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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1919 COUNCIL MINUTES _____ _____ January 6, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, January 6th, 1919, The meeting was called to order at 8:10 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trus- tee Hansen. The minutes of the meetings held on De- cember 2d, 16th, 23d and 3th, 1918, were read and approved. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer and Recorder for the month of December, 1918, were read and filed. Thirty-four claims, amounting to a total of $2,551.82 Claims Allowed were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: Bond Interest and Redemption Fund, 1908 (stamp) No. 522 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 21 coupons, interest on Sewer bonds 472.50 Bond Interest and Redemption Fund, 1910 (stamp) 523 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, Park bond and 12 interest on bonds 650. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 524 Myrtle E. Harp. salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 60. – 525 G. W. McKenzie, subscriptions to 26 magazines - - - - - - 62.60 526 McKown & Mess, premium on insurance policy - - - - - - 27.50 527 Hans Sorensen, labor at Public Library - - - - - - - - 6. – GENERAL FUND (stamp) 528 Bank of Italy, assignee of Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electroliers - - 40.22 529 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ , street lights - 188.32 530 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ , misc. lighting - 4.96 531 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ , hydrants, etc. - 80.75 532 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., meter installation for electroliers - - - 94.60 533 “ “ “ “ “ , 12 lamps - - - - - - - - - 4.80 534 Livermore Fire Department, quarterly salaries - - -- - - - 150. – 535 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 536 “ “ “ , “ “ Supt. of Streets - - - -- - - - - 25. – 537 “ “ “ , postage stamps - - - - - - - - - - - .50 538 Manley J. Clark, salary as Town Attorney - - - - - - - 25. – 539 Elmer G. Still, “ “ “ Clerk and stamps - - - - - 52. – 540 G. S. Fitzgerald, “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - - 10. – 541 Adolph Johnson, “ “ night watchman - - - - - - - 100. – 542 Bank of Italy, assignee of L. J. Van Horn, substitute night watchman 17.50 543 Dan Holley, services as substitute night watchman - - - - - 21. – 544 Laughlin Moy, salary as Library Park gardener - - - - - - 75. – 545 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – 546 G. Poggi, cleaning streets, etc. - - - - - - - - - - 62. – 547 Mysell-Rollins Bank Note Co., Jail Record Book - - - - - 12.34 548 Andrae Fragulia, rent of L. St. fire house to fire house to Jan. 1, 1919 18. – 549 P. C. Callaghan, work with men and team - - - - - - - - 9.50 550 Chas. J. Hohlbein, putting in lights - - - - - - - - - - 4.75 551 Bank of Italy, assignee of John Worth, services as quarantine guard - 3. – 552 Ed Conrad, killing and cremating dogs - - - - - - - - 6. - 553 Livermore Herald, printing and publishing - - - - - - - 45.28 554 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 6.40 555 John Barry, rebate of tax - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.31 Grand total - - - - - - - - - - - 2,551.83 Three applications for building permits were Applications for received, as follows: From McKown & Mess, for replacing Building Permits a wooden roof with an iron roof on a bottle store-shed; from James Gallagher Jr., for the addition of a porch to 150; his residence on Third street, at an estimated cost of $ from Henry J. Burton, for the removal of a building from the Bailey estate on O street to I street near Walnut. The applications were referred to the Building Committee with power to act. A motion was made by Trustee Utendorffer Motion to Reopen and seconded by Trustee Emminger, that the saloons Saloons Lost. be permitted to reopen next morning, provided that all persons in saloons be required to wear masks in accordance with the ordinance when not actually drinking, that the chairs and tables be removed from the saloons and that those in charge limit the numbers of visitors present at any one time to three persons as as nearly as practicable, during the prevalence of the epidemic. After considerable discussion, the motion was put to a vote and lost. The Board then took a recess to meet Friday, Adjournment. January 10th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: T. E. Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Clerk. _____ _____ January 10, 1919. _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting. An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Friday evening, January 10th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 9:15 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustee Hansen. Health Officer Dr. J. K. Warner appeared before Health Officer’s Report the Board and reported that the situation as regards the influenza epidemic was very much improved in the town; that only a few new cases were appearing and those could be traced to con- tamination from outside sources, and that the sa- loons and soft-drink places could now be safely reopened for business provided certain precautions be taken to insure patrons of these places against contamination by influenza germs. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Saloons, etc. to Reopen by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, Under Restrictions. it was ordered that the saloons, pool rooms and soft drink and ice-cream parlors in the town be permitted to resume business next morning, Saturday, January 11th, 1919, under the restrictions recommended by the Health Officer. The Clerk was instructed to furnish the Acting Clerk to Furnish Marshal with written statements of the restrictions, Copies of Restrictions. one copy to be delivered by the latter on the following morning to each of the business places concerned. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment Monday, January 20th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Clerk. _____ _____ January 20, 1919. _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held th at the Town Hall on Monday evening, January 20 1919, The meeting was called to order at 8:10 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustee Utendorffer. A communication was received from Supt. J. F. Rowland of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. at Oakland, requesting permission to install auto- Communication in re matic flagmen in the middle of the street at the Railroad Crossing company’s Lizzie street and East First street grade Signals crossings. The matter was referred to the Street Committee, to report at next meeting. A communication was received from B. Harron suggesting that the Board make a request through the Congressmen for some of the captured Communication in re cannon or other trophies of the war for use as Securing War Trophies decorations at the Library Park or for like purposes. The matter was referred to the Committee of the Whole, to report at next meeting. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board the following claim was allowed out of the Bond In- Claim Allowed. terest and Redemption Fund of 1915 and warrant ordered drawn: L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, three Street Improvement $ Bond coupons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37.50 No. 556 Health Officer Dr. J. K. Warner appeared before the Board and reported that the situation in regard to the influenza epidemic in this town Health Officer’s Report. and community was looking very good, there being then only three places remaining under quarantine in the town, while on e of these cases came from Oakland; that he had had only one new case of the disease in some time, and that the rapid decline of the epidemic in this community evidently proved the value of the face mask. In conclusion the Health Officer stated that there still a good many cases of influenza in Pleasanton, Hayward and the bay cities and that on this account he recommended that the masking ordinance be con- tinued in force for at least two weeks yet. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, the Clerk was instructed to communicate with Plath & Jensen In re Two Saloon and L. Guanziroli, informing them that unless they Licenses took out and paid for liquor licenses for the first quarter of the year 1919 before Thursday, January 23d, 1919, the Board would revoke the permits granted them to obtain liquor licenses during the year 1919. The Board decided to dispense with the Appointment Revoked services of Ed Conrad as quarantine officer; there being no further need of an officer for that purpose. The peace officers of the Town directed To Enforce Sterilization to enforce strictly the sterilizing of drinking glasses of Drinking Glasses in saloons, as recently ordered. Deputy Sheriff L. E. Wright, county traffic Suggests Placing Light officer, addressed the Board suggesting that a light on Automatic Flagman be required to be installed on all automatic flagmen stationed in the middle of a street, in order to render the obstruction plainly visible at night The matter was referred to the Street Committee and Town Attorney. The matter of preventing automobile acci- In re Automobile dents at the west end of First street was referred to Accidents. the Street Committee. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, January 27th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Clerk. _____ _____ January 27, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, January 27th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o’clock. Roll call; - Present – Trustees Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustees Emminger and Hansen. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Claims Allowed. Trustees Utendorffer and by vote of the Board, the following claim was allowed out of the general fund and a warrant ordered drawn for the amount. No. 557 State Compensation Insurance Fund, total initial premium for 1919 - - - - - - - - - - - - 411.28 Health Officer Dr. J. K. Warner reported that there Health Officer’s Report. were then no cases of Spanish influenza in the town, but that there were three of four in the community outside of town, which were expected to be cleared up in a few days, and in conclusion recommended that the mask ordinance be continued in force for another week. The Board then adjourned. Adjournment. Approved: T E Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board Clerk _____ _____ February 3, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, February 3d, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:05 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on January 6th, 10th, 20 and 27th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treas- urer and Recorder for the month of January, 1919, were read and filed. Twenty-nine claims amounting to a total Claims Allowed. of $1,107.95, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and, on motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various bonds and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: LIBRARY FUND (stamp) No. 558 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 60. – 559 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - - 1.20 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 560 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., street lighting - - - - - - - 229.41 561 “ “ “ “ “ , Library lights - - - - - - - 2.48 562 “ “ “ “ “ , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 8.04 563 “ “ “ “ “ , water - - - - - - - - - 80.75 564 “ “ “ “ “ , 12 lamps - - - - - - - - 4.20 565 “ “ “ “ “ , globes and lamps - - - - - - - 5.50 566 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 567 “ “ “ , “ “ Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – 568 Manley J. Clark, “ “ Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 569 Elmer G. Still, “ “ “ Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 570 G. S. Fitzgerald, “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 10. – 571 Laughlin Moy, “ “ Park Gardener - - - - - - - - - - 75. – 572 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – 573 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. - 574 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 7.25 575 Adolph Johnson, salary as night watchman - - - - - - - 100. – 576 Bank of Italy, assignee of Ed Conrad, deputy marshal - - - - 56. - 577 “ “ “ “ “ L. J. Van Horn, substitute watchman 56. – 578 L. J. Van Horn, opening sewer - - - - - - - - - - 4.50 579 Chas. J. Hohlbein, repairs - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.25 580 N. D. Dutcher & Son, repairing traffic sign - - - - - - - - .75 581 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - - .70 582 Bach Notion & Tog Co., one flag - - - - - - - - - - 6.07 Carried forward - - - - - - - 1,092.10 Brought forward - - - - - - - - 1,092.10 583 Livermore French Steam Laundry, laundry work - - - - - - .35 584 Walter J. Holm grading streets - - - - - - - - - - 6.50 585 P. C. Callaghan, work with man and team - - - - - - - 7.50 586 McKown & Mess, fumigators - - - - - - - - - - - 1.50 Total - - - - - - - - - - 1107.95 The Clerk was instructed to write to the In re W. P. Crossings. Western Pacific Railroad Co. calling its attention to the bad condition of its L-street and East- First-street crossings and asking that these be repaired as required by the company’s franchise. The Clerk was instructed to write to the In re Automatic Southern Pacific Railroad Co. requesting that Flagman. the company send an engineer to confer with the members of the Board in regard to the best’ locations for the proposed automatic flagman signals at its East-First-street and Lizzie-street crossings and also in regard to providing a light on the flagman at night. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Restrictions Removed. Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, it was ordered that all restrictions which had been made by the Board on account of the influenza epidemic be removed. The Clerk was instructed to write to the Concerning War proper Government authorities in regard to what Trophies kind of was trophies could be secured by the Town for use as Park decorations and the like. On motion of Trustee Hansen seconded Salary of Recorder by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board the salary Increased. $$ of the Recorder was increased from 10 to 25 per month, beginning February 1st, 1919. The delinquent tax list of the Town for Delinquent Tax List the fiscal year 1918-19 was ordered published in Ordered Published the next four issues of the official paper; the sale to be held on Monday, March 3d, 1919m, at 11 a.m., of all the said property on which the taxes and costs are not then paid. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on February 17th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: T E Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board Clerk _____ _____ February 17, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting. An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening February 17th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:10 o’clock Roll call – Present – Trustees Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustees Emminger and Utendorffer. The following resolution was read and, on Resolution Adopted motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, in re Town Publishing was adopted by following vote: Ayes: - Trustees Hansen, Rees and Presi- dent Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustees Em- minger and Utendorffer: “Resolution No. 325. “Resolved that the Clerk of the Town of Livermore is hereby instructed to advertise for one week in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Livermore, Cal., for bids for the town advertising required by law to be printed and published in a newspaper printed in said town. “The contract for said printing shall continue for one year from the date of letting the contract. “Said bids shall be delivered in a sealed envelope to the Clerk of the Town of Livermore, in person, marked “Bid for Town Advertising”, and must be delivered to said Clerk before the hour of 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 3d, 1919, “Said bids shall be opened by the Board of Trustees of said Town of Livermore in open session and shall be examined and publicaly(sic) declared, “Said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. “The person receiving the award of the contract for the advertising herein shall within three days thereafter enter into a written con- tract with said Town for said advertising for a period of one year and shall furnish to said Town a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $ 200 with two sureties who shall be accept- able to the Board for the faithful performance of said contract. “After said bond shall have been approved by the Board, it shall be filed by the Clerk of the Town. “The work performed under the contract shall be paid for monthly in the way provided by law;” A communication was received from Supt. T. F. Communication Rowland of the Southern Pacific Co. stating that the company’s From S. P. Co. signal supervisor would meet with the members of the Board at 10;45 a.m. on February 18th, 1919, to confer in regard to the installing of automatic flagmen. It was agreed that as many of the members of the Board as possible would be on hand then. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on February 17th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: T E Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board Clerk _____ _____ March 3, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 3d, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:05 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustee Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on Feb- ruary 3 and 17, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer and Recorder for the month of February, 1919, were read and filed. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Claims Rejected. Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board two claims presented by H. Cowan of Orosi, Tulare $ county, and amounting to a total of 112, for alleged damaged and costs incurred by him on February 14th, 1919, as the result of his automobile becoming stalled in the Arroyo Mocho at the Holmes – street ford, were rejected, and the Town Attorney was directed to inform said H. Cowan of the Board’s action in the matter. Thirty-three claims, amounting to a total of Claims Allowed $ 1,134.91, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: LIBRARY FUND $ No. 587 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - 60. – 588 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 4.80 589 John J. Newbegin, books for Library - - - - - - - - - 6.09 GENERAL FUND 590 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. - 591 “ “ “ “ “ Supt. of Streets - - - - - - - - 25. – 592 Manley J. Clark, “ “ Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. - 593 Elmer G. Still, “ “ “ Clerk- - - - - - - - - - 50. - 594 G. S. Fitzgerald, “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 25. - 595 Adolph Johnson “ “ night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 596 Laughlin Moy, “ “ Park gardener - - - - - - - - - - 75. – 597 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - - 125. - 598 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. - 599 Mally Bros., meals for prisoners during Dec., 1918 - - - - - - 3.75 600 “ “ “ “ “ “ Jan., 1919 - - - - - 2.25 601 “ “ “ “ “ “ Feb., “ - - - - - 2.25 602 League of California Municipalities, dues for year 1919 - - - - 20. - 603 Valley Garage Co., hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - - 6.65 604 Ed Conrad, pound fees and watching at fire - - - - - - - 10.50 $ Carried forward - - - - - - - - 692.29 Brought forward - - - - - - - - - 692.29 605 Chas. Hohlbein, repairs - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.50 606 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - - .70 607 Walter J. Holm, grading street - - - - - - - - - - - 3.25 608 Livermore Herald, printing and publishing - - - - - - - 42.10 609 P. C. Callaghan, work with men and team - - - - - - - 6.50 610 Geo. Beck & Sons, insurance, supplies, etc. - - - - - - - 25.90 611 E. J. Lawless, 12 fumigators - - - - - - - - - - - 4.80 612 F. C. Lassen, wood - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.40 613 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electroliers lighting - - - - - - - 36.40 614 “ “ “ “ “ , street lighting - - - - - - - - 9.49 615 “ “ “ “ “ , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - - 188.32 616 “ “ “ “ “ , water for fire hydrants - - - - - - 80. - 617 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ Town Hall and jail - - - - .75 618 “ “ “ “ “ , installing two new hydrants - - - - 37.44 619 “ “ “ “ “ , one lamp - - - - - - - - - 1.10 $ Total - - - - - - - - - - - 1,134.91 A communication was received from the League Communication in re of California Municipalities calling attention to a Legislative Bill. bill pending in the Legislature providing that munici- palities shall receive a part of the net proceeds of the State motor-vehicle fund, instead of its being distributed among the counties for use in improving county roads, and suggesting that the Board urge the district’s representatives in the Legislature to favor the measure. After some discussion of the matter, the Legislators Requested Town Attorney was directed; on motion of Trustee to Oppose Bill. Rees, seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, to write to the representatives of this district in the Legislature requesting them to oppose said Legislative bill. A bid on “Town Advertising” was received Bid for Town from A. L. Henry, publisher of the Livermore Herald, Advertising Received and was opened and read, the bid being as follows: For first insertion, 75 cents per square of nine lines nonpareil; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents per square. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Bid Accepted. by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the bed of A. L. Henry to do the town advertising for the ensuing year at the rate named in his bid, was accepted and the Town Attorney was directed to draw yup the necessary contract and also the bond, $ said bond to name two sureties in the sum of 200. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, March 10th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: T E Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board Clerk _____ _____ March 10, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 10th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:10 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustee Rees. On motion of Trustee Emminger, seconded Bond Accepted and by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Contract Entered Into. bond of A. L. Henry, with M. G. Callaghan and N. $ D. Dutcher Fr. as sureties in the sum of 200, was accepted and filed, and the President and the Clerk authorized and directed to sign the contract of said A. L. Henry with the Town of Livermore to do the town advertising for one year beginning March 7th, 1919, in accordance with the bid of said A. L. Henry received at the meeting of March 3d, 1919. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Permission Granted to by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Sell Saloon Business. application of Catherine Sweeney Jr. and Catherine Sweeney Sr. to sell their saloon business to Felix Ferrero was granted. Trustee Rees came in at this time and Trustee Rees Present. took his seat with the other members of the Board. An application for permission to obtain a Application for Liquor liquor license to do business in the Sweeney building License Received. on East First street was received from Felix Ferrero and referred to the License and Ordinance Committee. A communication was received from the Communication in re State Committee on Readjustment, San Francisco, Cal, Returned Soldiers, Etc. in regard to finding placement for returned California soldiers and sailors and referring to a letter sent on February 14th and a telegram sent on February 24th last, and the Clerk was instructed to make reply that neither the said letter nor telegram had been received by the Board. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by To Purchase Assess- Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, the ment Books. Clerk was instructed to purchase assessment roll books for the years 1919 and 1920 and a personal property assessment book for the year 1919. The Town Attorney was instructed to draw up a Contract Ordered contract, specifications and bond with the assistance of L. E. Drawn for Crossing Wright as engineer, for the building of a concrete roadway 28 feet wide and 80 feet ling across the Arroyo Mocho near South S street by C. A. Bruce of Pleasanton, Cal, the contract price for said work to be $250 and the Town to furnish the necessary cement and water. “The Board then took a recess to meet Wednesday, Adjournment March 12th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: T E Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board Clerk. _____ _____ March 12, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, March 12th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Rees, Uten- dorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustees Em- minger and Hansen. On recommendation of the Ordinance and Liquor License License Committee and on motion of Trustee Rees, Permit Granted. seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, a permit was ordered issued to Felix Ferroro, in accordance with his application, to obtain licenses to sell liquor in the Sweeney building on East First street. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, March 17th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. _____ _____ March 17, 1919 __________ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 17th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent Trustee Emminger. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Specifications for specifications filed by L. E. Wright as engineer Crossing Accepted. for the construction of a concrete roadway across the Mocho creek at the crossing near S street were ac- cepted and ordered filed. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, sec- onded by Trustee Hansen, and by the following vote Resolution Adopted the following resolution was adopted: to Enter Into Contract. Ayes – Trustees Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer, and President Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustee Emminger: “Resolution No. 326. “Resolved, that the President of the Board of Trustees be, and he is hereby directed and authorized to sign the contract, dated March 17th, 1919, between the Town of Livermore and C. A. Bruce for the construction of a concrete crossing across Mocho creek at South S street for and on behalf of the Town of Livermore.” On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Resolution Adopted Trustee Utendorffer, and by the following vote, the to Accept Bonds. following resolution was adopted: Ayes – Trustees Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent - Trustee Emminger: “Resolution No. 327. $00 “Resolved, that the bond, in the sum of 125., presented by C. A. Bruce, with Chas. E. Beck and E. Pronzini as sureties, for the faithful performance of the terms and conditions of the contract between the Town of Livermore and C. A. Bruce, dated March 17th, 1919, for the construction of a concrete crossing over Mocho creek at South S street, be and the same is hereby accepted and approved,” On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Resolution Adopted Trustee Rees, and by the following vote, the following to Accept Bonds Resolution was adopted: Ayes – Trustees Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustee Emminger: “Resolution No. 328. $00 “Resolved, that the bond, in the sum of 125., presented by C. A. Bruce, with Chas. E. Beck and E. Pronzini as sureties, guaranteeing payment for all materials, labor and supplies used by the said C. A. Bruce in the construction of a concrete crossing over Mocho creek at South S street according to the terms and conditions of a contract between the Town of Livermore and C. A. Bruce dated March 17th, 1919, be and the same is hereby approved and accepted.” A communication was received from Supt. Communication in re T. F. Rowland of the Southern Pacific Co., at Oakland Blue-Prints of Flagmen Pier, Calif., together with two blue-prints, requesting to be installed by the company at their East First-street and Livermore Avenue crossings as shown thereon, be O. K.’d if satisfactory to the Board and one of the duplicate blue-prints be returned to the company. The Clerk was directed to return both blue- Blue-Print to be prints and advise the company that the location of the Corrected. automatic flagman for the East-First-street cross- ing, as agreed upon by the members of the Board and Signal supervisor F. S. Starratt, representing the company, on February 15th last, was on the south side of the tracks, instead of on the north side as in- dicated on the blue-print maps sent. An application for a building permit was re- Application for ceived from F. Campioti for the erection of a residence Building Permit 26 by 36 feet in size on the south side of East First $ street at an estimated cost of 1,000, and was referred to the Building Committee. A letter was received from the Town Clerk Communication in re of St. Helena, Napa county, Cal., in answer to an inquiry Automobile Fire stating that that Town had purchased a Schnerr auto- Engine. mobile fire engine a little over a year ago from the $ manufacturer in San Francisco, at a cost of 5,400; that it is six-cylinder, triple-combination fire apparatus, embodying a pumping engine, chemical engine and hose wagon; that the machine throws three streams and has a capacity of 350 gallons a minute, and that the $ machine had cost only about 40 for repairs so far and had proven very satisfactory. Mr. Bertram, representing J. J. Schnerr of Agent Addresses San Francisco, manufacturer of the engine in question, Board in re Engine. appeared before the Board and stated that a machine could be built in accordance with specifications to suit the requirements of the Board, and in conclusion of- fered to take the members of the Board to St. Helena by automobile to inspect the machine there, at any time that might be convenient to the Board. The Board accepted the invitation with thanks Invitation Accepted and decided to make the trip on Sunday, March 30th. The Clerk was instructed to write to the To Enquire in re Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and enquire why the fire Installing Hydrant. hydrant ordered installed last August at the corner of Chestnut and North L streets had not yet been put in. The Board then adjourned. Adjournment. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Clerk. _____ _____ April 7, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, April 7th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 o’clock. Roll call:- Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on March 3d, 10th, 12th and 17th, 1919, were read and approved. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treas- urer and Recorder for the month of March, 1919, were read and filed. Thirty-two claims, amounting to a total of Claims Allowed. $3,964.31, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various fund, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 620 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. - 621 “ “ “ “ “ Supt. of Streets - - - - - - - - 25. – 622 Manley J. Clark, “ “ Town Attorney - - - - - -- - - 25. – 623 Elmer G. Still, “ “ “ Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 624 G. S. Fitzgerald, “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 25. - 625 Adolph Johnson, “ “ night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 626 Laughlin Moy, “ “ Library Park gardener - - - - - - - 75. – 627 G. H. Smith, service of self and team - - - - - - - - - 125. – 628 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 629 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - - 60. – 630 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 6. – Bond Interest and Redemption Fund 1915 (stamp) 631 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 3 Street Improvement Bonds - - 1,500.- 632 “ “ “ “ “ 91 Street Imp. Bond coupons - - 1,137.50 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 633 L. H. Morgan salary as Treasurer to April 1, 1919 - - - - - 100. – 634 Livermore Fire Department, quarterly salaries - - - - - - 150. – 635 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - 8.10 636 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - 3.75 637 Chas. J. Hohlbein, labor - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.25 638 Livermore Herald, printing - - - - - - - - - - - 7.50 639 Horton & Kennedy, Inc., lumber - - - - - - - - - - 17.10 640 Walter J. Holm, grading street - - - - - - - - - - - 6.50 641 Geo. Kruger, labor - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. – 642 C. A. McClain rebate on license - - - - - - - - - - 11.65 643 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - 36.89 644 “ “ “ “ “ , street lighting - - - - - - - 188.32 645 “ “ “ “ “ , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 8.56 646 “ “ “ “ “ , 12 lamps - - - - - - - - - 4.80 647 “ “ “ “ “ , 1 higlas globe - - - - - - - - 1. - 648 “ “ “ “ “ , replacing hydrant - - - - - - - 20.83 649 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ - - - - - - - - 20.31 650 “ “ “ “ “ , water for hydrants - - - - - - - 80. - 651 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ Town Hall and jail - - - - - .75 Total - - - - - - - - - - 3,964.31 The Board then took a recess to meet on Monday, Adjournment. April 14th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board, Clerk, _____ _____ April 14, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Meeting An adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, April 14th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:35 o’clock Roll call: - Present – Trustee Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustees Emminger and Hansen. Engineer L. E. Wright reported to the Board that Engineer’s Report. C. A. Bruce had completed the building of a concrete crossing over the Arroyo Mocho near L street in accordance with the contract, and recommended that the work be accepted. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trus- Contract Accepted; tee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, the work Warrant Ordered was accepted and a warrant ordered drawn in favor Drawn. of C. A. Bruce for 75 per cent of the contract price $ of 250 as provided in the contract, as follows: No. 652 C. A. Bruce, 75 per cont of contract price for building concrete $ crossing over Arroyo Mocho - - - - - - - - - 187.50 The Board then adjourned Adjournment. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Elmer G. Still, President of the Board, Clerk, _____ _____ May 5, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, May 5th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o’clock. Roll call:- Present – Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and Presi- dent Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on April 7th and 14th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Officials Reports. Treasurer and Recorder for the month of April, 1919 were read and filed. Forty claims, amounting to a total of Claims Allowed. $1,329.17, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and, on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 653 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 654 “ “ “ “ “ Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – 655 M. J. Clark “ “ Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 656 Elmer G. Still “ “ Clerk and stamps - - - - - - - - 52. – 657 G. S. Fitzgerald “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 25. – 658 Adolph Johnson “ “ night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 659 Laughlin Moy, “ “ Library Park gardener - - - - - - 75. – 660 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – Carried forward - - - - - - - - - 517. – Brought forward - - - - - - - - - 517. – 661 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 662 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 60. – 663 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 11.10 664 Newbegin’s San Francisco, Cal., books for Library - - - - - 4.97 665 Zellerbach Paper Co., paper for Library - - - - - - - - 3.29 666 Livermore Herald, blanks for Library - - - - - - - - 4. – GENERAL FUND (stamp) 667 Livermore Herald, printing - - - - - - - - - - - 8.50 668 Valley Garage Co. auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 6.65 669 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - 1.60 670 Ed Conrad, pound fees - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.50 671 L. J. Van Horn, painting at Town Hall - - - - - - - - 10. – 672 D. A. Smith, postage stamps - - - - - - - - - - - .50 673 L. E. Wright, engineering services - - - - - - - - - - 25. – 674 Independent Lumber Co., cement - - - - - - - - - - 71.50 675 F. C. Lassen, cement - - - - - - - - - - - - - 65.40 676 Chas. J. Hohlbein, labor - - - - - - - - - - - - 13. – 677 Livermore French Steam Laundry, laundry work - - - - - - .30 678 Theo. Gorner Co., bedding - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.25 679 N. D. Dutcher & Son, supplies - - - - - - - - - - 21.30 680 Livermore Commercial Co., supplies - - - - - - - - - 1.20 681 H. R. Crane, repair work - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.50 682 Bernhardt & Colldeweih, repairs on grader - - - - - - - 19.50 683 Hans R. Anderson, rebate on License No. 704 - - - - - - 3.38 684 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - 33.76 685 “ “ “ “ “ , street lighting - - - - - - - - 9.04 686 “ “ “ “ “ , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 188.32 687 “ “ “ “ “ , one higlas globe - - - - - - - 2.75 688 “ “ “ “ “ , installation of hydrant - - - - - 51.46 689 “ “ “ “ “ , water for fire hydrants - - - - - 80.53 690 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ Street sprinkling - - - - 17.52 691 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ Town Hall and jail - - - - .75 692 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ mixing concrete - - - - - .60 Total of claims allowed - - - - - - - - 1,329.17 The claim of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for Claim Laid Over $13.43 for water for Library Park for the month of April, 1919, was laid over and referred to the Fire and Water Committee. A petition was received from Jack J. Caratti, Petition for “Class B” A. P. Caratti and A. F. Croce accompanied by a Restaurant License. certified check for $25 requesting that they be granted a “Class B” restaurant license for their “Over the Top Restaurant.” On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by License Granted. Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the license petitioned for was granted. The Clerk was instructed to write to F. Directed to Remove Beigbeder calling his attention to the fire menace Fire Menace. existing at his premises on the south side of Second June 2, 1919 street between I and J streets, as the result especially of the accumulation of oil refuse and the galling of soot from his chimney and to direct him to abate said menace to the public within ten days form the date of the letter. A communication was received from Permit Requested Livermore Aerie, No. 609, F. O. E., requesting for Street Dance. permission to hold a dance on the pavement of K street between First and Second streets on Saturday evening, May 17th, 1919. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded Permit Granted. by Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, the permission asked for was granted. The matter of granting permission to Don En re Permission Carlos Council, No. 6, I. D. E. S. to hold a fire- to Discharge Fireworks. works display at I. D. E. S. Park on Saturday evening, May 31st, 1919, was discussed and referred to the Fire and Water Committee. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, May 19th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board, Clerk. _____ _____ May 19, 1919 No meeting of the Board was held on May 19th, 1919, on account of a quorum not being present. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board, Clerk. _____ _____ June 2, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, June 2d, 1919, The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustees Hansen and Utendorffer. The minutes of the meeting held on May 5th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Officials’ Reports Treasurer and Recorder for the month of May, 1919, were read and filed. Thirty-three claims, amounting to a total Claims Allowed of $1,251.86, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and on motion of Trustee Emminger, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 693 C. A. Bruce, balance due on contract price for crossing - - - - 62.50 694 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 695 “ “ “ , “ “ Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – 696 M. J. Clark, “ “ Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 697 Elmer G. Still, “ “ “ Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 698 G. S. Fitzgerald, “ “ “ Recorder - - - - - - - - 25. – 699 Adolph Johnson, “ “ night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 700 Laughlin Moy, “ “ Library Park gardener - - - - - - 75. – 701 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – 702 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 703 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 60. – 704 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 8.10 705 Geo. Beck & Sons, cedar sweep for Library - - - - - - - 5.35 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 706 Geo. Beck & Sons, supplies - - - - - - - - - - - 3.60 707 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 6.60 708 Ed Conrad, pound fees - - - - - - - - - - - - 12. – 709 Chas. J. Hohlbein, labor - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.75 710 County of Alameda, second payment on Library con’t - - - - 50. – 711 G. W. Bacon, recording fees - - - - - - - - - - - 1.80 712 Mally Bros., meals for prisoners during Mar., 1919 - - - - - 3.25 713 “ “ , “ “ “ “ Apr., “ - - - - - - 4. – 714 “ “ , “ “ “ “ May, “ - - - - - - 1. – 715 Livermore Herald, two assessment rolls and printing - - - - 57.65 716 Walter J. Holm, street grading - - - - - - - - - - - 1.80 717 P. C. Callaghan, work of man and team - - - - -- - - - 5. – 718 Livermore French Steam Laundry, laundry work - - - - - - - - .25 719 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - - 34.06 720 “ “ “ “ “ , street lighting - - - - - - - 188.32 721 “ “ “ “ “ , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 7.24 722 “ “ “ “ “ , water for 41 fire hydrants - - - - 82. - 723 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ street sprinkling - - - - 54.24 724 “ “ “ “ “ , “ “ Town Hall and jail - - - - - .75 725 “ “ “ “ “ , electrical supplies - - - - - - - 5.40 Total of claims allowed June 2, 1919 - - - - - - 1,251.86 The claim of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Claim Laid Over. for $28.35 for water for Library Park for the month of May, 1919, was laid over for further consideration Permission was granted to P. Cigliuti, Permission Granted contractor, on recommendation of the Building to Lay Sidewalk. Committee, to lay concrete sidewalk and curbing in front of St. Michael’s Church on Maple street between 4th and 5th in accordance with the official grade. A communication was received from W. J. Permission to Erect Baker requesting permission to erecting two hitching Hitching Posts Refused posts in the sidewalk in front of his store on 1st street. On recommendation of the Building Committee, the permission asked for was refused. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment Monday, June 9th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board, Town Clerk. _____ _____ June 9, 1919 No meeting of the Board was held on June 9th, 1919, on account of no quorum being present. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ June 23, 1919 _____ _____ Special Meeting A special meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, June 23d, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 o’clock. The call for the special meeting, as signed Call for Meeting by all the members of the Board, was as follows: “Notice in hereby given by the undersigned, comprising all of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, that a special meeting of said Board is hereby called to meet at the Board room of said Board of Trustees in the Town Hall I Livermore on Monday, the 23d day of June, 1919, at 7:00 o’clock P. M. for the fol- lowing purpose, to wit: “To pass the necessary resolutions for the Town of Livermore to participate in the coming 4th of July celebration. “T. E. Knox, “Wm. Rees, “R. A. Hansen, “D. D. Emminger, “E. C. Utendorffer, “Members of the board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, Alameda county, California. “Dated, June 23, 1919,” Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Certificates for Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, Soldiers Ordered. the Clerk was instructed to order from the Edgar H. Barber Co., Oakland, Calif., 350 “Certificates of Appreciation” similar to those issued by the Oakland, to be presented to the re- turned soldiers and sailors of Livermore on July 4th next. Secretary M. G. Callaghan, of the Second Two Permits Requested Annual Rodeo Association, appeared before the Board and requested that permission be granted the Association to hold a series of four- round boxing contest on the evening of July 4th or 5th next, under a guarantee that no unseemly conduct would be permitted in connection with the affair, and also requested that permission be granted to the cowboys in the 4th of July parades to discharge blank cartridges during the parades. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded Permits Granted by Trustee Rees, and vote of the Board, the two permits as asked for were granted. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Flag Ordered by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Chairman of the Finance Committee was authorized to purchase a flag 12 by 24 feet in size. A communication was received from the Invitation Received Welcome Home Celebration Committee of the Livermore Stockmen’s Rodeo Association inviting the members of the Board to attend the dinner to be given at Dania Hall on July 4th in honor of Livermore’s soldiers and sailors. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Invitation Accepted Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, the invitation was accepted with thanks, and the Clerk instructed to send a written acceptance. A communication was received from Communication in re the Woman’s Improvement Club calling the Board’s Reckless Auto Driving attention to the reckless speeding on the streets of the town by youthful drivers of delivery automobiles and urging that these violations of the law be stopped before serious accidents occur. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Communication to be by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Sent to Drivers’ Clerk was instructed to send communications to Employers all business houses of the town employing youth- ful drivers of automobiles, requesting the co-operation of the employers in abating the eirl(sic) complained of, as any further violations would result in immediate action to enforce the law. At this time, Trustee Rees stated that he Trustee Rees had another appointment and, with the permission Leaves Meeting of the Chair, left the meeting. Messrs. Geo. Beck and D. J. Murphy, representing Contributions requested the Welcome-Home Celebration Committee, appeared for Welcome Home before the Board and requested that the sum of Celebration $ 500 be contributed by the Board – or leaned it that be legally permissible – to help defray the great expense of preparing for this celebration on July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1919, stating in conclusion that the grounds and improvements are, through a provision in the articles of incorporation, to be deeded over to the Town eventually. The Board, after some discussion, decided Adjournment. to take the matter under advisement. The Board then took a recess to meet on Tuesday, June 24th, 1919, at 7 p.m. sharp. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ June 24, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Special Meeting An adjourned special meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, June 24thm 1919. The meeting was called to order at 7:15 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. A motion was made by Trustee Rees and seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, that it was the intention of the Board to employ J. O. McKown, chairman of the Welcome-Home Celebration Com- In re Appropriation $ mittee, for the sum of 250 to furnish music for Welcome Home for the celebration in honor of Livermore’s sol- Celebration Committee. diers and sailors who have served their coun – try during the war. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, the original motion was amended to make the $$ amount 200, instead of 250. Then, by unanimous vote of the Board, the motion as amended was carried. The Board then adjourned. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still President of the Board. Adjournment _____ _____ July 7, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, July 7th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 o’clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustee Utendorffer. The minutes of the meetings held on June 2d, 23d and 24th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Officials' Reports Treasurer and Recorder for the month of June, 1919, were read and filed. Thirty-seven claims, amounting to a total Claims Allowed of $3,163.98, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee, and on motion of Trus- tee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts as follows; GENERAL FUND (stamp) N0. 726 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 727 " " " , " " Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – 728 M. J. Clark, " " Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 729 Elmer G. Still " " Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 730 G. S. Fitzgerald " " Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 25. – 731 Adolph Johnson, " " night watchman - - - - - - - - - - 100. – 732 Laughlin Moy, " " Library Park gardener - - - - - - 75. – 733 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – 734 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 735 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - - 60. – 736 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 6. – 737 G. W. McKenzie, subscriptions for Library - - - - - - - 25.20 738 Raphael Hull & Co., Inc., books for Library - - - - - - - 16.79 739 Newbegin's, San Francisco, book for Library - - - - - - - - .68 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 740 Livermore fire Department, quarterly salaries - - - - - - 150. – 741 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 7.30 742 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - 2.05 743 Walter J. Holm, grading streets - - - - - - - - - - 22.50 744 L. E. Wright, surveying - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. – 745 Edgar H. Barber Co., certificates and envelopes - - - - - 67.70 746 J. O. McKown, chairman Welcome-Home Celebration Committee, employing musicians - - - - - - - - - 200. – 747 McKown & Mess, blank books, etc. - - - - - - - - - - 1.04 748 D. A. Smith, detective service July 3d to 6th, 1919 - - - - - 40. – Carried forward - - - - - - - - - - 1,179.26 Brought forward - - - - - - - - - 1,179.26 749 D. A. Smith, flags and pillow cases bought - - - - - - - 40.50 750 Ed Conrad, pound fees and services as special police - - - - - 19. – 751 " " , flushing sewers - - - - - - - - - - - 3. – 752 George Stevens, flushing sewers - - - - - - - - - - 3. – 753 Felix Ferrero, assignee of Harry King, driving sprinkler - - - - 45.50 754 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - 24.82 755 " " " " " , street lighting - - - - - - - 188.32 756 " " " " " , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 6.34 757 " " " " " , water for street sprinkling - - - - 47.64 758 " " " " " , " " 41 hydrants - - - - - 82. - 759 " " " " " , " " Town Hall and jail - - - - - .75 760 " " " " " , three Nouglas globes - - - - - 3.85 Bond Interest and Redemption Fund, 1910 (stamp) 761 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 11 Library Park bond coupons - - 137.50 Bond Interest and Redemption Fund, 1908 (stamp) 762 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 1 sewer bond and 17 coupons - - 1,382.50 Total of claims allowed July 7, 1919 - - - - 3,163.98 A petition was received from Bernhardt Petition in re & Colldewich and six other blacksmiths of the Blacksmiths' License town asking that the license for doing blacksmithing work be abolished, and Messrs. J. H. Colldeweih and H. Matthiesen addressed the Board in support of the petition. After considerable discussion, the Board decided not to reduce or remove the license, but to have the town's patronage in the blacksmithing line distributed as evenly as practicable amongst all the blacksmiths in town. An application was received from Angelina Application for Permit Preftokis for a permit to erect an electric sign to Erect Electric Sign. over the sidewalk in front of the "Busy Bee" confectionery store. – The petition was referred to the Building Committee, to be report on at the next meeting. An application for a building permit was Building Permit received from Martin Poco for the erection of a small garage on North K St. between Oak and Chestnut. – On recommendation of the Build- ing Committee, the permit was granted A petition was received from R. A. Barnett, Petition for Permit J. Lynch and M. D. Jones, doing business under the to Operate Truck Line. name of "Eastern Truck Line," requesting that a permit as required by the State law, be granted them to operate a freight truck line "between Oakland, Pleasanton and Livermore ant interme- diate points;" the proposed time schedule, charges and equipment being stated in the petition. Filed The following resolution was introduced by Resolution Setting Trustee Rees, and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded Date for Hearing by trustee Hansen, was adopted by the following called vote: Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees and President Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustee Utendorffer: "Resolution No. 329. "Resolved, that the application of R. A. Barnett J. Lunch and M. D. Jones for the permit required by Chapter 213, Statutes of 1917, filed with the Clerk of this Board on the 7th day of July, 1919, be and same is hereby set down for hearing on July 21, 1919, at the hour of 8 o'clock P. M. of said day, at the board room of the said Board, in the Town Hall, Livermore, California, when and where any person interested may appear and oppose the granting of the permit applied for." The Clerk was instructed to send com- To Repair Sidewalk munications to L. J. Medina, Mrs. A. M. Vercelli, Leland C. Stanley, Gabriel Jadoon, Mrs. D. S. Carlisle and the Livermore Investment Co. calling their attention to the bad condition of the concrete sidewalk in front of their respective properties in the town and directing that the sidewalks in question be repaired at once as required by law. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, July 21st, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: Wm Rees (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still Pro Tem. President of the Board. Town Clerk ______ _____ July 21, 1919. _____ _____ Adjourned Regular Meeting. An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, July 21st, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:35 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. An affidavit of publication in the matter Affidavit of Publication of "Notice of Hearing" for Barnett, Lynch and Jones, was received from the publisher of the Livermore Herald and filed. Trustee Rees introduced the following reso- Resolution Granting lution, which was read, and on motion of Trustee Permit for Truck Line. Rees, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, it was adopted by the following called vote; Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent none: "Resolution No. 330. "Resolution granting a permit to R. A. Barnett, J. Lynch and M. D. Jones, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of 'Eastern Truck Line,' to operate freight and passenger service by motor vehicles through the town of Livermore, as a part of the transportation of freight and express between the city of Oakland and the towns of Pleasanton and Livermore and intermediate points. "Whereas, on the 7th day of July, 1919, an ap- plication was made and filed with the Clerk of this Board of Trustees by R. A. Barnett, F. Lynch and M. D. Jones, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of 'Eastern Truck Line,' for a permit to operate freight and express service by motor vehicles through the Town of Livermore, as a part of the transportation of freight and express between the City of Oakland and Towns of Pleasanton and Livermore and intermediate points, in the manner more particularly set forth in said application, which is hereby referred to and made a part hereof; and "Whereas, said application in made under the provisions of that certain Act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved May 10th, 1919, and entitled "An Act providing for the supervision and regulation of the transportation of persons and property for compensation over any public highway by automobile, etc.;" and "Whereas, this said Board of Trustees did by Resolution No. 329, set down said application to be heard by it on the 21st day of July, 1919, at the hour of 8 o'clock P. M. of said day in the board room of said Board in the Town Hall, in Liver- more, California; and Whereas, said applicants have, at least three days prior to said hearing, caused to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Livermore, a notice reciting the fact of filing said application, together with statement of the time and place of said hearing as hereinbefore sit forth; and "Whereas, the said Board of Trustees, at the time and place aforesaid, held a public hearing upon said application and thereupon de- termined that a permit should be issued to said R. A. Barnett, J. Lynch and M. D. Jones, as prayed for in said application; now therefore be it "resolved, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore as follows: "Section 1. That a permit for a period of one (1) year issue to said R. A. Barnett, J. Lynch and M. D. Jones, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of 'Eastern Truck Line,' as prayed for in said application, under the provisions of said Act of 1917, subject, however, to all ordinances, licenses, regulations and laws of the Town of Livermore now existing or that may hereafter be enacted. "Section 2. The permission herein granted is revocable at the pleasure of the Board of Trustee. "Section 3. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver a permit to the said R. A. Barnett, J. Lynch and M. D. Jones in conformity herewith. "Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately." An application for a building permit was Application For received from Miss B. Jenkins for the erection Building Permit. of a bath-room addition to her place at Second and K streets. The application was referred to the Building Committee. The report of the secretary of the Liver- Report of Fire more Fire Department for the year ending June Department. 30th, 1919, was received and filed. L. E. Wright, J. H. Colldeweih and N. D. Discussion Concerning Dutcher Jr., constituting a committee appointed by Improving Fire the Livermore Fire Department, appeared before the Apparatus Board and made addresses urging the board to purchase an automobile fire engine and install an automatic district fire-alarm system and make other such improvements, and recommended that a bond election be held to secure all available information concerning such improvement and the cost of same as soon as possible. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Resolution in re Ad- Trustee Rees, and by unanimous vote of the Board, vertising the Rodeo. the following resolution was adopted; "Resolution No. 331. "Whereas, the annual rodeo of the Livermore Stockmen's Rodeo association has became an institution of vital interest to the Town of Livermore, and "Whereas, the proper advertising of the rodeo to the public of the State of California was necessary to the success thereof, and in this connection Paul Goldsmith again gave to this community his services in the advertising of the rodeo, as he has for past events,and Aug 4, 1919 "Whereas, the Oakland Tribune gave special and valuable publicity to the town of Livermore in the ad- vertising of the annual rodeo at Livermore and con- tributed in a very large measure to the success of the rodeo by so doing; now therefore be it "Resolved, that the thanks of the Town of Livermore are hereby extended to the Oakland Tribune and to Paul Goldsmith for the services rendered to the Town of Livermore, and that a copy of this resolution by forwarded to the Honorable Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Oakland Tribune, and to Paul Goldsmith," The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, July 28th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: Wm Rees (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still Pro Tem. President of the Board. Town Clerk _____ _____ July 28, 1919. No meeting of the Board was held on July 28th, 1919, on account of a quorom(sic) not being present Approved: Wm Rees (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still Pro Tem. President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ August 4, 1919 _____ _____ Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, August 4th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger Hansen, Rees and Utendorffer; absent – President Knox. Trustee Rees acted as Chairman pro tem. The minutes of the meetings held on July 7th and 21st, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treas- Officials' Reports. urer and Recorder for the month of July, 1919, and the report of the Health Officer for the year ending June 30th, 1919, were read and filed. At this point, President Knox arrived and President Knox Arrives took his seat at the meeting. The Claim of Geo. W. Prescott, amounting to Claim Rejected. $10, for firing the salute on July 4th, 1919, was rejected. Thirty-nine claims, amounting to a total of Claims Allowed. $ 1,499.65, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows; GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 763 D. A. Smith, salary as Supt of Streets - - - - - - - - 25. – 764 " " " , " " Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 765 M. J. Clark, " " Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 766 Elmer G. Still, " " " Clerk and stamps - - - - - - 52. – 767 G. S. Fitzgerald, " " " Recorder - - - - - - - - 25. – 768 Adolph Johnson, " " night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 769 Laughlin Moy, " " Library Park gardener - - - - - - 75. – 770 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – 771 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 772 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 60. – 773 Hans Sorensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6. – GENERAL FUND (stamp) 774 Dr. J. K. Warner, yearly salary as Health Officer - - - - - 50. – 775 " " " " , disinfectant - - - - - - - - - -- 28. – 776 " " " " , postage stamps and stationery - - - - - - 3. – 777 George Beck, yearly salary as Fire Chief - - - - - - - - 50. – 778 G. H. Smith, services of self and team on 4 Sundays - - - - 19.23 779 Chas. J. Hohlbein, labor - - - - - - - - - - - 12.75 780 National Septic Process Protective League, settlement of claims of Cameron Co. - - - - - - - - - 40. – 781 Felix Ferrero, rebate on License No. 791 - - - - - - - - - 7.30 782 Mohr & Short, " " " " 799 - - - - - - - - - 7.30 783 Mally Bros. meals for prisoners, etc. - - - - - - - - - 8.60 784 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. message - - - - - - - .30 785 M. E. Callaghan, two insurance premiums - - - - - - - - 61.27 786 Edw. Conrad, acting Marshal, pound fees and labor - - - - - 10. – 787 Max Berlin, assignee of Dan Fuson, special police - - - - - 12. – 788 Bank of Italy, " " L. J. Van Horn, night watchman - - - - 48. – 789 " " " " " H. Shields, labor - - - - - - - 6.80 790 Manual Pellegrissi, repairing street signs and culvert - - - - 5. – 791 N. D. Dutcher & Son, sprinklers washers and Pyrene(sic) - - - - 8.90 792 McKown & Mess, sulphuric(sic) acid and corks - - - - - 14.92 793 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - 23.66 794 " " " " " , street lighting - - - - - - - 188.32 795 " " " " " , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 7.16 796 " " " " " , water for 41 hydrants - - - - - - 82. - 797 " " " " " , " " street sprinkling - - - - 68.64 798 " " " " " , " " Town Hall, etc. - - - - .75 799 " " " " " , 5 Mazda lamps - - - - - - - 1.75 800 " " " " " , 1 " globe - - - - - - - - 1. – Bond Interest and Redemption Fund. 1908 (stamp) 801 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 4 Sewer bond coupons - - - - 90. – $ Total of bills allowed Aug.. 4th, 1919 - - - - - 1,499.65 On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Assessments Increased Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, the Clerk and Assessor was directed to make a general in- crease of twenty-five per cent in the Assessment Roll in preparing same. A communication was received from Attorney Communication in re W. J. Locke, executive secretary of the League of septic Tank Suit. California Municipalities, endorsing the National Septic Process Protective League as absolutely reli- able and recommending that the latter's proposition for $ the Town to pay 40 for complete release from the patent claims of the Cameron Co. for alleged infringement of their patents on septic tanks, be accepted. It was filed. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Board of Equali- Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, the President zation Organized of the Board of Trustees was chosen to act as President of the Board of Equalization. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, the Clerk of the Board of Trustees was chosen to act as Clerk of the Board of Equalization. A communication was received from the Complaint About Secretary of the Board of Public Library Trustees Children at Park calling the Town Boards attention to the "nuisance and destructiveness of the children using the Library grounds as a public playground." The matter was referred to the peace officers. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Siren Ordered Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the On Trial Clerk, with the assistance of the Fire and Water Committee was directed to write to W. S. Darley & Co., Chicago, Ill., accepting the company's prop- osition to sent the Town a Sterling electric siren on trial for use as a fire alarm; the prove to $ be 390 including freight. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, August 11th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox, (signed) President of the Board. Still Attest: Elmer G. _____ _____ August 11, 1919 Clerk. _____ _____ Adjourned Regular Meeting Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, August 11th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock. A communication was received from the Communication in re California State Automobile Association offering Speed-Limit Signs to sell the Town speed-limit signs complying with the requirements of the new State vehicle $ laws, at the price of 1.50 apiece, carriage prepaid. The matter was referred to the Street Committee. On recommendation of the Board of Library Salary of Librarian Trustees that the salary of the Librarian be raised, Fixed and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the salary of $ the Librarian was fixed at 75 per month, beginning September 1st, 1919. The Clerk was instructed to write to Automatic Flagman Signal Supervisor S. F. Starratt, of the Southern Not Satisfactory. Pacific Railroad Co., stating that the automatic flagman just installed at the company's Livermore avenue grade crossing is not entirely satisfactory and safe, in the opinion of the Board and requesting the signal supervisor to have a consultation with the Street Committee in regard to the matter. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment on Tuesday, August 12th, 1919, at 8 p.m., and Wednesday, August 13th, 1919, at 8p.m. Approved: TE Knox, (signed) Still, Attest: Elmer G. President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ August 12, 1919 No meeting of the Board was held on Tuesday, August 12th, 1919, on account of a quorom(sic) not being present. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ August 13, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, August 13th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 9 p.m. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen and President Knox; absent – Trustees Rees and Utendorffer. An invitation was received from the Board Invitation to See of Trustees of Turlock, through the City Clerk, Fire Engine for the Board of Trustees of Livermore or other Demonstrated representatives of the Town to witness a demon- stration of Turlock's Howe-Ford fire engine. It was filed. A motion was made by Trustee Hansen In re Collecting and seconded by President Knox, that the saloons Liquor Licenses. in town selling 2¾ - per-cent beer or other malt liquor be required to pay the regular liquor $ license of 100 per quarter. On the question being put, the motion was lost by the following called vote: Ayes – Trustees Hansen and President Knox; no – Trustee Emminger, absent - Trustees Rees and Utendorffer. Shortly after this, at 9:30 p.m., Trustee Trustee Rees Arrives. Rees arrived and took his seat with the other members of the Board. A motion was made by Trustee Hansen, Liquor Licenses seconded by Trustee Rees, and carried by the Ordered Issued following called vote, that the Clerk be instructed to issue, and the Marshal to collect, the regular $ liquor license of 100 per quarter, beginning with the present quarter, from all liquor-license permit- holders continuing to sell 2¾-per-cent beer or other malt liquor, after being so notified by the Marshal, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 91 requiring such license to be paid for selling "any malt liquors", it being understood, however; that the issuance of these licenses does no authorize the license-holder to violate the Federal liquor laws, nor absolve him from arrest therefor:(sic) Ayes – Trustees Hansen, Rees and President Knox; no – Trustee Emminger; absent – Trustee Utendorffer. In regard to the application of Angelina Application to Erect Preftokis for permission to erect an electric sign Electric Sign Not 10½ by 2½ feet in size over the sidewalk in front Granted of the "Busy Bee: confectionary, and which had been referred to the Building Committee reported unfavorably on the said application and it was not granted. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Speed-Limit Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the Signs Ordered. Chairman of the Finance Committee was authorized to have the Clerk order three 15-mile speed-limit signs from the California State Automobile As- sociation, in accordance with the latter's offer. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Thursday, August 14th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ August 14, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Thursday eve- ning, August 14th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustees Emminger and Utendorffer. W. P. Kaiser and Chris Iverson appeared Beer Sellers Protest before the Board and protested against being charged $ the full liquor license of 100 per quarter for selling weak beer for the remainder of the quarter. The Board took the matter under advisement. An application was received from Daniel Application For A. Berry for a permit to obtain a liquor license Liquor License Permit to do business at the Livermore Hotel. Action on the application was deferred for five days, as required by ordinance. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Wednesday, August 20th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. _____ _____ August 20, 1919 _____ _____ Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of Board was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday eve- ning, August 20th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustee Utendorffer. On recommendation of the License Liquor License Committee, and on motion of Trustee Rees, Permit Granted seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the board, a permit was granted to Daniel A. Berry to obtain liquor licenses for the sale of liquors at the Livermore Hotel under the pro- visions of Ordinance No. 91. An application was received from P. Application for Cigliuti for a permit to obtain a "Class B" "Class B" restaurant license (permitting to sale of liquors Restaurant License with hot meals), and action on the application was deferred to the next meeting, as required by ordinance. A communication was received from Signal Supervisor Signal Supervisor S. F. Starratt, of the Southern Coming. Pacific Railroad Co. stating that he would arrive on Train No. 32 on Thursday, August 21st, 1919, to confer with the Trustees in regard to the auto- matic flagman signal recently installed at the Livermore – avenue crossing. In accordance with a recommendation from Deputy Health Health Officer Dr. J. K. Warner, and on motion of Officer Appointed. Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, Dr. Paul E. Dolan was appointed Deputy Health Officer to serve during the absence of the Health Officer from town and without compensation. The Board decided to visit Turlock, with Invitation From members of the Fire Department, on Tuesday, August Turlock Accepted. 26th, 1919, arriving there about 6:30 p.m., to witness a demonstration of the working of the Howe-Ford fire engine, in acceptance of the invitation extended by the City of Turlock, and the Clerk was directed to write to the Turlock officials ad- vising them accordingly. The Board then adjourned. Adjournment. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 2, 1919 Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, September 2d, 1919, instead of Monday, September 1st, 1919, which was a legal holiday. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent Trustees Hansen and Rees. The minutes of the meetings held on August 4th, 11th, 13th, 14th, and 20th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer and Recorder for the month of Officials' Reports August, 1919, were read and filed. Thirty-six claims, amounting to a total of $ 1,399.24, were audited and approved by the Finance Claims Allowed Committee, and on motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: GENERAL FUND (stamp) D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – " " " " " Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – No. 802 M. J. Clark, " " Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 803 Elmer G. Still, " " " Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 804 G. S. Fitzgerald," " " Recorder - - - - - - - - - - 25. – 805 Adolph Johnson," " night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 806 Laughlin Moy, " " Park gardener - - - - - - - - - 75. – 807 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - - - 125. – 808 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – 809 LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 810 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - - 60. – Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - - 6. – 811 Raphael Neill & Co., books for Library - - - - - - - - - - 10.77 812 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 813 G. H. Smith, sprinkling on five Sundays - - - - - - - - 50. – Valley Garage Co., auto hire etc., for Fire Dept. for July, '19 - - - 6.40 814 L. J. Van Horn, substitute night watchman - - - - - - - 8. – 815 Chas. J. Hohlbein, watchman at fire and labor - - - - - - 11.75 816 Carried forward - - - - - - - - - - 701.97 817 $ Brought forward - - - - - - - - - - 701.97 No. 818 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - 2.25 819 Livermore Herald, publishing - - - - - - - - - - 10. – 820 Walter J. Holm, grading streets during July, 1919 - - - - - 31. – 821 " " " , " " " Aug., 1919 - - - - - 23. – 822 Jos. R. Moy, Mazda lamps - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.80 823 Vernon Jones, 106 melons - - - - - - - - - - - 17. – 824 L. R. C. Bunker, assignee of Charles Burton, serv- ices as watchman at fire - - - - - - - - - - 3. – 825 Ferrario & Gardella, rebate on License No. 844 - - - - - - 33. – 826 Kaiser & Iverson, " " " " 845 - - - - - - 33. – 827 Max Berlin, " " " " 846 - - - - - - 33. – 828 Modry & Modry, " " " " 847 - - - - - - 33. – 829 Jos. S. Duarte, " " " " 848 - - - - - - 33. – 830 Stefani Ferrario, " " " " 849 - - - - - - 33. – 831 Daniel A. Berry, " " " " 853 - - - - - - 33. – 832 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - 31.42 833 " " " " " , street lighting - - - - - - - 188.32 834 " " " " " , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - 5.53 835 " " " " " , water for fire hydrants - - - - - 82. - 836 " " " " " , " " street sprinkling - - - - 67.20 837 " " " " " , " " Town Hall, etc. - - - - - .75 Total of bills allowed Sept. 2, 1919 - - - - - 1,399.24 In the matter of the application of Peter Cigliuti Permit Granted For for a permit to obtain a "Class B" restaurant license "Class B" Restaurant. (permitting the sale of liquor with hot meals under Ordinance No. 92), to do business at the Sweeney building, which was laid over form the previous meeting, the Ordinance and License Committee recommended the granting of such permit, and on motion of Trustee Emminger, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, the permit was granted. The Marshal was instructed to have certain In re Septic Tank. necessary changes and improvements made at the Town's septic tank. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded Granted Leave of by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, Absence. the Marshal was granted a two weeks leave of absence. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, September 8th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 8, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, September 8th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:35 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Appointed as Agent Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, the following to Collect Insurance Resolution was adopted: "Resolution No. 332. "Resolved, that Trustee D. D. Emminger be, and hereby is, appointed and constituted the lawful agent of the Town of Livermore, Calif., with full power to act for said Town in all matters pertaining to the adjustment and settlement of all claims for indemnity for loss by reason of the fire which occurred to the property of the said Town on the 24th day of August, 1919, with any and all fire insurance companies interested in the said loss, and to sign all such legal documents, proofs of loss and receipts as may be necessary in the' premises. In witness whereof, we have here- unto subscribed our names and affixed the official seal of the said Town of Livermore, Calif., this 8th day of September, 1919. "T. E. Knox, President of the Board. "Elmer G. Still, Town Clerk." A letter was received from the County Report of Railroad Clerk of Alameda county and read, stating the Mileage Assessment. railroad mileage assessment for the Town of Livermore as declared by the Board of Supervisors acting for the State Board of Equalization. It was referred to the Town Assessor and filed. On motion of Trustee Emminger, seconded Hose Ordered. by Trustee Hansen, and by the following called vote, the Board decided to purchase 300 feet of "Crackerjack" brand fire hose 1½ inches in diameter from the American Rubber Manufactur- ing Co. at a price of 90 cents per running foot, $ or a total of 270, f. o. b. Livermore, Calif., and the President of the Board was authorized to sign a contract in duplicate with said company accordingly; Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – none. On motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Nozzles, Etc., Ordered Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, it was decided to purchase two shut-off nozzles for 1½-inch hose and provided with a ¾-inch tip and also to order two extra -inch tips and a "Y" 5/8 for the same, from the American Rubber Manu- $ facturing Co., the nozzles to cost about 20 apiece $ and the "Y" about 8. Wm. Rook, representing the E. L. Peacock Fire Engine Co., Agent Auto Co. of Oakland, Cal., appeared before the Board and gave data concerning the Service fire engine The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Friday, September 12th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 12, 1919. Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Friday evening, September 12th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustee Emminger. An application was received from the Permit Granted. Smith Motor Car Co. for permission to install two gasoline tanks and pumps in the sidewalk at the northwest corner of First and L streets, and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, the permit was granted; the said tanks to be installed on accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 70 and the sidewalks to be left in as good condition as before. An application for a building permit was Building Permit. received from Geo. Beck for the rebuilding of his dwelling on the east side of J street between Second and Third, recently damaged by fire; $ the estimated cost to be 900. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the permit was granted. Mr. McElroy, agent for the Republic fire Fire Engine Co. Agents. engine, and a representative of the American La- France Fire Engine Co. both appeared before the Board and gave data concerning their engines. Mr. Brown, representing the Gamewell Fire Fire Alarm System Alarm Co., appeared before the Board and gave data Agent. concerning a 12-box fire-alarm system for the town. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, September 15th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 15, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, September 15th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:15 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Letters were received from the State Rail- Notices of Hearings. road Commission notifying the Board that a hearing in re requiring electric companies to make service extensions to consumers at the expense of the former in certain cases had been set for September 25th, 1919, and later reset to October 20th, 1919, and also that a hearing in re a review of all the telephone rates of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been set for September 15th, 1919, before the said Commission. The letters were ordered filed. The Clerk presented his report for the last Clerk's Annual Report. fiscal year, showing the total receipts to be $$ 26,267.92, the total expenditures 22,817.86, $ the surplus 3,450.06, and the balance in the $ treasury on July 1st, 1919, in all funds, 9,849.27. The report was ordered filed. An application was received from L. Permit Granted. Guanzirole, owner, and H. J. Carton, lessee, for a permit to remodel the front entrance of the former's(sic) building at the northeast corner of First and L streets. It was granted. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment. Monday, September 22d, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 22, 1919. Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, September 22d, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Hansen, Rees and President Knox; absent – Trustees Emminger and Utendorffer. A petition signed by ten residents of Petition for Street the vicinity of Fourth and McLeod streets Light Received. was received, asking that a center-span electric light be installed at that street corner. It was referred to the Street Committee. The Board then took a recess to meet on Adjournment Tuesday, September 23d, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. September 23, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday eve- ning, September 23d, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent none. On motion of Trustee Emminger, seconded Tax Rate Fixed by Trustee Hansen, and by the following called vote, the following resolution was adopted; Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Uten- dorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – none; "Resolution No. 333. "Resolution fixing the tax rate for the Town of Livermore, County of Alameda, State of California, for the year 1919. "Resolved, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore that the property tax for the Town of Livermore for the year 1919, be, and the same is hereby levied and assessed, and the tax rate of the said Town of Livermore for the year 1919 be, and the same is hereby, fixed on $ each 100.00 of property as follows, to-wit: $ "General fund, 1.00 $ "Library fund, .13. "Fund for payment of interest and portion of $ principal, municipal Sewer Bonds, 1908, .12 "Fund for payment of interest and potion of $ principal, municipal Library Park Bonds, 1910, .01. "Fund for payment of interest and portion of $ principal municipal Street Improvement Bonds, 1915, .18. $ "Total tax levy, 1.44" At this point, Trustee Hansen left the Trustee Hansen meeting, stating that he had another appointment. Leaves Meeting. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Specifications Adopted; Trustee Utendorffer, and by the following called Bids for Fire Engine vote, the following resolution was adopted; Ordered Advertised For. Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustee Hansen; "Resolution No. 334. "Resolved, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, County of Alameda, State of California, that the specifications for a com- bination fire engine and hose car, three hundred to six hundred gallons per minute capacity, prepared by L. E. Wright, Civil Engineer, be, and the same are hereby, ordered filed with the Clerk of this Board; and be it "Further resolved, that the Clerk of this Board cause a notice to be published in the Liver- more Herald, Livermore, California, requesting bidders to submit their bid to the board of Trus- tees for the furnishing of said combination fire engine and hose car in accordance with the above specifications, said notice to be published for two weeks; and be it "Further resolved, that the 20th day of October, 1919, at 8:00 o'clock P. M. be, and the same is hereby, fixed as the time when all bids must be presented to this Board of Trustees," On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Lines at Fire Hydrants. Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, the Street Committee was authorized to have white lines painted on the pavement and curbs near fire hydrants, together with the word, "Keep Clear," to warn motorists and others not to violate the State law prohibiting the stopping of vehicles or animals within fifteen feet of any fire hydrant except while in charge of a person capable of driving the same. The board then adjourned. Adjournment. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. October 6, 1919 Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday eve- ning, October 6th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:45 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on September 2d, 8th, 12th, 15th, 22d and 23d, 1919, were read and ap- proved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Officials Reports. Treasurer and Recorder were read and ordered filed. Health Officer Dr. J. K. Warner ap- Health Officer peared before the board and reported that makes Report two light cases of influenza had recently occurred in the community and stated that there would be a discussion concerning influenza at the Conference of Health Of- ficials to be held at Riverside, on October 20th to 24th, 1919, in connection with the convention of the League of California Municipalities. On motion of Trustee Rees, sec- Claims Required onded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote to be O.K.'d. of the Board, the Clerk was instructed to hereafter returned all claims presented which were not O.K.'d by the official or town employee who ordered the work done or else accompanies by the order slip of the Chairman of the Finance Committee authorizing the purchase. Two claims presented by N. D. Dutcher Two Claims & Son, for 50 cents and 95 cents, respectively, Ordered Returned were ordered returned to be O.K.'d by the person who authorized the work and purchases. Forty claims, amounting to a total of Claims Allowed. $2,859.29, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee, and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows; GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 838 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 839 " " " " " Supt of Streets - - - - - - - - 25. – Carried forward - - - - - - - - 90. – Brought forward - - - - - 115. - No. 840 M. J. Clark, salary as Town Attorney - - - - - - - - - 25. – 841 Elmer G. Still, " " " Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 50. – 842 G. S. Fitzgerald," " " Recorder - - - - - - - - - 25. – 843 Adolph Johnson, " " night watchman - - - - -- - - - 100. – 844 Laughlin Moy, " " Park gardener - - - - - - - - - 75. – 845 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - 125. – 846 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND 847 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 75. – 848 Hans Sorensen janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - - 7.50 849 Rapael Weilb & Co., books for Library - - - - - - - - - 5.27 850 " " " " " " " - - - - - - - - - 2.55 851 F. C. Lassen, fuel for Library - - - - - - - - - - - 1.80 852 J. C. Reimers, premium on insurance policy - - - - - - - 55. – GENERAL FUND 853 Livermore Fire Dept., quarterly salaries - - - - - - - - 150. – 854 American Rubber Mfg. Co., 300 ft. of fire hose - - - - - - 270. – 855 " " " " , nozzles, tips and "Y" - - - - - - - 53. – 856 Valley Garage Co., automobile hire - - - - - - - - - 33.10 857 " " " " " - - - - - - - - - 6.95 858 American-La France Fire Engine Co., supplies - - - - - - 19.46 859 McKown & Mess, sulphuric(sic) acid., etc. - - - - - - - 18.08 860 G. H. Smith, sprinkling streets on four Sundays - - - - - - 19.24 861 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - - 3.65 862 Mally Bros., meals for prisoners - - - - - - - - - - 3. – 863 Ed Conrad, night watchman, Marshal and pound fees - - - - - 16.50 864 Bank of Italy, assignee of Ed Conrad, services as night watchman - - - - - - - - - 21. – 865 Chas. J. Hohlbein, labor - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.25 866 Twin Oaks Farm, 340 lbs. of grapes - - - - - - - - - 23.80 867 Livermore French Steam Laundry, laundry work - - - - - - .25 868 Jos. R. Moy, electric lamps and fuses - - - - - - - - - 5.40 869 Livermore Herald, printing - - - - - - - - - - - 8. – 870 Cal. State. Automobile Association, 3 street signs - - - - - 4.50 871 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - 32.60 872 " " " " " , other street " - - - - - - 188.32 873 " " " " " , miscellaneous " - - - - - - 4.68 874 " " " " " , water for street sprinkling - - - - 65.64 875 " " " " " , " " 41 hydrants - - - - - 82. - 876 " " " " " , " " Town Hall, etc. - - - - - .75 Bond Interest and Redemption Fund 1915 (stamp) 877 L. H. Morgan, Town Treasurer, 88 interest coupons of Street Improvement Bonds - - - - - - - - 1,100. – $ Total of claims allowed Oct. 6th, 1919 - - - - - - 2,859.29 On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, sec- Two Street Lights onded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, Ordered Installed. the bracket light at the corner of Fourth and Maple streets was ordered changed to a center-span light, and a center-span light was also ordered installed at the corner of Fourth and McLeod streets, the latter as recently petitioned for. Three applications for retail liquor Applications For licenses, each filed five days before the meet- Liquor Licenses. ing as required by ordinance, were received, as follows: From C. and P. Raboli, to do business at the southwest corner of First and K street; ap- $ plicaton accompanied by a check for 100; From Fred M. Mally, to do business at the southeast corner of First and L street. From John P. Gardella building on the south side of fist street between J and K; application accompanied by a check for $100. After Considerable discussion, the Applications Ordinance and License Committee reported Not Granted. unfavorably on all three applications, and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trus- tee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the report of the Committee was accepted. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, Resolution Declaring seconded by Trustee Hansen, the following Public Necessity. resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes – Trustees Emminger Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – none: - "Resolution No. 335. "Be it resolved, by the board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore; "That the public interest and necessity of the Town of Livermore demands the acquisition and purchase of a certain municipal improvement of said Town; namely, fire-fighting apparatus; "Resolved, further, that said proposed fire-fighting apparatus is necessary and convenient to carry out the objects, powers and purposes of said municipality; "Resolved further, that the estimated cost of said proposed municipal improvement $ will be 10,000.00, and that the cost thereof will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said muni- cipality." Resolution 335 as published is attached to this page and contains additional wording to the above text, which is: ______ I hereby certify that, on motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded by Trustee Hansen, the above resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustes(sic) of the Town of Livermore held on October 6, 1919, by the following called vote: Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; nes(sic) – none; absent – none. (SEAL) ELEMER G. STILL, Town Clerk of Livermore, County of Alameda, State of California. minutes continued The Clerk was directed to write to the In re Fire Appara- American Rubber Manufacturing Co., San Francisco, tus Applications returning the two ¾-inch hose nozzle tips just received from the company and asking that two half-inch tips be sent instead, and also inquiring why two spanner wrenches for 1½-inch hose were not sent with the hose recently received. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, October 13th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. October 13, 1919 Adjourned Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday eve- ning, October 13th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:35 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Rees, Hansen and President Knox, absent – Trus- tees Emminger and Utendorffer. On account of the day being a legal holiday, no business was transacted, and the Board took a recess to meet on Tuesday, October 14th, 1919. at 8 p.m. Adjournment. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk October 14, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Tues- day evening October 14th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:15 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Em- minger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – Trustee Hansen. Ordinance No. 101 :calling and providing Ordinance Passed. for a special election to be held in the Town of Livermore on the 4th day of November, 1919, to submit to the qualified voters of said Town the proposition of incurring a bonded debt of $10,000.00 for fire apparatus "was read, and on motion of Trustee Rees, who introduced the proposed ordinance, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by the following called vote, the ordinance was adopted: Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – Trustee Hansen. On the following page is a copy of said Ordinance No. 101 and published. ORDINANCE NO. 101 _______ An Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the Town of Livermore, on the 4th day of November, 1919, to submit to the qualified voters of said Town the proposition of incurring a bonded debt of said Town in the sum of $10,000.00 for fire apparatus. _______ WHEREAS, the Board to Trustees of the Town of Livermore, in the County of Alameda, State of California, by resolution passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said board on Monday, the sixth day of October, 1919, at its Council Chamber in said Town, by the affirmative vote of all of the five members of said Board of Trustees, did resolve and determine that the public interest and necessity of said Town demand the acquisition and purchase of a certain municipal improvement, which is set forth and described in Section 1 of this Ordinance, and that the cost of said improvement will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said municipality; and WHEREAS, the said resolution after its passage and adoption by the Board of Trustees, was, on the same day, certified by the Clerk of said Town and filed in his office, and now remains on file and of record therein; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. That a special election be, and the same is hereby ordered and called to be held in the Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 1919, Town of Livermore, on at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said Town the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness of the said Town for the purpose set forth in said resolution, namely: The issuance of bonds of the Town of Livermore in the principal amount of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, to pay the cost of the acquisition and purchase by said Town of a certain municipal improvement, to-wit: Fire Apparatus, the total cost of which proposed improvement is hereby estimated to be the sum of $10,000.00 Section 2. That the Board of Trustees of said Town intends to issue and sell bonds of the Town of Livermore for the purpose aforesaid in the amount of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said Town voting at said special election shall vote in favor of said proposition. Said bonds shall be negotiable in form and of the character known as serial, and shall bear interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and both principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Treasurer of said Town in Gold Coin of the United States of America. Section 3. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore does hereby submit to the qualified voters of said Town at said special election said proposition for issuance of bonds, which is hereinabove set forth and refers to said proposition in the summary thereof set forth in the form hereinafter prescribed for the ballot to be used at said election. Section 4. The polls at the polling place hereinafter designated shall be opened at six o'clock in the morning of said day of election, when said polls shall be closed and the election officers shall then proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat. Section 5. Said special election shall be held and conducted and the votes thereof canvassed and the returns thereof made and the results ascertained and determined as herein provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this ordinance, such special election shall be made and signed by the officers of election, and shall be by them deposited with the Town Clerk together with the ballots cast at said special election; and the Board of Trustees shall beet and canvass said returns in the Council Chamber of said Town on the Monday following said election, at the hour of 8:30 p. m., and if upon such canvass it shall be found that at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the Town of Livermore voting at said special election 446a Oct 14, 1919 voted in favor of said proposition, then bonds of the Town of Livermore shall be issued by said Town accordingly as aforesaid. Section 6. There shall be one voting precinct for the purpose of holding said election, which said precinct is hereby formed, established, fixed and defined, and shall consist of all of the territory within the corporate boundaries of the said Town of Livermore, being a consolidation of all of the regular election precincts regularly established for the holding of the last state or county election. That certain building at the southeast corner of First and McLeod streets, and known as the Town Hall, is hereby selected land designated as the Polling Place within the boundaries of said Town of Livermore where said election must and will be held. Section 7. A Board of Election for said special election precinct to be composed of five qualified electors of the Town is hereby appointed to consist of one inspector, two judges and two clerks: Inspector – E. W. D'Ombrain. Judges – Carl G. Clarke and N. D. Dutcher, Jr. Clerks – Chester M. Beck and E. Dopking. That said persons appointed as election officers are hereby found and declared to be legally qualified for their respective positions. Section 8. All persons shall be entitled to vote at said special election who come within the terms and comply with the requirements of Sections 1120 and 1121 of the Political Code of the State of California. Section 9. The Clerk of said Town is hereby instructed to prepare and cause to be printed on the proper kind of paper at the expense of said Town, a sufficient number of indices to the Great Register, tally sheets and other supplies for said bond election, and a sufficient number of ballots, and to furnish and provide the same for the use of the voters at said special election; and the ballots to be used at said special election shall be substantially in the following form, to-wit: No……… SPECIAL MUNICIPAL BOND ELECTION November 4th, 1919 ______ Instructions Voters To vote on the question or proposition stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after the work "Yes", or after the word "No". All marks except the cross (X) are forbidden: all distinguishing marks of erasures are forbidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongfully stamp, tear or deface this ballot, return it to the Inspector of Election and obtain another. PROPOSITION: Shall the Town of YES Livermore incur a bonded debt of NO $10,000 for Fire Apparatus? Said ballot shall have printed on back thereof the words "Municipal Ticket". Section 10. Said bonds of issued will be sold by said Town to the highest bidder for cash and for not less than their face value with accrued interest. Section 11. This ordinance shall be published once a week for at least two weeks in the Livermore Herald, a newspaper published less than six days a week in said municipality of Livermore, and such publication shall constitute the notice and proclamation of said election. Section 12. This Ordinance shall be forthwith entered upon the minutes of this Board and in the Ordinance Book of said Town, and shall take effect upon its passage and approval. Adopted and passed by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, this 14th day of October, 1919. T. E. Knox, 446b Oct 14, 1919 President of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore. Attest: (SEAL) ELMER G. STILL Clerk of the Town of Livermore. Presented to and approved by me this 14th day of October, 1919. T. E. Knox. President of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore. ______ CLERK'S CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, held on the 14th day of October, 1919, and that it was adopted and passed at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 14th day of October, 1919, by the following vote. to-wit: Ayes: Trustees Emminger, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox. Noes: Trustees – none. Absent: Trustee Hansen. And I further certify that said ordinance was presented to and signed and approved by T. E. Knox, President of the Board of Trustees of said Town of Livermore, on the 14th day of October, 1919. WITNESS my hand and the deal of said Town this 14th day of October, 1919. (SEAL) ELEMER G. STILL. Clerk of the Town of Livermore An application for a "Class B" restaurant "Class B" Restaurant license was received from H. A. Evans, to do License Granted. business at the Mally Hotel Grill, and on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Emminger, and by vote of the Board, the permit asked for was granted. $ Two claims, amounting to a total of 1.45, was Two Claims approved by the Finance Committee after having been Allowed. laid over from a previous meeting, and on motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board were allowed out of the general fund, and warrants ordered drawn, as follows; No. 878 N. D. Dutcher & Son, repairing hose coupling - - - - - - - .50 879 " " " " " , padlock, etc. - - - - - - - - - .95 Total - - - - - - - - - - - 1.45 The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, October 20th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. President of the Board. Town Clerk October 20, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, October 20th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 o'clock – Roll call: - Present – Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox, - absent – none. This being the date set for the re- Bids on Fire ceiving of bids for furnishing one motor- Engine Received. propelled combination fire engine and hose car for the fire department of the Town of Livermore, in accordance with Resolutions No. 334 and 335 and an advertisement pub- lished in the official newspaper, such bids were received up to 8:00 p. m. on this date from four companies, and said bids were opened and read, and the fol- lowing is a summary of the same; Name of Capacity Power of No. of Amount Remarks Bidder: of Pump Engine Cylinders of Bid: $00 Philp S. Cole, Inc. 350 gals. (not rated) 4 8,330. Solid tires $00 " " " " " " " " 4 8,680. Pneumatic Tires 00 Schnerr & Scheeline 750 " 140 h. p. 6 9,650. Painted gray. 00 " " " " " " " 6 9,875. Painted Fire Department red. 00 Seagrave Co. 325 " 80 " 4 8,750. Model 34. 00 " " " " 120 " 6 9,250. " 36. 00 " " 500 " 80 " 4 10,250. " 54. 00 " " 800 " 120 " 6 10,750. " 66. 00 American La France 300 " 75 " 4 8,850. Type 40. Fire Engine Co. 00 (Same) 600 " 75 " 4 9,100. " 39. 00 (Same) " " 75 " 4 10,350. " 10. 00 (Same) " " 75 " 6 10,650. " 38. Certified checks were received from the various bidders, accompanying their bids, as follows; Philip S. Cole, Inc., $868; Schnerr & Scheeline, $1,000; Seagrave Co., $1,075; American – La France Fire Engine Co., Certified Checks $1,150. The bids were referred to the Committee of the Whole, the Fire Department's committee Bids Referred to and L. E. Wright, acting as Town Engineer, to Committee of Whole. report at the next regular meeting of the Board. A communication was received from Communication in District agent E. W. D'Ombrain of the Pacific re Fire Hydrant Mains Gas & Electric Co. stating that the work of enlarging the water mains supplying the Town's fire hydrants would be commenced very shortly. The communication was ordered filed. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded Claim Allowed. by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, the following claim was allowed out of the general fund and a warrant ordered drawn for same; No. 880 Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State, copies of $ California Statutes of 1915, 1917 and 1919 - - - - - - 9.00 On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote In re Gambling of the Board, the Marshal was instructed in Pool Rooms. to order the card tables removed from the pool and billiard rooms in town on learning of any gambling with cards being permitted in any pool or billiard room in the town. On motion of Trustee Emminger, Two Claims seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote Allowed. of the Board, the following two claims were allowed out of the general fund and warrants ordered drawn as follows: No. 881 Elmer G. Still, Town Clerk, purchase of $ stamped envelopes and postage stamps - - - - - - - 13.50 882 Valley Garage Co., Ford chassis - - - - - - - - - 290.00 $ Total - - - - - - - - - - 303.50 On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded In re Marshal's by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, Vacation and Mak- the Marshal and ex-officio Tax Collector was ing Out Tax Bills. granted one week's vacation, instead of two week's as previously allowed and the Clerk was employed to make out the tax bills for the year 1919 for the compensation of $30, instead of the Marshal doing the work. The Board then adjourned. Adjournment. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. November 3, 1919 Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, November 3d, 1919. The meet- ing was called to order at 8;15 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on October 6th, 13th, 14th and 20th, 1919, were read and approved as read. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal Officials' Reports and Treasurer for the month of October, 1919, were read and ordered filed. Geo. L. Junge, representing Philip S. Addresses Board Cole, Inc., of Oakland, addressed the Board in re Fire Engine. in regard to the merits of the fire engine. offered to the Town in the company's recent bid. In response to a request from Dep- Map Loaned uty County Assessor T. F. Brady, the to Assessor. Board decided to loan him a copy of a large blue-print of the official map of the Town of Livermore for use by him in assessment work. Thirty-six claims, amounting to a Claims Allowed. total of $1,378.43, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee and, on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Han- sen, and by vote of the Board, were al- lowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows; GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 883 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 884 " " " " " Superintendent of Streets - - - - - - 25. – 885 M. J. Clark " " Town Attorney - - - - - - - - 25. – 886 Elmer G. Still " " " Clerk - - - - - - - - - 50. – 887 G. S. Fitzgerald, " " " Recorded - - - - - - - - 25. – 888 Adolph Johnson, " " night watchman - - - - - - - - 90. – 889 Laughlin Moy " " Park gardener - - - - - - - - - 75. – 890 G. H. Smith. services of self and team - - - -- - - - - 125. – 891 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - 90. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 892 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - 75. – 893 Hans Sorensen, janitor work at Library - - - - - - - - 6.40 894 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Library lighting - - - - - - - 2.48 895 Ed Dodd, cleaning Library furnace and flue - - - - - - - 4.50 Carried forward - - - - - - - - - 663.38 $ Brought forward - - - - - - - - - - - 663.38 GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 896 Livermore Herald, publishing - - - - - - - - - - - 40.75 897 " " , printing and publishing - - - - - - - 27. – 898 A. Carlisle & Co., election supplies - - - - - - - - - 49.22 899 Tribune Publishing Co., publishing - - - - - - - - - 9. - 900 Valley Garage Co., set of auto tires - - - - - - - - - 60. – 901 " " " , auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - 7.75 902 Elmer G. Still, making out tax bills - - - - - - - - - 30. – 903 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - - 2. – 904 Chas. Hohlbein, repair work - - - - - - - - - - - 7.75 905 G. H. Smith; sprinkling streets on 5 Sundays - - - - - - - 14.43 906 Ed Conrad, night watchman and pound fees - - - - - - - 13.50 907 Walter J. Holm, grading street in Sept., 1919 - - - - - - - 7. – 908 " " " " streets " Oct., 1919 - - - - - - - 35.75 909 Bernhardt & Colldeweih, material for Ford - - - - - - - 27.75 910 Jos. R. Moy, 12 Mazda lamps - - - - - - - - - - - 90. – 911 California Transfer Co. ½ ton of coal - - - - - - - - - 7.50 912 Edward Donahue, blacksmith work - - - - - - - - - 12.15 913 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., street lighting - - - - - - - - 189.09 914 " " " " " , electrolier lighting - - - - - - - 35.81 915 " " " " " , miscellaneous " - - - - - - - 3.72 916 " " " " " , water for street sprinkling - - - - 45.18 917 " " " " " , " " fire hydrants - - - - - 82. - 918 " " " " " , " " Town Hall, etc. - - - - - - .90 $ Total of claims allowed Nov. 3d 1919 - - - - - 1,376.43 A petition was received from John Petition For Anderson and five other residents of the Street Light. vicinity of Chestnut and North O streets asking that a street light be installed at that corner. The matter was referred to the Fire, Water and Light Committee. A communication was received Offer to Sell from A. C. Cavender and read, stating Sewer Farm Place. that in accordance with his contract with the Town, he would sell to the Town for $16,500 the place he recently purchased from Geo. L. Monahan complete with stock and implements, as he was offering the same for sale for that amount. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer Offer to Sell seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote Declined. of the Board, the Clerk was instructed to send a communication to said A. C. Cavender notifying him that the Board does not accept his offer. A communication was received Communication in re from Schnerr & Scheeline of San Francisco Fire Engine Bid. offering to sell the Town the fire engine de- scribed in the company's recent bid on a year's trial, and inviting the Board to witness a demonstration of the engine soon to be held. The Clerk was instructed to write to To Enquire in re Schnerr & Scheeline asking them to let the Demonstration Date Board know at least a day or so ahead as to when the demonstration of the engine would be held. Six applications were received, as Applications For follows, and referred to the Building Committee; Building Permits. From Dr. J. K. Warner, for repairs to a $ roof, estimated to cost 100; from H. B. Wagner, for erecting a garage at the corner of College Avenue and M street, at an estimated cost of $ 100; from Marcus Altamirano, for the erection of a barn at the corner of North I street and Junction avenue at an estimated cost of $ 200; from D. J. Murphy, for repairs to a roof at the northwest corner of First and Lizzie streets estimated to cost $150; from Mrs. J. C. Scott for reshingling(sic) her resi- dence on Lizzie street, at an estimated cost of $100; from C. Reimers, for the laying of an air-line pipe under the sidewalk on L street between First street and the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.'s tracks. The Clerk was instructed to write Railroad Crossings to the Western Pacific Railroad Co. calling in Need of Repairs attention to the bad condition of its crossings at M street, L street and East First street and asking that they be repaired without further delay, as required by the com- pany's franchise. The Marshal was, at his request, Marshal Granted granted a further leave of absence of ten Leave of Absence. days, the same to be without cost to the Town and the Clerk to be appointed as Deputy Tax Collector to act during the Marshal's absence. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Wednesday, November 5th, 1919, and 8 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. November 5, 1919 Adjourned Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, November 5th, 1919, The meeting was called to order at 8;10 o'clock. Roll call – Present – Trustees Emminger, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent - Trustees Hansen and Rees. On motion of Trustee Emminger, Five Claims seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, and by Allowed. vote of the Board, the following five claims were allowed out of the general fund and warrants ordered drawn for the prespective(sic) amounts; $ No. 919 E. W. D'Ombrain, services as election officer - - - - - - - 5. – $ 920 E. M. Beck, " " " " - - - - - - - 5. – $ 921 E. R. Dopking, " " " " - - - - - - - 5. – $ 922 Carl G. Clarke, " " " " - - - - - - - 5. – $ 923 N. D. Dutcher Jr., " " " " - - - - - - - 5. – Total of claims allowed Nov. 5th, 1919 - - - - - - 25. – The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, November 10th, 1919, at 8;30 p.m. Approved; TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk. November 10, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, November 10th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8;30 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. The minutes of the meetings held on November 3d and 5th, 1919, were read and approved. The President of the Board thereupon Election Returns announced to the Board that this was Canvassed. the time and place fixed by law for canvassing the returns of the special municipal bond election held in the Town of Livermore on the 4th day of November, 1919. The Clerk thereupon stated to the Board that all the returns of said election had been filed with him, and he thereupon produced and submitted same. The Board then proceeded to canvass the returns of said election by publicly opening the same and by estimating and declaring the vote cast in each precinct and throughout the town. On completion of the canvass, the following resolution , was read and, on motion of Trustee Emminger who introduced the resolution, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer, was adopted unan- . imously by called vote: "Resolution No. 336 "Board of Trustees Town of Livermore, State of California. Meeting held November 10, 1919. "Whereas, a special municipal bond election was held in the Town of Livermore on the 4th day of November, 1919, the proposition sub- mitted to vote being, Shall the Town of $ Livermore incur a bonded debt of 10,000 for fire apparatus ?(sic) "And, whereas, said election was had upon due notice and was conducted in all respects in accordance with law, and the returns thereof having been submitted to this Board of Trustees of said Town and have been this day canvassed in accordance with law; "Now, therefore, in order to set forth and declare the results of said canvass and of said election, "Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, that the whole number of votes cast in said town was 284; and "Be it further resolved that the prop- ositon submitted to vote was Shall the Town of Livermore incur a bonded debt of $10,000 for fire apparatus'; and "Be it further resolved that the total number of votes cast in special election precinct No. 1 was 284 votes, whereof 262 votes were cast in favor of said proposition and 22 votes were cast against it; and "Be it further resolved, that the total number of votes cast at said election in the Town of Livermore was 284, and that of said votes throughout said Town 262 votes were cast in favor of said proposition and 22 votes were cast against it; "That at said election the said proposition was carried and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than two- thirds of all the votes cast at said election; and that the issuance of bonds by the Town of Livermore in accordance with said proposal was thereupon authorized and permitted; "That the Town Clerk is ordered to enter on the minutes of this Board this resolution, as a statement of the result of said canvass." An application was received from Building Permit Houx & Smallcomb asking for permission to lay an approach over the gutter in front of their place of business on First street opposite K street and the permit was granted on condition that the approach be made movable. The Board then took a recess to Adjournment meet on Friday, November 14th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Approved; Wm Rees (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, Pro Tem, President of the Board. Town Clerk. November 14, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Friday evening, November 14th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8;45 o'clock Roll call: - Present – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. On motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote Invited to Appear of the Board, the Clerk was directed to Before Board. send a letter to J. F. Cribbins, branch manager of the Seagrave Company, San Francisco, inviting him to appear before the Board on the following Monday evening, November 17th, 1919, at 8 o'clock. An application for a building permit was received from the Livermore Sani- Building Permit tarium, for the erection of a chicken Granted. house at the northwest corner of College avenue and N street, at an estimated $ cost of 1,500/ On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trustee Utendorffer and by vote of the Board, the application was granted. The Board then took a recess to meet on Monday, November 17th, 1919, at 8 p.m. Adjournment. Approved: Wm Rees (signed) Attest; Elmer G. Still, Pro Tem. President of the Board. Town Clerk November 17, 1919. Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, November 17th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8;30 o'clock Roll call; - Present – Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox. absent – none. J. Neff, representing the Union Oil Application for Co., appeared before the Board and re- Permission to quested permission to connect with the Connect With Sewer Town's sewer system on East First street from the company's premises first outside $ the town limits, for the fee of 25 per year, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 51. On motion of Trustee Rees, sec- Referred to onded by Trustee Hansen and by vote Street Committee of the Board, the application was re- ferred to the Street Committee with power to act. A petition signed by F. L. Petition For Sangmaster and ten other residents of Street Light the vicinity of Livermore avenue and Chestnut street was received and read asking that a center-span street light be installed at that corner. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded Resolution Adopted by Trustee Utendorffer, and by the follow- Awarding Contract ing called vote, the following resolution For Fire Engine. was adopted, after being read and intro- duced: Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – none: "Resolution No. 337. "Resolved, that the bid of The Seagrave Company for furnishing one combination fire apparatus Model No. 66, six cylinders, in accordance with the specifications ad- opted for said fire apparatus, be, and the same is hereby accepted, and the contract for furnishing said fire apparatus is hereby awarded to said The Seagrave Company at the price named in their bid, to-wit; ten thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($10,750); and the President and Clerk of this Board are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract accordingly for and in the name of the Town of Livermore. "Be it further resolved, that all other bids be and the same are hereby rejected and the Clerk is directed to return the checks of the unsuccessful bidders." The Clerk was directed to write to the fire department or city council of In re Selling Stockton inquiring whether they would Old Fire Engine. be interested in purchasing the old band fire engine which the Town of Livermore purchased for Stockton in 1876, as it had been reported that they might care to acquire it as a relic. The Board then adjourned to the Adjournment. next regular meeting. Approved; Wm Rees (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, Pro Tem. President of the Board. Town Clerk. December 1, 1919 No meeting of the Board was held on Monday, December 1st, 1919, on account of a quorom(sic) not being present. At 8:45 o'clock p.m. Trustee Emminger the only member of the Board present declared the regular meeting of the Board postponed and adjourned to Monday, December 8th, 1919, at 8 p.m. sharp. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk December 8, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday eve- ning, December 8th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 o'clock. Roll call: - Present- Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees and Utendorffer; ab- sent, President Knox. In the absence of President Knox, Trus- tee Rees acted as President pro tem. The reports of the Clerk, Marshal, Officials Reports. Treasurer and Recorder for the month of November, 1919, were read and ordered filed. Thirty-six claims, amounting to a total Claims Allowed. $ of 1,326.30, were audited and approved by the Finance Committee, and, on motion of Trustee Utendorffer, seconded by Trustee Hansen, and by vote of the Board, were allowed out of various funds, and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts, as follows: GENERAL FUND (stamp) No. 924 D. A. Smith, salary as Marshal - - - - - - - - - - $90. - 925 " " " " " Supt. of Streets - - - - -- - - - 25. – 926 M. J. Clark, " " Town Attorney - - - - - -- - - 25. – 927 Elmer G. Still, " " " Clerk - - - - - - -- - - 50. – 928 G. S. Fitzgerald " " " Recorder - - - - - - - - - 25. – 929 Adolph Johnson, " " night watchman - - - - - - - - 100. – 930 Laughlin Moy, " " Library Park gardener - - - - - - - 75. – 931 G. H. Smith, services of self and team - - - - - - - - - 125. – 932 G. Poggi, cleaning streets - - - - - - - - - - - - 60. – LIBRARY FUND (stamp) 933 Myrtle E. Harp, salary as Librarian - - - - - - - - - - 75. – 934 Hans Sorensen, janitor work a Library - - - - - - - - - 12. – 935 W. F. Juarrie & Co., set of books for Library - - - - - - - 37.50 936 W. I. Doty, insurance on Library building - - - - - - - - 40. – 937 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., lights for Library - - - - - - - - - 3. – 938 F. C. Lassen, fuel for Library - - - - - - - - - - - - 68.70 GENERAL FUND (stamp) 939 G. H. Smith, sprinkling streets on four Sundays - - - - - - - - 19.24 940 Ed Conrad, pound fees, night watchman, etc. - - - - - - - - 14. – 941 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., messages - - - - - - - - 1.50 942 Elmer G. Still, Town Clerk, postage stamps - - - - - - - - - 2. – 943 Livermore Warehouse Co., rebate of tax - - -- - - - - - 10.80 944 Samuel & Steckel, meals for prisoners, etc. - - - - - - - - 3.50 945 H. R. Crane, repair work, etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.25 946 Geo. Beck & Sons, two fire extinguishers, etc. - - - - - - - 24.25 947 " " " " , supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.05 948 Livermore Commercial Co., supplies - - - - - - - - - 3.90 949 Valley Garage Co., auto hire for Fire Dept., etc. - - - - - - - 8.35 950 " " " , supplies for Ford chemical - - - - - - - - 16.06 951 H. C. Anderson, painting Ford chemical car - - - - - - - - 43. – 952 Herman Walters, extension ladder for Ford car - - - - - - - 8. – 953 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., electrolier lighting - - - - - - - - 38.45 954 " " " " " , street lighting - - - - - - - - 190.52 955 " " " " " , miscellaneous lighting - - - - - - 4.32 956 " " " " " , five lamps - - - - - - - - - 2. - 957 " " " " " , water for street sprinkling - - - - 29.16 958 " " " " " , " " fire hydrants - - - - - - 82. - 959 " " " " " , " " Town Hall, etc. - - - - - .75 $ Total of claims allowed Dec. 8, 1919, - - - - 1,326.30 Two applications for building permits Two Building were received and granted as follows: Permits Granted J. H. Wilson, for the erection of a garage at the southeast corner of Sixth and L streets, at an estimated cost of $200; Mrs. Mary L. Harrington, for the reshingling(sic) of not over 40 per cent of the roof of a dwelling on East First street opposite McLeod. A written application was received from Permission Granted Robt. Cerruti for a permit to erect a sign, to Erect Sign. not electric, over the sidewalk in front of his place of business in the Mally build- ing on First street and on recommendation of the Building Committee the permit was granted. A letter was received from Frank E. Proposition to Steinbacher of Oakland offering to paint Paint Flagpole the town flagpole, putty up the checks and gild the ball for $65. The Clerk was directed to write him, stating that the Board would not want the pole painted during the winter, but would file his letter and ask him to submit a bid on the work next spring. A communication was received Safety Rules from the State Industrial Accident Com- Received. mission, together with a copy of a booklet of "Tunnel Safety Rules: and another of "General Lighting Safety Orders," and affidavits confirming same and all these were ordered filed for public inspection. A request was received from an Request for Shoes. indigent family for four pair of children's shoes. The matter was referred to the Marshal for investigation and report. A communication was received from Communication From Livermore Post, No. 47, American Legion, offer- American Legion. ing the Board the services of its members to help suppress any Bolsheviki(sic) or other revolutionary uprising in the community if any such should occur at any time, and placing themselves on record as stand- ing for "law and order and 100 per cent Americanism." The letter was ordered filed, and the Clerk directed to acknowledge receipt of same and express the Board's thanks to Livermore Post, No. 47, American Legion. A letter was received from the Maryland In re Auditing Casualty Co. of San Francisco asking when Town Accounts. the Board contemplates having the next audit of the accounts of the Clerk, Mar- shal and Treasurer made. The Clerk was instructed to write to the said company, stating that the Board intends to have such an audit made in March, 1920, which would be two years from the last audit. In the matter of the petition recently In re Changing received for a street light at the corner of Street Lights Chestnut and O streets, the Fire, Water and Light Committee recommended that, instead, the center-span light at the corner of Chest- nut and M streets be removed to Chestnut and N streets, and the Clerk was instructed to send an order to the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to so remove said light. In the matter of the petition for the installation of a street light at the corner of Livermore avenue and Chestnut street, the Committee recommended that this be not granted. In regard to whether it is better to In re Suction Hose. have flexible or non-flexible suction hose with the new fire engine, the Clerk was instructed to write to J. F. Stebbins, branch manager of the Seagrave Co., inquiring as to the advantages and disad- vantages of each kind of such hose. Ordinance No.___, "providing for Proposed Ordinance the issuance of municipal bonds of the Town Introduced. of Livermore in the sum of $10,000 for cer- tain fire apparatus," was introduced and given first reading. The Clerk was directed to write to In re Non-Frosted Hanford and San Jose inquiring where Electrolier Globes. clear-glass globes for electroliers can be purchased, such as used at these places, and also to inquire again as to whether any local dealers can furnish them. The Board then took a recess to meet Adjournment. on Monday, December 15th, 1919, at 8 p. m. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk December 15, 1919 Adjourned Regular Meeting An adjourned regular meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, December 15th, 1919. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 o'clock. Roll call: - Present – Trustees Em- minger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; absent – none. Ordinance No. 102, "providing for the is- Ordinance Passed. suance of municipal bonds of the Town of Livermore in the sum of $10,000 for certain fire apparatus," was given second reading and, on motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Trus- tee Hansen, was adopted by the following called vote: Ayes – Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox; noes – none; absent – none. Following is a printed copy of said Ordinance No. 102 as published: four columns from newspaper glued to this page (460) ORDINANCE NO. 102 _______ PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUNACE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF LIVERMORE IN THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CERTAIN FIRE APPARUTUS. _______ WHEREAS, all the requirements of law have been complied with in calling and holding the special election held in the Town of Livermore, on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 1919, at which election the proposition for issuance of bonds of said Town in the sum of $10,000- for certain fire apparatus was submitted to the voters of said Town; and the Board of Trustees of said Town did meet and canvass the returns of said election at 8:30 o'clock p. m. on Monday, November 10, 1919, and did as the result of such canvass determine and declare and do hereby certify that said proposition received at said special election the affirmative vote of more that two-thirds of all the voters voting at said election, and was thereby carried and adopted by said election, and the issuance of said bonds by the Town was duly authorized; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Trustees of said Town of Livermore, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That bonds of the Town of Livermore in the aggregate principal sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars shall issue and be sold to pay the cost of the acquisition by said Town of a certain municipal improvement, to-wit: Fire Apparatus. Section 2. That the said bonds of said Town shall be issued as hereinafter set forth, and shall be sold in accordance with law and with the terms of this ordinance. Said bonds shall be negotiable I form and of the character known as serial, and shall be ten (10) in number, and numbered consecutively from 1 to 10 both inclusive, and shall be of the denomination of One Thousand ($1000) Dollars each. All said bonds shall bear interest from their date until paid at the rate of five (5) per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, which interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to each bond, and each of said coupons shall represent six (6) months interest on the bond to which it is attached. The principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable at the office of the Treasurer of said Town of Livermore, in United States Gold Coin. Said bonds shall be dated January 1st, 1920, and the interest coupons shall be payable on the first day of January and the first day of July in each year until and at the respective dates of maturity of said bond, the first coupon on each bond being made payable on July 1, 1920. Said bonds in numerical order from lower to highest shall mature and be payable on January 1st, one bond in each year from 1921 to 1930 inclusive. Section 3. Said bonds and the coupons thereof shall be made payable to bearer, and may be registered as by law provided, and thereafter the interest and principal of the bonds so registered shall be payable to the registered owner. Section 4. Said bonds shall each be substantially in the following form; the blanks in said form, and the form of coupon given below, to be filled with such words, figures or numbers as shall be appropriate, namely: (Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State of California Town of Livermore Bond No. …… $1,000.00 Municipal Improvement Bond The Town of Livermore, a municipal corporation in the County of Alameda in the State of California, hereby acknowledges its indebtedness, for value received, and promises to pay to bearer, or, if this bond be registered, to the registered owner thereof, at the office of the Treasurer of said Town of Livermore on the first day of January in the year 19.., One Thousand Dollars, in United States Gold Coin, with interest thereon in like Gold Coin, at the rate of five per cent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first day of January and on the first day of July in each year from the date hereof until paid, upon the surrender of the annexed coupons, as they severally become due. This bond in one of an issue of bonds of the aggregate face value of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars, all of like date and tenor, but maturing at different times, issued by the Town of Livermore for the purples of providing money for the acquisition of a certain municipal improvement consisting of certain fire apparatus, under and by virtue of and in conformity with the provisions of an act of the Legislature of the Sate of California, entitled: " An act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by Cities, Towns and Municipal Corporations for municipal improvements and regulating the acquisition, construction or completion thereof " (which Act became a law on February 25, 1901) and the acts of the Legislature of said Sate amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto; and it is hereby certified and declared that all the requirements of the constitution and laws of California, and of the ordinances of said Town of Livermore, have been fully complied with by the proper officers in the issuance of this bond; and that this issue of bonds has been authorized by the affirmative vote of more then two-thirds of the qualified electors of said Town, voting on the question of such issue at a special election duly and regularly called and held in said Town of Livermore on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 1919, for that purpose only; and that the result of such election has been duly and legally canvassed, ascertained and declared as required by law, and that all conditions, acts and things essential to the validity of this bond exist, have happened and have been done, and that every requirement of law affecting the issue thereof has been duly complied with, and that the issue of bonds, of which this is one, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by the constitution and laws of California, and that a sinking fund has been duly constituted to pay the principal and interest thereof at maturity. The faith and credit of said Town and all the property in said Town are hereby pledged to the punctual payment of the principal and interest of this bond, according to its terms. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Town of Livermore by its Board of Trustees, has caused and authorized this bond to be signed in its name by the President of its Board of Trustees and by its Treasurer, and to be countersigned by its Town Clerk, and to sealed with its corporate seal, and has caused each of the coupons attached hereto to be signed by its Treasurer, all as of the first day of January in the year 1920. TOWN OF LIVERMORE By ………………………………. President of its Board of Trustees ………………………………….. Treasurer of said Town Countersigned by …………………………………... Clerk of said Town _______ The said coupons shall be substantially in the following form, namely: (Form of Coupon) $25.00 Coupon No ….. On the first day of ……., 19.., the Town of Livermore will pay to bearer at the office of the Treasurer of said Town the sum of Twenty-five ($25) Dollars in United States Gold Coin for the semi-annual interest then due on its Municipal Improvement Bond No…. . …………………………………. Treasurer of Town of Livermore _______ Section 5. The President of the Board of Trustes(sic) of said Town (who is its chief executive) and the Treasurer of said Town are hereby authorized and directed respectively as such officers, to sign each of said bonds in the name of said Town, and the Clerk of said Town is hereby authorized and directed to countersign each of said bonds in the name of said Town, and the Clerk of said Town is hereby authorized and directed to countersign each of said bonds and to affix the corporate seal of said Town thereto; and the said Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to sign each of the interest coupons, either by his own hand of by printed, lithographed or engraved facsimile signature; and such signing, countersigning and sealing shall be a sufficient and binding execution of each and every bond and coupon by said Town. Section 6. The Board of Trustees of said Town shall at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner for such general tax levy provided, levy and collect annually each year until said bonds are paid or until there shall be a sum in the treasury of said Town set apart for that purpose, to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on said bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity. A sinking fund shall be kept by the Treasurer of said Town as "Municipal Improvement Bonds 1920 Sinking Fund" and the proceeds of the said tax levies for payment of principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid into said sinking fund as soon as collected, and shall remain in said sinking fund until required for the respective payments of principal and interest, as aforesaid; and when the several payments of principal and interest shall fall due, the Treasurer of said Town, and his respective successors in office, are hereby authorized, directed and ordered to pay, out of the moneys in said sinking fund, the amount or amounts of principal and interest of said bonds at maturity, when demand shall be made therefor(sic), as by law provided and none of the moneys paid into said sinking fund shall be used for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds until the whole amount thereof, shall have been paid. Section 7. There is also hereby constituted and established a fund to be known as "Municipal Improvement Bond 1920 Fund," which shall be kept by the Treasurer of said Town and all proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be placed by the Treasurer to the credit of said fund, which shall be applied exclusively to the purpose and object of said bond issue as set forth in this Ordinance. Section 8. The Clerk of said Town is directed to cause to be printed, lithographed or engraved a sufficient number of blank bonds and coupons of suitable quality, and to cause the blank spaces thereof to be filled in to comply with this Ordinance, and to procure their execution by the proper officers, and to deliver them, when so executed, to the Treasurer of said Town, who shall safely keep the same until they shall be sold, whereupon he shall deliver them to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, on receipt of the purchase price. Section 9. Said bonds will be sold by the Town to the highest bidder for cash and for not less than their face value and accrued interest. Section 10. This ordinance shall be printed and published once in "The Livermore Herald," a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said Town of Livermore. Section 11. This ordinance shall be forthwith entered upon the minutes of the Board of Trustes(sic) and in the ordinance book of said Town, and shall take effect upon its passage and approval. Adopted and passed by unanimous vote the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore, this 15th day of December, 1919. T. E. KNOX. President of Board of Trustees. (SEAL) ELMER G. STILL Clerk of Town of Livermore Presented to and approved by me this 15th day of December, 1919. T. E. KNOX President of Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore CLERK'S CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at an adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Livermore held on the 8th day of December, 1919, and that at an adjourned regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of December, 1919, it was adopted and passed by the following vote of the members of said Board, to-wit: AYES: Trustees Emminger, Hansen, Rees, Utendorffer and President Knox. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. And I further certify that said ordinance was presented to and signed and approved by the President of the Board of Trustees of said Town of Livermore on the 15th day of December, 1919. Witness my hand and the seal of said Town, this 15th day of December, 1919. (SEAL) ELMER G. STILL, Clerk of the Town of Livermore. The bond of the Seagrave Company of San Bond Accepted Francisco, accompanying its contract with the Town of Livermore dated December 19, 1919, $ as surety in the sum of 1,000, was read, and on motion of Trustee Hansen, seconded by Trustee Rees, and by vote of the Board, was accepted and ordered placed on file. On motion of Trustee Rees, seconded by Certified Check Trustee Utendorffer, and by vote of the Board, Ordered Returned the Clerk was directed to return to the Seagrave Company of San Francisco its cer- tified check for $ 1,075 accompanying its bid on fire apparatus. George Beck appeared before the Board Asks Permission and requested permission to remove his to Move Building corrugated-iron building on the Western Pacific Railroad Company's property on Oak street to the Anthony lot at the northeast corner of Second and J streets. After some discussion it was decided Permission Refused. that the Board could not legally grant the permit requested, on account of the provisions of the Town ordinances con- cerning fire limits. The Board then adjourned to the next Adjournment. regular meeting date. Approved: TE Knox (signed) Attest: Elmer G. Still, President of the Board. Town Clerk