April 14, 1932/~ F~l
p~IrNT~s of TCr.~r1 co~TrTcIi
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Pursuant to a call by the ~'Iayor, notice of ti~hich hewing been giver.
to the me;~bers of the City Coucil prior to said meeting, as the lau~.~
directs, Tov:n Council of the Incorporated oc.n of ,+est P~4emphis, rk.
met in the Directors room of the bank of .res+,. i,:emphis buildin` at 8 P. ;;.
on npril 1.4th, 1.932.
Upon calling, the roll, the follo~r~in~_ were present: .,. H. Hundhausen,
Mayor, Noah Phillips, j::, E. Jacks, ... G. Parker and F. .,. TremmeL ,
kldermen, and J. C. Spotts, 8ecorder. dl derman Z. P, Harris was not
present at said meeting.
rdoticA having been served on April 8th upon the City iiecorder by
the County Election Commissioners, that the above gentelemen were thR
electors to their respective offices aecodint= to the ballotts cast in
an election held in the City of i'.est i~iemphis, ~r};, on April 5th, 1932,
it was ther_ proper, and according to Isti:' for each meffiber of the Council
to take the oath of office, ;which teas administered to each member by
J. 0. ~potts, Notary- Public.
ir, ~. V. Keeley, attorney and 1~~;JOr of i,:arien, ~~rkansas, was cal-
led in by ~;8yor Hundhsusen to meet r.~ith the Council to render such ad-
vise as might be needed in this the first meeting ct the ne',ly elected
Council.
tilderman iJosh Phillips then made a motion to elect J. 0. 9potts,
City Tre,^surer, upon vrhich said motion ~~Jas duly seconded by ~r'. G. ?'arker.
There being no other nominations, the vote was tal-en by roll call, and
J. 0. ;,potts eras de~7.ared unanimously elected Cite Treasurer for a term
of one year.
i'he Council then went into a general discussion of matters cf in-
terest to the to~im, in vahich l:iayor Hundhausen rresented an orgainzed
program of his plans relative to the City Government.
The matter of fire insurance was then taken uti: b~* isayor Hundhausen
and i,.r. Dol;oh Cmith Jr. , Special regent for the United Insurance r.gency
l.as called in to Council to remder information and advise relative to
securing reduced insurance rates fcir .:est i;~emphis, and the necessary
steps to be taken in securing the re duo ti on.
P~syor Hundhausen the appointed I:dcah Phillips and J. 0. 3potts to
act v~ith himself as a comr.:ittee tc confer r-rith an agent from the atate
Fire Preventior.i3ureau relative to fire insurance rates.
in the matter of City Larshall, mction was made icy Tdnah rhillins
thflt the said office be abolished, wheretzr,on said motion vJSS duly
seconded b;,' L. ::. !hacks. The vote be in? unanimous, the ::iayor then
declared the office of City yiarhsall abolished.
In thy. matter of a City Hall, motion was made by ,,, G.~rarker to
discontinue the use of offices in the Bragg Building ,'r_ich ;:ere for-
merly used as a City call, for these purposes. ~~id mction was duly
seconded by =~ ~. Jacks, and u_bon an unanimous vote, the City :~ec-
order was instructed to notif;~~ :,x. .:. T, Bra~.g, o~,mer of the above
propert;; that same ~,ould not be used as a Cite Hall for the ensuinf
year.
There being no further business to come before the coancil, same
was adjourned subject to cs;.l b; thQ :syor
H. Hu_^.dhausei,
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J. i 3r,otts,
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