness, dated as of January 1, 1947, to the amount of #28,000.00, in the denomination of X1000 each, numbered from 1 to 28, both inclusive, due serially on or before the maturity dates on Jamiary 1 of eaah year after date, as follows: YEAR NOS. AMOUNT 1948 1, 2, 3, 4 ~ 4,000.00 1949 5, 6, 7, 8 4,000.00 19b0 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, lb 7,000.00 1951 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 7,000.00 1952 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 6,000.00 Said certificates of indebtedness shall bear interest from date until paid at the rate of three per centum (3~) per annum, payable semi-annually on ,January 1 and July 1 of each year after date, and they shall be sellable as hereinafter set out. Section 2. Said certificates of indebtedness shall be payable solely from the funds hereinafter set out, and shall be substantially in the following forms No. UPIITED STATES OF AMERICA X1000.00 STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF CRITTENDSN CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS 3~ Sevrer Revenue Certificate of Indebtedness RNOR ALL MEN BY THESE P&ESEIdTSs That the City of West Memphis, in the County of Crittenden, State of Arkansas, for value received hereby promises to pay, solely from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set forth, to bearer, the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS on the first day of January, 19 ,with interest thereon at the rate of three par centum (3°~ per annum from January 1, 194?, until pair; payable on January 1 and JLtly 1 of eaah year thereafter upon presenta- tion and surrender of the a;anexed coupons as they severally become due. Both principal hereof and interest hereon shall be payable in such funds as at the time of the respective payments are legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of America, at the office of the City Treasurer in the City of Y~est Memphis, Arkansas. This certificate is one of a series of twenty-eight (28) certificates aggregating Twenty-eight Thousand and no~100 Dollars 028,000.00), all of like tenor and effect except as to maturities, dated as of January 1, 1947, numbered from One (1) to tti•;enty-eight (28), both inclusive, issued for the purpose of paying the balanoe due on the construction cost, certain additional extensions and improve- ments, and repairs made to tho municipal sewer system otivned and operated by the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and the City hereby acknowledges and declares that all of said work has been done in a manner satisfactory to it, and that it has finally accepted the same, and that it has no defense, off- set or oounteralaim to this certificate of indebtedness. This certificate of indebtedness is not a general obligation of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and does not constitute an indebtedn©ss of said City within any constitutional or statutory limitation. The said certificates of indebtedness are payable solely from an exoess of the revenues derived from the operation of the sewer system remaining after the City has met all of the requirements set out by Section 7 of Ordinance 2do. 107 of the City, passed and approved on the 6th day of July, 1945, by which the City authorized an issue of Sevrer Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds dated as of June 1, 1945, and such exoess revenues are hereby pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of this aeries of oartificates of indebtedness. In addition thereto, the City has pledged itself to set aside in a special fund for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on this series of certificates of indebtedness, any available surplus in each year of the revenues derived from the operation of the municipally-avrned eleatria system not heretofore pledged by the City. The aertifiaatea of this series shall be sellable for payment before maturity in inverse numerical order at par and aaoruad interest from funds from any snores on any uitereat paying date after date hereof, without notice to the holder or holders of the oertificates being oslled for payment prior to maturity. Each certificate of indebtedness so called vrill cease to bear interest on and after the date fixed for its redemption, provided funds for its payment at par and acoruad interest are on deposit with the paying agent at that time. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED RECITED A1~ DECIARED that all acts, conciitiona and things required to exist, happen, and be performed pursuant to and in the issuance of this certificate of indebtedness have bean performed in due time, form and manner as required by law. This oertifioate shall not be valid until it shall have been authenticated by the certificate hereon duly signed by the Treasurer of the City of blast Memphis, Arkansas. IN V~ITNESS WHEREOF, the City of West Memphis, .Arkansas, by its City Counoil, has caused this oertificate to be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk thereof and sealed with the corporate seal of the City, and has caused the ooupons hereto attached to be exeouted by the facsimile signature of said Mayor, all as of the first day of January, 1947. CITY OF Y-EST 111EMPHIS, ARKANSAS By yor Attests C1 y er c (Seal) (Form of Coupon) No. X15.00 On the first day of ~u~y rY, 19 the City of West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arlo~nsas, unless the certifioate to whioh his coupons attached is sooner called for payment, promises to pay to bearer the sum of FIFTEEN DOISARS, solely out of the fund speoified in the certificate of indebtedness to whioh this coupon appertains, in the offioe of the City Treasuror of West Memphis, Arkansas, in such funds as at the time of payment hereof are legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of Amarioa, being interest then due on its sevrer revenue certificate of indebtedness dated January 1, 1947, and numbered CITY OF WEST MEMPIiIS, ARKANSAS By ISayor (First ooupon shall be for six months' interest. The Mayor's signature may be lithographed.) On the beak of said certificate is to appear the follrnvas CERTIFICATE This is one of the certificates of indebtedness aggregating X28,000.00 described within. a o Vtest Memphis, Arkansas. West Memphis, Arkansas 194 Section 3. Sewer Revenue Certificate of Indebtedness Fund. A fund is hereby ore~o3"~es gna a ewer veep nue 'L rt3'lr~te of Indebtedness Fwid," into whioh there shall be planed as reoeived from the operation of the works$ that part of the unapportioned revenues of the City setiver system whioh, under the provisbns of eotion ? of Ordinance No. 107 of said City, passed and approved on the 6th day of July, 1945, the City Council may use for such purposes as it may from time to time order end diroot. By the terms of said Ordinanoe No. 107, these transfers oan "„- be made only on June 15 and December 15 of eaoh year. In the event that at any time such amounts shall not be sufficient to meet the amount required to pay the then due instalment of principal and interest on the outstanding certificates of indebtedness, the amount of such deficiency shall be transferred by the City to the Setiver Revenue Certificate of Indebtedness Fund from surplus revenues derived by the City fram the operation of its electric system remaining after meeting all prior obligations and payr~nts to be made out of such surplus revenues, and this pledge of surplus electric revenues shall be a continuing pledge to the extent heroinabove set out, as long as any of the sewer revenue certificates of indebtedness remain outstanding, and shall be prior to any other liens or pledges of any kind or character that the City may later place on the electric system or any subse- quent pledge of the net revenues of said system, but in any year vrhen it shall not be necessary to use any of such surplus revenues from the electric system, the surplus for that year shall thereupon be released from this pledge, but such a release in one year shall not release said surplus of succeed- ing years from this pledge. Section 4. The City of V'Fest Memphis, Arkansas, hereby agrees and covenants with the holders of the series of certificates of indebtedness authorized by this ordinance that they are issued to pay the balance due on the cost of construction, extensions and repairs to the City's municipal sevrer system, all of which have been done in a manner satisfactory to the City and have been accepted by the City, and that the City has no defense offset, or counterclaim to this series of certificates of indebtedness or the interest thereon. Section 5. There shall be paid by the City Treasurer from the Sewer Revenue Certificate of Indebtedness Fund for the payment of the principal and interest on the certificates of indebtedness as they mature, the follovring sums: YEAR PRINCIPAL INTEREST TOTAL Jan. 1 of January 1 and July 1 each year of eaoh year 1947 ~ 420.00 ~ 420.00 1948 ~ 4,000.00 ~ 420.00 360.00 4,780.00 1949 4,000.00 360.00 300.00 4,660.00 1950 7,000.00 300.00 195.00 7,495.00 1951 7,000.00 19b.00 90.00 7,285.00 1952 6,000.00 90.00 6,090.00 Total X28,000.00 $1,365.00 X1,365.00 X30,730.00 The above amounts shall be proportionately reduced as certificates of indebtedness are paid prior to maturity. Seotion 6. In any year that the revenues from the municipal sewer system sl~.ll be sufficient to meet all of the requirer~nts made by said Ordinance ldo. 107, passed and approved on July 6, 1945, and the raquirasrents of the setiver revenue certificates of indebtedness as set out in this ordinance, such surplus may ba used by the City from time to time for such purposes as the City Council may order and direct. Seotion 7. The City agrees that all certificates of indebtedness paid by it at or before maturity shall be canceled •rrhen such payment is made, together vrith all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and shall not be reissued. Section 8. The certificates of indebtedness of this series and the interest thereon are not pay- able from nor a charge. upon any flizuis other than the revenues hereinabove described and pledged to the payment thereof, and no holder or ovmer of any of the certificates of indebtedness or of any of the interest coupons attached thereto shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of said City to pay said certificate or the interest thereon, and the certificates of this series shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property or credit of said City other than the revenues hereinbefore described, and do not represent or constitute an indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision of limitation. Sect ion .9. Tha City of 1Yeat Tdemphis, Arkansas, hereby covenants and agrees with the holder or holders of the certificates, or any of them, herein authorized, that it vrill faithfully and punctually perform and keep all obligations which it has heretofore assumed and promised for the benefit of the holders of its Sewer Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds as set out in Section 10 of said Ordinanas No. 107 of said City, passed and approved on July 6, 1945. Section 10. The City further covenants and agrees that if default is made in the payment of any certificate of indebtedness or coupon of the series authorized by this ordinance, or if the City fails to make the deposits in the Sevrar Revenue Certificate of Indebtedness Fund, the holder of such aerti- fioate may declare it immediately due and payable and may institute suit to enforce the rights and securities granted to him. Section 11. The certificates of indebtedness authorized hereby shall be callable for payment before maturity in inverse numerical order at par and accrued interest from funds from any source on any interest paying date after date thereof, without notice to the holder or holders of the cartifi- oates being called for payment prior to maturity. Each certificate of indebtedness so called tivill cease to bear interest on and after the data fixed for its redemption, provided funds for its payment at par and accrued interest are on deposit with the haying agent at that time. Section 12. This ordinance shall not repeal any ordinance or part of an ordinance authorizing any outstanding revenue bonds issued by the City. Section 13. It is hereby ascertained and declared that the m is immediate Head, in order to protect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the City, that the outstanding Han-bonded indebtedness of the City+e sewer system be paid promptly; therefore, an emergency exists and this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect and be in force without delay from and after its passage. *********** L The following Petition of VII. A. Gage ~ Company, Ina. to vacate and close a portion of Fifth Streat in W. A. Gaga Subdivision to the City of West Btemphis, Arkansas, was prosenteds PETITION OF W. A. GAGE 2s CCBAPANY, I2dC. TO VACATE AFdD CIOSE A PORTION OF FIFTH STREET IN W. A. GAGE SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF WEST MII,IPHIS, ARKANSAS. Comes your Petitioner, W. A. Gage & Company, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation vrith its principal offices in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, and pursuant to the provisions of Aot 17 of the Acts of the 55th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas 1945, respectfully petitions the City Council of the City of West Memphis, Arlaansea, to vacate, close and abandon that part of Fifth Stxoet which lieswithin-.the boundary of the W. A. Gage Subdivision to the City of 1'lest Memphis, Arkansas, whioh is shown as an u~.med street upon the Plat of record of said subdivision in Plat Book 1, Page 60 in the offiae of the Circuit Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Crittenden County, Arkansas, snot whioh u*+named street is shown as part of Fifth Street on the Plat of the M. P. Horsley Addition to the City of V+lest Memphis, Arkansas, recorded on Pages 4 and 5 of Plat Book 1 in the offioe of the Circuit Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas. A photgstatic copy of said W. A• Gage Subdivision plat is attaohed hereto and made a part of this petition as Exhibit "A" and for ready reference that portion of Fifth Street sought to ba vacated and closed is shown i.n red on the attaohed Exhibit "Aa. In support of this petition your petitioner respectfully sheave; 1. That by the terms of a Warranty Deed from ti'V. E. Gage of record in Book 196 at Page 26 in the offiae of the Circuit Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Crittenden County, Arkansas, it beasane, and is now, the rnmer of part of Lot 86, the East part of fractional Lot 87, the East Flirt of Lot 88, the East Part of Lot 89 and the Northeast fractional part of Ipt 90 of M. P. Horsley~s Addition to the Town of West Memphis and that your petitioner by the same deed become and is now the owner of the North Half of jpt 93, Lot 94, Ipt 95, Lot 96, Lot 97 and part of Ipt 98 of M. P. Horsley~s Addition to the City of West Memphis, Aransas, which above-described lots are all located in the W. A. Gaga Subdivision of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas as appears by Plat of record in Plat Book 1, Page 60 of the offiae of the Circuit Court Clark and Ex-Officio Reoorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas. 2. That the lots described i.n the foregoing paragraph are all of the lots abutting on that part of Fifth Street running through said W. A. Gage Subdivision, whioh is the part of Fifth Streat sought to be vacated and olosed by this petition, said lots appearing upon the attaohed Exhibit nAa for con- venient reference. 3. That as the owner of all the lots abutting on the part of Fifth Street sought to be vacated and olosed, petitioner does hereby consent to such vacating and closing. 4. That the part of Fifth Streat above-described and hereby sought to be closed, ve.oated and abandoned, urea dedicated as a street by the above referred to Plat of the M. P. Horsley Addition to the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, filed for record February 3, 1925, and rededicated by W. E. Gage on April 12, 1933 by filing for record in the offioe of the Circuit Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Crittenden County, Arkansas, a Plat of said W. A• Gage Subdivision showing said Fifth Street ae an urmamed street, which said Plat is of rocord in Plat Book 1 at Paga 60 of the Cirouit Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorders Office of Crittenden County, Arkansas. 5. That for more than thirteen years and ever since the dedication by W. E. Gage of that part of Fifth Streat sought to be olosed, there has never been any actual use by the public of that part of Fifth Street sought to be closed and vacated; that said street has Hover been improved or used as a street; that it is now and has been occupied and used only as farmland by your petitioner and its predecessors in titled since its dedication. WI~REFORE, your Petitioner prays: e. That at the next regular or special meeting of the City Council of West Memphis, Arltza.nsas, a Resolution be adopted by said Council fixing a day for the hearing of this petition and directing the City Clerk or Town Recorder to give notice of such hearing as required by law; and b.. That at such hearing that portion of Fifth Street itt the W. A. Gage Subdivision to the City of Wast Memphis, Arkansas, whioh is shov+n in red on the attaohed Exhibit "A", be vacated, closed, and abandoned; and e. That after such hearing the City Council pass an Ordinance in the form required by la.w vaeat- ing, closing and abandoning said part of Fifth Street above-described and shown in red on the attached Exhibit "Aa, all in aaaordanae with the provisions of Act 17 of the 55th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas 194b. W. A. GAGE & COMPANY, INC. Bys W. E. Gage, President After a discussion of the matter, the following resolution was made by Alderman Bollinger: RESOBUTION WHEREAS, it appears that W. A. Gage ~e ^ompany has filed a Petition with the City Council of West Memphis, Arkansas, seeY.i.ng the vacating and closing of that portion of Fifth Street situated within the boundaries of W. A. Gage Subdivision to the City of West Memphis, Arkansas. NO+V, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that at the next regular meeting of the City Council of. the City of West Memphis, Arlo~nsas, to be held at 7=30 P.M., February 4, 1947, a hearing be had upon the petition of W. A. Gage & Company to vacate and close that portion of Fifth Street situated within the boundaries of the W. A. Gage Subdivision to the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, as the same appears of record in Plat Book 1, Page 60 of the offiae of the Circuit Court Clark and Ex-Officio Reoorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas, and shown on said plat as an unnamed street; and __ _._: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that H. E. Manning, City Clark, be, and is hereby directed to give notice of the data set for the said hearing as required by Aat 17 of the Acts of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas 194b, by publishing said Notice once a week for two sucoeasive weeks in the Crittenden County Times, a newspaper published in Crittenden County, Arkansas, having a general circulation in the City of West Memphis, Arkansas. The motion was seconded by Alderman Foster, and upon the matter being called to vote, the follrnving voted: Ayes G. W. McAuley, C. H. Bryn, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nayz None. The statement of Mr. A. E. Hoagler, Engineer for the River-Rail Terminal for the month of December of X1,250.00 was presented. After discussion of the matter motion was made by Alderman Foster that tls sum of X1,250.00 be paid Mr. Heagler from the River Terminal Fund. The motion was seconded by Alderman Brovrn, and upon the matter being called to vote, the following voted: Ayes G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brawn, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nays None . The application for a taxi cab company to be operated in West Memphis by Dolph Ipe Cheek as West Memphis Cab Company rates 35~ in West Memphis was presented; after a discussion of the matter, motion was made by Alderman Foster that the license be issued to the West Memphis Cab Company by the City Clark when the proper insurance papers are filed by the Company. Motion was seconded by Alderman McAuley, and upon the matter being called to vote, the following votedz Aye: G. 1M. McAuley, C. H. Brawn, 0, I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster • Nayz iJone. The issuing of City tags free of charge to the City Officials and members of the Fire Department as has been dono in previous years was discussed, thereupon the follrnving motion urea made by Alderman Brrnrrnz That there be no city tags issued free of charge by the City. The motion was seconded by Alderman Foster, and upon the matter being called to vote, the following voteda • Aye: G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brown, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nayz None. ldayor Dacus advised the Council that Mrs. Currie, the librarian, had requested heating faoilitiea for the library. After a discussion of the matter the Mayor was instructed to appoint City Inspector G. G. ~ietzman to work out suitable heating facilities for the library. Motion vas made by Alderman Brawn and seconded by Alderman McAuley to approve the following bills and authorize the City Clerk to draw warrants to pay same: GENERAL FUND GENERAL FUPID - CONTII1tiED Ivy Richardson ~ 23.10 W. M. Ready Mix Concrete Co. ~ 236.96 John MaGullar 23.10 Odis Ball, I''ire Chief 295.00 Ed McNeal 7.80 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 40.04 Ed Hudson 6.75 Farmers Supply Co. 3.42 Henry Henry 6.25 Ivy Richardson 28.20 Robert Briscoe 10.25 John McOullar 28.20 John Dabney 12.60 John Dabney 28.20 Leon Brown 5.10 loon Brown 24.50 Wm. Polk 5.10 Vim. Polk 24.50 Henry Young 30.00 Ed Hudson 30.00 Furbringer & Cockrill 500.00 Robert Briscoe 22.00 Petty Cash 19.74 henry Henry 4.00 Light & Water Dept. 1,455.03 Cross County Gravel Co. 2,000.00 Bil-Roy Hotel Ee Station 3.80 Collector - Internal Revenue 481.50 Bragg Auto Co. 26.48 Arkansas Municipal ?x3ague 90.00 Central Service Station 10.63 Ivy Richardson 28.20 W'. J. Cooley Co. 1.85 John McCullor 28.20 Crittenden County Times 191.15 John Dabney 28.20 tlr. S. Darley & Co. 297.50 Icon Brown 15.30 Farrell-Calhoun Co. 3.00 Wm. Polk 17.10 Gurganus & Greer 76.34 Ed Hudson 21.38 Took Gathinga 2c Co. 1.50 Aron Larkin 10.50 Gambill & Son Station 66.G7 Henry Henry 2.25 Holland Implement 1.15 Robert Briscoe 16.50 Johnson Auto Co. 38.12 Barly Polk 8.00 Iavris Supply Co. 1.00 tiY. C. Billingsly 20.8b J. L. Montgomery 95.96 Fred Thus 21.44 McAuley 4~iholesale 30.00 Cooper Jacoway 14.67 Missouri Pacific RR 13G.04 Choctovr, Ina. 1,000.00 Remington-Rand Co. 188.70 Ivy Richardson 28.20 J. A. Riggs Co. 71.74 John McCullor 28.20 Standard Oil Co. 80.58 John Dabney 28.20 W. M. ]daahine Shop 6.50 Ed Hudson 24.00 W. M. News 7.00 Robert Briscoe 18.00 Wallin-Dickey & Rich 18.23 Early Polk 18.00 GEPdERAL FUND - COIQTINUED Wm. Polk IA On Brown Aron Iarkin W. bi. Ready Mix Concrete W. M. ~%ady Mix Concrete Odis Ball Doyne Dodd J©an Hill®ncamp H. D. Holland P. M. Daous H. E. Maruiing Dayton Sackett Mrs. M. B. Currie J. F. Wright C. D. Shaw C. D. Shaw G. G. ISetzman W. H. Cushman C. H. Brown G. W. McAuley Curtis Foster 0. I. Bollinger J. A. Johnson Jean Hillencamp J. H. Spears 0. J. Hatton Maggie Ise Austin Louis Hathcook Mrs. J. F. 4'~right John IicCullor Iyy Riohardson John Dabner Wm. Polk Icon Broti+m Aron Iarlcin Ed Iiudson Robert Briscoe Early Polk J. T. Rosa SEWER REVEINE b'UPID Petty Cash LightaN'atar Dopt. Bob Demuth, Jr. Bowers~IV"ood Machine Co. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. W. ~:. Appliance Co. Choctow, Inc. Setirer Revenue Bond Fund Henry Young Henry Young Henry Young Henry Young RIVER TER@iIP1AI. FUND $ 17.10 18.90 17.10 28.83 13'7.04 15.00 87.50 165.00 280.00 150.00 2 5.00 2 5.00 35.00 200.00 175.00 30.00 300.00 300.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 75.00 200.00 20.00 150.00 207.60 28.20 28.20 zs.ze 26.70 26.70 33.60 42 .00 22.25 22.25 175.00 Arthur E. Heagler Upon the matter being aslled to vote the following voted: Aye; G. W. Ivic;Auley, C. H. grown, 0~. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nay: None. 7.50 180.65 20.30 37.50 9.72 7 .UO 300.00 800.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 x"1,260.00 There being no further business to come before the Council, motion was made by Aldorman Brrn^m to adjourn tho meeting, the motion was seconded by Alderiaan Mcpuley, and upon the matter being called t;o vote, the following voted: Ayo: G. W. McAuley, C. H. Brotm, 0. I. Bollinger, and Curtis Foster Nay: Nona. MAYOR ATTESTS '- __ --' P CI MINUTES APPROVED: February 4, 1947