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Council Ohambers, Eugene, Oregon, May 22, 1916. Oouncil met pursuant to adjournment of May 8th, and was called to order by Mayor Bell. Present Councilmen Parks, Polders, Peterson, Koppe, Devereaux, Nosher and Quimby; absent Goodpastt~e. Report of W. D. Cheshire, Health Officer, was read and filed. The petition of Hewitt & Dillard and S. P; Ness asking the Council to take some action in regard to the lines of Agate Street was read and referred to the Street Committee and City Attorney. Request of the Lane County Automobile Club by B. B. Brundage for per- mission to establish ga~ide boards on Willamette and Fifth Streets, and on ttigh Street and Lincoln Street, directing tourists to the new camp g~ounds was referred to the Street Committee with power to act. Report of the Finance Committee submitted by W. H. Alexander reco~mend- i~g the purchase of 100 cords of old g~owth body fir wood to be W feet long and not over 12 inches in diameter was on motion adopted and' the Recorder instructed to advertise for bids. An opinion from City .Attorney Foster relati~.~ to the right of the Council to incur indebtedness for remodeling the City Hall was read. Report of the Street .Co~Enittee on the objections of property owners to the levying of assessments for the improvement of the alley between C!Brnelton and Lincoln Streets from llth Avenue to 12th Avenue, stating that they found there is no foundation for the objections, and recommending that the objections be overruled was on motion adopted, and An Ordinance levying assessments for the improvement of the alley between Cha~nelton and Lincoln Streets from llth Avenue to 12th Avenue West in the City of Eugene was ~ead the third time and placed upon its passage. Councilmen voti~ aye 7, ri,ay none, absent Goodp~sture. The Ordinance was declared p~ssed and mtmbered#lS~. At this time Councilman Goodpasture appeared in Council. On motion the nine Ordinances providing for cement sidewalk construct- ion as first read on May 8th were referred to the Street Committee to report at the ~ext meeting. ,~nOrdinance regulating the production of theatrical or operatic per- formanees, moving picture shows and other amusements providing for a board of censorship, concerning the s~me, and p~oviding penalties for the violation of this ordinance and repealing Ordinance 1292, and all other ordinances in