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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 4/27/1923April 27th., 1923. a The City Commission met in regular session with the following present; Mayor, Percy Spencer; Commissioners, J. 0. Jones, H. ('7. Love, W. S. Posey and Geo. C. Wolfarth, R. A. Sowder, City Attorney, M. S. Ruby, City Manager. Minutes of the meeting of Mar. 8th. and 21st. , and April 9th. , 13th. , and 17th. were read and approved by unanimous vote. The delinquent taxes of T. T. Ptice and V1. H. Bledsoe were discussed and upon motion duly made and seconded, it was passed by unanimous vote that the Secretary collect taxes,as set out on the rolls,from the year 1910 to 19D& inclusive,without penalty or interest, and that the taxes from 1911 to 1922 be collected with 10% penalty and 6% interest per )rear. Upon a motion duly made and seconded .and passed by unanimous vote, the Secretary was instructed to write letters to H. L. Allen and Frank A. White of the Texas Utilities Co. that if the light and power rates of the Texas Utilities Co. were not filed by April 30th., the City would take immediate steps to enforce Ordinance No.--2a&, asking for the filing of said rates. �tti'4 Secretary was instructed to have Crief Police to deliver the letters in person. Upon motion duly made and seconded Mr. Sowder was instructed to prepare Ordinance changing the names of llth. Street to Main+and 12th. Street to Broadway. Same was by unanimous vote. The petition of Mrs. Abernathy asking the---Crity Commission to stop the Lubbock Auto Co. from testing asl& cars in alley at the rear of her ¢= building, was tabled b- unanimous vote. Mr. Sowder was instructed to prepare Ordinance requiring all dairies a. doing any business with City of Lubbock to be tested. There bein,> no further business the meetins adjourned. t .J, J, ORDINANCE NO 2 An Ordinance prescribing that portion of the Ui.ty of ' Lubbock within whi6h negroes and. persons of African descent, containing as much ais one -eighth negro blood, shall reside, except bona fide servants residing on the place where. employed; forbidding persons to sell property outside of such disetict to negroes or persons containing as much as one -eighth negro blood; forbidding the rental of property outside such district to persons containing as much as one -eighth negro blood, providing; penalties, and declaring an emergency account of negroes living In other districts and causing danger to health and pollution of the at- mosphere. Be it ordained by the Oity Council (Commission) of the City of Lubboc$, Texas. Section 1. No negro or persons of African descent or con- taining as much as one -eighth negro blood shall own property or reside thereon in any part of this city except that part lying South of 16th. St. and East of Avenue C,,and no person shall rent or lease to any such negro or person of African descent or one containing as much as one - eighth negro blood outside of the territory limits, as above. Section 2. Section 1 shall not apply to bona fide servants living on the premises of their employer; provided that such servant or servants shall receive living quarters as a part of their compensation and that such servants shall be employed the major portion of their time by the family or persons on whose premises they reside. Section 3. Any person violating any part of this Ordinance shill upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $200 and each trans- action or days residence shall constitute a separate offense. Section 4. The fact that negroes and persons of African descent and persons containing as much as one -eighth negro blood are residing in various portions of this city and their residence is dangerous to the health and pollutes the earth and atmosphe-re, creates an emergency and necessity that the removal of the charter requiring an ordinance to be read at two several meetings be suspended and this ordinance be enacted at the meeting of its introduction and effective upon xublication. 1pproved this day of 1923. Y Mayo r City of Lubbock, Texas. Attest: ' `r s { City ~ e*.T`etary� C4ty, of Lubboc k, Texas. Approved as to form, R. d. Sowder, City Attorney.