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The question of collecting the fees for the Sanitation Department, set up under
rdinance Noe920, came up for discussion, and alderman Whitfield made a motion that the
collections be made through the office of the City Clerk, and that J°W.McGehee be paid a
E lar$ of $50.00 per month to supervise the collections, and that miss Winifred Campbell
be employed as a helper or Assistant Collector for this department, this motion was sec-
jc,r�/ oded by alderman Hale, and was passed unanimously by -the Council.
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There being no further business, alderman Williams moved to adjourn, seconded by
cam^ alderman Whitfield; which was duly passed by the Council.; and the Mayor declared the
Council adj )ourned.
Attest krgrk&44ZApproved
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Fayettevulle City Council -met in regular session, monday, July 21, 1947.
resent: Mayor G.T.Sanders, City Clerk J.W.McGehee, City Attorney Price Dickson, City
Engineer E.T.Brown, and aldermen; Hale Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Williams and Whit®i
tbsent: alderman Whitfield and Gray.
iinutes of the regular meeting of July 7�h were read and approved.
The following bills were presented, after their approval by alderman Williams, chaiman
f the auditing committee:
i.E.Swift $176.54 Gerald Watson $18.83 Oran Dudley $32.64
SW.Bell T.1 Co. 26.11 Conley Byrd 20.53 Gerald Watsoh 22.60
SW.Bell Tel Co11.34 Jack Dudley 18.83 Fred Drain 25.00
SW°Bell Tel Co. 14.75 Fred Drain 20.53 Conley Byrd 22.80
W°H°Hester 25.00 Jack Dudley 22.60
�1.H.Hester X5.00 -
elbert Hester 22.60 Delbert Hester 22.60 H.E.Svdift 161.19
L 25.00 Carl Lower 25°00 Renner 8: Co. 109.95
Lero Bake Eason & Co. 10.00
Leroy Baker 25.00 Leroy Baker 25'00 Sandford & Son 37.40
Teddy Baker 25.00 Teddy Baker 2,5;00
red Martin 33.00 Fred Martin 33,00 Cities Service 51.39
ige Gabd 25.00 H°L.Toney . 32.00 NW.Ark Times 35.40
Chester Stephens 25.00 Lige Gabbard 25.00 Price Dickson 50.40
.E.Boyd 25.00 Chester Stephens 25.00 Cities Service 69.36
Louis Stone 25.00 R.E.Boyd 25.00 Smelser & Eason 1907
.E.Stone 25.00 Louis Stone 25.00 Con Cor Paint & V.Co 48.75
Green Byrd 25.00 A.E.Stone 25:00 Penner & Co: 202.26
Ben Yount 25.00 Green Byrd 25:00 J.W.McGehee, Clerk 5.17
Tom Williams 28.00 Ben YBunt 25.00 Tri -City Sign Service 6.50
rlie Clark 28.00 Tom Williams 28.00 Smelser & Eason 13.10
Tram Gabbard 2.5.00 Arlie Clark 28.00
Renner & Co. 334.89
Harold Dudley 25.00 Hiram Gabbard 25.00 Barada & Page, Inc 50.96
Oran Dudley 28.00 Harold Dudley 27.88 Renner &.Co. 27.56
Alderman White made a motion that the bills be allowed,•as approved, seconded by alder -
an Adkisson, which was regularly passed by.the Council.
The Mayor stated that the notice of sale authorized to be given in the
resolution adopted by the Council on July 7, 1947, contained an error in the schedule of
aturities of the bonds and that a•resolution should be adopted repealing said resoliltio
of July 7, 1947, and authorizing a notice of sale with a correct scheddle of maturities.
After discussion by,said Council, alderman Bohe introduced in writing a
resolution for that purpose, read it in full, and moved its adoption,
The motion was seconded byr alderman Hale,and after due consideration
thereof by said Council, the Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said motion and
the passage of said resolution and the roll being called, the follwing voted:
ye:-Hale,Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Williams and White; and the follow'ilg voted: Nay:
one. Absent and npt voting: Whitfield and Gray.
Thereupon, the Mayor declared said motion duly adopted and said resolu-
tion duly passed, and signed his approval to said resolution, same attested by the City
Clerk, and impressed with the seal of the City.
Said resolution, to which no amendment was offered, read as follows:
RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE:
Section 1. That the resolution adopted by•this council on July 7, 1947,
Authorizing notice of sale of the City's $125,()00;Two and One-half Per Cent (2a) impro
rent bonds be and it is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That the Clerk of this City be required to publish in some news -
aper published in the City of Fayetteville,';Jashington County, and having a bona fide
irculation in the City of Fayetteville, the following notice, which shall be published
once a week until the day fixed for the sal9, the first publication to be at least. twen
(20) days before said date:
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28
V.F.W.
to be
pa id
$50.00
NOTICE OF BOND SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 12 day of August, 1947s the City of Fayetteville,
Arkansas, will offer for sale, for cash aTpublic sale, at eight o'clock P. M. at the
Council Chamber, City Administration Building, -Fayetteville, Arkansas, One Hundred
Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars,($125,000.00) of improvement bonds,•issued for the purpose
of constructing additions to and remodeling the.city hospital, and purchasing fire
fighting apparatus and for purchasing a site for and constructing buildings for the
housing of fire fighting apparatus, dated September 1, 1947, and maturing on September 1.
as follows:
X3,000.00 in each of the years 1950 to 1957, inclusive;
3,500.00 in each of the years 1958 to 1962, inclusive;
4,000.00 in each of the years 1963 to 1970, inclusive;
4,500.00 in each of the years 1971 to 1974, inclusive;
5,000.00 -in each of the years 1975 to 1979, inclusive;
5;500.00 -in 1980;
$3,000.00•in 19810
bearing interest at the rate of two and one half per cent (2-21%) per annum, but con-
vertible, at the option of the purchaser, into bonds bearing a lower rate of interest,
on such terms that the City shall receive therefor�and.pay thereon substantially the
same ah upon two and bne-half•per cent (22%) bonds sold at the price bid, which shall
not be less than par for two and one-half per cent (2-1,%) bonds.
The cost of printing the bonds and the approving opinion of Rose, Dobyns, Meek &
House shall be at the expense of the purchaser. The City reserves the right to reject
anyor all\ bids. Bids should be accompanied by certified check for ten thousand dollar;
($10,000.00) payable to the City, to be its liquidated damages if the bidder fails to
make his bid good.
ATTES :
Ci Clerk ?r
PASSED:. July 21, 1947.
ATTEST
XVIA"OrMYT 45
CITY OF �fAfYEE'TTEVILLE,/
By
Mayor
APPROVED:
(Mayor)
Paul Jameson'; representing the Veterans Of Foreign Ylars,-appeared before the
:he Council, and stated that the V.F.W.had a chance to sponsor a Circus on September 16,
st the Fairgrounds, and requested the Council to remit the fee for the privilege license;
amounting to $50.00, after discusssion, alderman Adkisson made a -motion
;hat the Clerk be instructed to collect the fee,and in the event that the circus is Spon,
cored by the V.F.W. that the amount of the fee be donated to the V.F.W.a this motion was
seconded by alderman White, and was passed unanimously by the Council.
Alderman Bohe introduced an ordinance, entitled " AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING
PHE EAST 162 FEET 114 INCHES OF THE EAST -WEST IN BLOCK 18 OF THE PLAT OF THE ORIGINAL
POWN OF FAYETTEVOLLE, ARKANSAS.
The Ordinance was read in its entirety. by the Clerk and alderman Williams rtin.
node a motion that the rules be suspended, and the ordinance placed on its second readin ,
this motion was seconded by alderman Adkisson, and was passed unanimousltr by the Council.
The -Clerk then read the Ordinance the second. time, and after discussion,
:lderman Hale made a motion that the rules be further suspended, and the Ordinance placed
:)n its third and final re..ding, this motion was seconded by alderman Harlan, and was pasged
unanimously by the Council.
The Clerk then read the Ordinance the third and final time.
Che Mayor then put the question " Shall the Ordinance pass"?, and on roll call by the Clerk
;he following vote resulted: Ayes: Hale, Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Williams and White.
days: None. Absebt and not voting: Whitfield and Gray. And.the Mayor declared the
Drdinance passed, as there were 6 Ayes, and no Prays.
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ORDINANCE N0. 9-2-1.
ORDINANCE ABANDONING THE EAST 162 FEET$ 114 INCHES OF THE EAST -'NEST ALLEY IN
BLOCK 18 OF THE PLAT OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS•
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City,Council of the City -of Fayetteville
Arkansas, on the 28th day of April, 1947s asking the City Council,to vacate and aban-
don all that portion'of the alley designated on the plat of the original Town of
Fayetteville now appearing of record in Plat Record, Page 20 in the office of the
Recorder of Washington County, and
. WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the Council has, at the time
and place mentioned in the notice,.heard all persons desiring to be heard on the
question and has ascertained that the alley or the portion thereof, hereinbefore
described, has heretofore been dedicated to the Public use as,an alley herein described;
has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least five
years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that all the owners of the property abut-
ting upon the portion of tYie alley to be vacated have filed with the Council their
written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not
.be adversely affected by the abandonment of such street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE:
Section 1. The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas;• hereby releases, vacates and
abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally in and to
the alley designated as follows:
The East 162 feet 11; inches of the East-West alley in Block 18
of the plat of the original Town of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Section 2. A copy of the ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be
filed in the office of the recorder of the county and recorded in the deed records
of the county.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21 DAY OF JU,rs�, ..1947. /� •���
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
There r.1yi no further business. Alderman Hale moved to adjourn. Motion
seconded by dean Adkisson, which was regularly passed by the Council. The Mayor
declared the Council adjourned.
Approved: G
1 nMayor)
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(City Clerk)
Fairetteville City Council met in regular sessiom,-Mondatr, August, n+,b, 1947.
Present: Mavor G.T:Sanders, City-Clerlc J;9'1;McGehee; City"Attorney Price Dickson, City
E'rgineer E.T.Brown, and aldermen; Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Wi-.1ians, Whitfield, White
and Gray. Absent: Alderman Hale'e
Minutes of the regular meeting of July 21st., were read and approved.
The fol -lo -wring bills were presented after theif� approval by alderman Williams, chaismsn
of the auditing committee:
Hiram Gabbard $25.00 NW.Ark Times 38.20
G.T.Sanders 11:75 Harold Dudley 25.00 J.F.Stanford 3.00
Frisco R.R.Ce. 49.88
Oran Dudley �8:00 Abshier-Bryan 50:63
W.H.Hester 25.00 Lige Gabbard 25:00 SW.Bell Tel Co 27.83
_ Delbert He^ter 22.60 Chester Stephens 25.00 e Harris S v Sta 41.02
Carl L8wer 25.00 R.E.Boyd 25.00 Cities Service 36.42
Lours Stone 25.00
Leroy Baker 25.00 A.F..Stone 25:00 Ozark Salvage 1.50
Teddy Baker 25:00 Greer.Byrd 2.00 Com. Radio Eqipmt Co 2.50
SW.Gas & Elec"Co 499.84
Flied Martin. 33:00 Ben Yount 25.00 Lewis Bros Co. 4ol4T?
Lige Gabbard 25:00 Gerald Watson 22.60
Chester Stephens 25.00 to/,E,Hestcr. 31,84 City 17ater Plant 3.31
R.E.Boyd 25.00 Vickers .75
Delbert Hester 24:38
Louis Stone 25.00 e , Rogers Electric Co. 6.53
A.E.Stone 25.00 Leroy Racer 26:14 kir
Green Byrd 25.00 Ted.dir Raker 26:14 !.Bell Tel Co.. llo60
9lbcrt Gobel 26:14 SITI.Gas & Elec'Co 18.20
Ben Yount 25.00 -Lewis Bros Co. 2.78
Gerald Watson 22.60 Carl Lower 28:42 Ray Davis 25.00
Tom Williams 28.00 Fred Martin 33,00 F ank J hnson 25.00
Arlie Clark 28:00 r o
Hiram Gabbard 25:00 Floyd Adams 49.80 Ellis 'Poore 25.00
Harold Dudley 25;00 Ark.Western Gas Cc 4:08 Green Chev Co. 17:00
Oran Dudley 28:00 The ScrFWhitfield
Co 7.00 Kelley Bros-Lbr Co: 8.67
ld b1 for Co. 33.83
Aetna Life Ins Co 106.40 Rogers Electric Cc 48.91 0
T.C.Hood 3:00Linkway Stores .51
J.Pl.McGehee, Clerk 2.35 r
H.E.Swift 68:78 -o- 13.88
Lion 0 1 Co.
906.81 Tulsa Paper Co. 17.38 Houston Taylor Ark.Fuel Oil Co. 38.03
Tom Williams 28.00 McRoy-McNair 23.98 Harris S ry Sta 58.14
Arlie Claris 28.00 Ideal Electric Co. 57.27 Cities Sery Sta 75.63