188 . Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin,Texas, Jany 21st 1915: The Council was called to order by the Mayor: Roll called: Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes &.Powell 5 Absent none: The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meeting were read and adopted: Unfinished business: The Mayor laid before the Council a resolution appropriating the sum of $ 2,500.00,to pay the claim of T H Barrow for overflowed lands, which resolutin had been presented and read the first time January 14th 1915 ,and laid over: Appra claim T H Barrow The resolution was read the second time and passed by the following vote : overflowed land Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Hay nes & Powell 5 Nays none. Reports of City Offices: The Mayor laid before the Council the report of the Fire Marshal,Dr Pease ,Hmt Health Inspector & the Asst City Clerk, which were read and ordered filed: The Mayor laid before the Council an application from the London Woolen Mills ,for permission to hang an Electric sign at 202 Congress Avenue, which was read and referred to W L Eyres ,Sign Inspector ,for examination and report. January 21st 1915: All present: The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : W B Anthony Whereas it appears from the attached statement of W B Anthomythat Assessment improvements of the value of five hundred ($ 500.00) dollars wre in error Tax assessed by the City Assessor & Collector of taxes of the City of Austin, Texas, on the unrendered rolls of said City for the year 1914upon Lot No 4 Block G" O"Outlot 50 Div. "O" ,Driving Park Addition of the City of Austin ,Texas Now therefore , Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin ,Texas : That, to correct said assessment against the above described propertyin the amount of five hundred ($ 500.00 ) dollars,the same be and is hereby cancelled and annulled and both the owner of said property and the Assessor & Collector declared to be entitled to take credit on the assessment rolls of this City in accordance with the provisions of this resolution . The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. January 21st 1915. All present: The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas : $ 10,000.00 to That the sum of ten thousand ($ 10,000.00 ) dollars,or so much pay Employees thereof as may be necessary , be appropriated out of the Earningsd fund of the work dept Water ,Light and Power Department, for the year 1915, to pay the regular employees of that Department. The resolution was read the 1st time and laid over for one week The Council then adjourned. J. P Johnson City Clerk