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Fayettevi118 City Council met in regular session, Monday, April. 21st, 1941.
Present Mayor Geo.Vaughan, Jr., City Clerk J.W.McGehee, City Attorney Price Dickson"
City Engineer, and aldermen; Bronson, Banks, Hosford, McRoy, Sanders,Shook and Stubble-
field. Absent alderman Gregory.
Minutes of the regu$ar meeting of April 14th, were read and approved.
The follwing bills were presented after thei approval by alderman Hosford, member of
the auditing committee:
Taylor Hannah $3.00 J.W.McGehee, Clerk $0.50 Otho Shumate $14.40
J.Shelley 9.00 Elmer Boyd 10.80 A.F.Shb�uunnate 22.50
S.W.Gas & Electric Cor 22.61 Jim Gibson 10.80 Elmer $oyd 2040
S.W.Bell Telephone�o. 5.15 Hal Elderton 10080 Jim Gibson 2.40
S.I'i.Gas & Electric a. 13.87 Clarence Rice 13.20 Hal Elderton 2.40
Campbell & Bell D.G.Co. 23.44 H ugh Pool 7920
Alderman Sanders made a motion that the bills be allowed., as approved, seconded
by alderman Banks, which was regularly passed by the Council.
Mr.W.F.Duskin appeared before the Council, and requested the Council to establish
W,. .Duskin the Street Line on Caraway Street, as it apeeared that the Rlalton file,at the Courthouse
asks shows the Street to be 50 ft wide, and the ity Plat shows 40 ft, and that the survey
Council shows that it is only 32 ft wide at the East end, but after disci3ssion,'Mr.Duskin was
to establish informed that the Council had no authority to chAngetthe,S'tr6ot- ine:-.%,
line on ; .•r
y Rev.Sam Yancey and Hugh Rogers presented a petition signed by 165 persons , request -
Caraway St• ing the Council to secure Right-of-way at the end of East Maple Street for the purpose
of widening the Road leading up to Mt Sequoyah, which road,y,�� made a part of the State
Petition to Highway System by an Act of the 1941 Legislature, Alderman4x8e a motion that the matter
secure R -W be referred to the Street Committee for investigation and 'report back to the Council
for aproach in the near future.This motion was seconded by alderman Shook and received the unanimous
to I vote of the Council
Mt.Sequoyah 'J
_The Bill of the County Election Board for holding the City General Elcbion on
County Aprililst, again came up for discussion, and alderman Sanders made a motion that the
Election bill be allowed, as submitted, for $122.50, this motion was seconded by alderman
Bill Bronson, and was passed unanimously by the Council.
Alderman Stubblefield, chairman of the Committee, appointed April 14th, to
Building Permit investigatethe petition that -had been .presented at that time requesting the Council to 190%
to I refuse a Building, Permit To THE A°SEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, to be erected at College and
Assembly of God Second Streets, reported the the 6ommittetrecommended that the Permit be refused, K7L3Q�iM
KKK, alderman Sanders made a motion that the recommendation of the comrmittee be approved
church refused and the Building Permit refused, this motion was sec6mded by alderman McRoy; and on roll
call by the Clerk, the following vote was redordede Ayes; Banks, Hosford, McRoy, Sanders,
Shook and Stubblefield. Alderman Bronson was excused from voting, on account of being
a property owner in the vicinity to be affected, Absent and not voting :alderman Gregor
And the Mayor declared motion carried as there were 6 Ayes and no Nays.
The committee from the Veterans of Foreign Wars again appeared before the lwith
Carnival their request for the Council to suspend the license for a carniva o be held in �"tthe
License fee near future, after discussion, alderman Sanders made a motion that iCENSE FEF for the
suspended Carnival be collected by the City Clerk, and that a warrant for this amount be given
V.F.W. to the Veterans of Foreign Wars to be placed in the Post's MILK FUND, this motion was
for seconded by alderman Stubblefield, and on roll call by the Clerk, the following vote
Mil 'Fund was recorded..: Ayes; Bronson, Banks, Hosford, McRoy, Sanders, and Stubblefield.
Nays: Shook. And the Mayor declared carried, as there were 6 ayes and 1 Nay.
Mayor Vaughan recommmendeothat some plan be worked out to secure another
Mayor Desk Sargeant for the Police Depattment, after discussion, alderman Sanders made a t
recommends motion that the matter be referred to the Finance Committees this motion was seconded
Desk by alderman Hosford and was passed unanimously by the Council.
Sargeant VA4J9 RA%N
Mayoricalled the attention of Light committe to a request for a light at
Lindle and York Streets, also one on East Rock Street, near the Confederate Cemetery,
Mayor Vaughan also called the attention of the Streit Commitee tQQ a request
for SLOW SIGNS on West Lafayette and'-Ida!Streets'dt1the approaches -to 9egg Street.
Aldrman Hosford made a motion that the Mayor be instructed to request the
Request South Western Ks & Electric Go* to move their High Line at the Airport, this motion
move was seconded by alderman Shook, and was passed unanimously by thB Council.
Highl Line
a. There being -no further business, alderman McRoy moved to adjourn, seconded
Airpo t by alderman Beonson, which was duly passed by the Council, and the Mayor de Tared the
Council adjourned.
Attest �Q�� Approved
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