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TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FT. WORTH.

Gentlemen:-

We your committee to whom was referred a communi-
cation addressed to the Honorable body dated August 26th 1905,
and signed by Jno. K. Rosson beg to report, that we have examined
said communication and believe it to be our duty to refuse to
consider the same because of the disrepsectful language and the
unwarranted imputations therein contained. We are in sympathy with
the subject matter of said communication, but believe that when
persons desire releif and address communications to this council
they should at least be couched in respectful language and be
free from imputation ad insinuations such as is are contained in the
communication in question.

We therefore return said communication and a prior communic-
ation upon the same subject herewith and recommend ^ that council refer to [educator?] the same and that the city
secretary be instructed to return the same to their author
through the U. S. Mail.

As to the petition signed by numerous citizens of the
city of Ft. Worth in regard to requiring the street car com-
panies to separate the white and black passengers from each other
in their cars, we recommend that the city attorney be instructed
to prepare an ordinance requiring the separation of said wgite
and black passengers by requiring the whites to occupy the front
seats and the blacks the rear sears in their cars and in this
manner filling the cars from each end until full.

We beg to say that after this petition was referred to
us we conferred with the ma yor of North Ft. Worth with the view
of having the city council of North Ft. Worth enact an ordinance
similar in every respect to the ordinance which shall be enacted
by this council upon the same subject and we are informed that
such action has been taken by the city council of North Ft.
Worth and we recommend that the city attorney be instructed to
confer with the city attorney of North Ft. Worth with a view
of drafting an ordinance for each of said cities enact ordinance
upon this subject similar in every respect so as to obviate any
trouble or confusion in enforcing the same.

Respectfully submitted

W.R. Parker

MM Lydon