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55 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 2 , 1934 8 : 00 P .M . Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor , W. J. Dusel , H. A. Beeger , E. N. Jones , C . G. I.Anibert , Paul A. McCarthy , Geo . W. McNulty , City Clerk, B . E. Myers . Absent : Councilman , C . J. Hildebrant . The minutes of the meeting of December iS , 1933 were approved on motion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman McCarthy. The City Attorney presented a resolution accepting a Deed from Mary Julia Lohneis and Thomas N. Lohneis , her husband, portion of Lot 21 , Block 3 , Jefferson Acres , in connection with the widening and extension of Hudson Street . Upon motion of Councilman Beeger , seconded by Councilman Lambert , the resolution was unanimously adopted. The City Clerk brought before the Council the question of volunteer firemen practicing on the tower erected at the rear of the Central Station and explained that it was thought neces- sary to be sure that practice on this toner was " in the course of employment " , not only for paid but for volunteer firemen. On motion of Councilman Lambert , seconded by Council- man McCarthy , the Council unanimously adopted the following resolution : RESOLVED that the Chief of the Fire Department be instructed that all firemen in such drills as the department may require in the course of their employment , be authorized and directed to use any or all of the fire equip- ment , including the practice tower erected at the Central Fire House . The resolution requested by the California Highway Commission again came up for discussion. The City Attorney presented the following resolution , prepared by him and the City Manager in which there were incorporated certain qualifying paragraphs . On motion of Councilman McCarthy , seconded by Councilman Jones , the resolution was adopted with all voting for it but Councilman Beeger who did not vote. RESOLUTION WHEREAS , under and by virtue of Chapter 767 of the Statutes of 1933 , the Department of Public Works of the State of California is authorized to expend annually from the State Highway fund an amount equal to one quarter of one cent per gallon tax on motor vehicle fuel , after the proportionate payments therefrom into the "Fuel tax enforcement fund" and after the proportionate refunds shall have been made , within the incorporated cities and freeholder charter cities , and any city and county in the State of California, for the purposes specified in said chapter , and in the manner provided by law , and WHEREAS , in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 767 , and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 363r and 363y of the Political Code ( Chapter 326 of thie Statutes of 1933) , the Department of Public Works , acting by and through the California Highway Commission , has designated as State high- ways the following described streets in the