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The City Manager reported to the Council on the progress made by Brown School in their proposed building program, stating that the plans had been prepared and that construction should start early in 1959. The Council had tentatively agreed to extend utilities to the area. It appeared from the drawings that the larger portion of the proposed construction would be out- side the City limits. AldeI'man Steakley suggested that the City participate in the utility extent ion in proportion to the amount of the construction which is inside the City and which would be subject to taxation. This suggestion was unanimously approved by the Council and Mayor Allen Bsked the City Manager to contBct the officials of tbe Brown School and notify them of the Councils' action. .. \~3I~~~,7 I Alderman Hillburn reported to the Council that the hospital had con- tacted him regarding the possibility of the installation of alight in front of the hospital on Quarry and Belvin, and Veramendi & Belvin. The Council was ad- visedtbat street lights were already installed and that L.C.R.A. would be contacted if the globes were burned out. The following items were presented to the Council for their information: 1. The City Manager reported that as of October 31st, 57.2$& of the 1958 tax levy had been collected. This was compared with the same period in 1957 when 53.4% of the 1957 levy had been collected. 2. At the annual meeting of the League of Texas Municipal:lties ir1 HDuStOr1, the League members adopted a new constitution. Under tbis new governing document, the name has been char1ged to "THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE" with a differer1t orgar1izational set-up. There aTe 32 regions in the state and each region will meet and elect representatives. The region of which San Marcos is associated, will meet December 10th in San Antonio and the City Manager requested that representatives of the City Council pla.n to attend. There will be many bills introduced in the next session of the Legislature effecting cities and close liaison must be effected to insure that the cities are fairly represented. I Upon motion made by Alderman Steakley, the meeting adjourned at 4:20 P.M. seconded by Alderman Korff, c'SL 7r\ (~~ Mayor C. M. 'RJ,len /J.J'z-CR ..~ />i/C::':V'>f'\ Ald'erm~r1 s. n."BeeC;OftJ /?~ )1} -f)cz-z~ Alderman W. M. Davis /~~r1~ I ATTEST: ~>>?.U/ Car n M. J atch City secretary L-_