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matter,was, on moil'on re-referred to the City Attorney and the Judiciary Committee with full power to ma~¢e settlement of the matter and bind the city to such settle- ~lent. Councilman W..ashburne Joined the meeting at 8:30 P.M. Chairman Wallace of the Police Committee reported he wa.~not yet re~ly to report on the tentative trafflo laws as he was yet gathering imformatlon on the subject, Councilman Walker reported on the matt'er ,>f the congested traffic on ti~ 13th Ave. ~. and re, ado recommendations a:~ to traffic thereon pending the time new traffic rules .a~'e enacted. The matter Was referr~! to the Police commit'tee, the Street Comml'ttee, and the City Attorney. 0n further discussion the Street Committee were instructed 'to t'empora¥11y put up limited parking signs. The use of Willamette Street by the' fi-re engine in answering fire calls when othe~ streets are Ji~st a~ available was diso,~ssed and the matter referred to the Plre and Water Cmmlbtee. The Matter of the cons tructl,~n of the Velt~nn and Jlow bu'~ldlng at second and Blair Streets, was discussed, it being reported the building extends out over the s~dewalk line. ~he ma~er was referred to the Street Jo~nittee. The matter of application of Dr. Kuykendall for the improvement of the groun¢. between the City ~Iall and the hospital wa~ reported on by the ~g~eer, he present- lng a blue print of the tentative plus for :~ch improvement by the City and the hospital. Such report wa~ unanimously ~lopted; The Committee on the question of suitable women quarters reported the ne~t to the Pollce quarters was unalwful in that it is not fire Proof for Jell purposes, The matter was re~'~rred to the City Attorney' to loolc into the legality of the matter The City Attorney reported o~ the question of confiscating a~tos carrying ~lqUor within the city a~d stated l~ his opinion the city had ~e such right, . ~ 0rdl~ce levying an assessment on the pr,~perty ~Jolnlng the alley bet- ween 10th a~d llth, Avenues ~. from ~ns to Jae~son Sis. having passed its flrst re~ing on Nove~ber' 13th, ~923, was ~ahl presented, re~ the second tlm~ and pa,~sed its third and final reading by title by unanl~nous consent under suspension of the rules, ~d w~.~ placed ea its final passage, TMe ~es ~d a~s were called. All dounellmen voti~h aye. Nay none. The 0rdln~oe was declared p~sed ~d numbe~ ed 3657. The application of P. b. Chambers proposing to dedicate to the,,publtc an alley 1-4 ft. wide across certain properties owned by him within the clty, and as set forth a~d dese~'lbed by him in said application, referred to the Street Co~mnittee. 'Councilmen walker explained in detail a letter written by him to the Mayor