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SPECIAL MEETING
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To the Membe~s of the Common Council of the City of Eugene.
You and each of you a~e he~eby notified that I have and do he~eby call
a special meeting of the Common Council of the City of Eugene to be held at
Council Chambers in the City Hall on Monday, 1m~ch 2nd, 1931, at 5 o'clock P.
M. fo~ the purpose of considering plans and approp~iation of money to assist
in re 1ieving the pre sent unemployment si tua ti on in the City of Eugene.
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Dated this ~brch 2nd, 1931.
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H. E. Wi1de~,
Mayor.
Council Chambers, Eugene, O~egon,
March 2nd, 1931.
Council met at 5 o'clock P. M. pursuant to the above call of the Mayo~;
Present Cou~cilmen Edwards, Lamb, Reid, Lamb, and Bond; Notified but not present,
Councilmen Simon and Hendershott; Absent on leave, Zumwalt.
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The Mayor stated the purpose for which the meeting had been called, and
Miss Anan of the Red Cross and Mr. Carl G. Washburne stated the p~esent condition
of unemployment and after due discussion a motion was ma~e, seconded, and carried
that the Council authorize an expenditure not to exceed ~2500 on various City
p~ojects unde~ the di~ection of the City Engineer fo~ t,he ~elief of unemployed
persons within the City of Eugene, and that City Enginee~ Clubb be inst~ucted to
take cha~ge of the situation and di~ect the placing and handling of men,and the
wo~k to be done and keep a ~eco~d.of the time and compensa~ion.
It was moved and seconded that the City T~easure~ be -autho~ized to t~ansfer
f~om the Gene~al Emergency Fund to th~ Revolving Fund the sum of $500, and that
-he shall issue checks against this fund in favo~ of the employees upon the pay
rolls fu~nished by the City Enginee~, and that as this wor~ is being done in
conjunction with the Red C~oss that the checks on this pay~oll shall be delive~-
ed to Miss Anan of the Red C~oss to enable the Red C~oss to make deliveries of
the wages and collect advances. Motion car~ied.
On motion, the Council adjourned.
R. S. B~yson,
City Reco.J::'der.
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