521 Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin, Texas June 08, 1916: The Council was called to order by the Mayor: Roll called: Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Absent none: The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted : ✓ Reports of City Officers: The Mayor laid before the Council the reports of the City Assessor & Collector, the Marshal, the City Health Officer and the Fire Marshal, which were read and ordered filed: The Mayor laid before the Council an application from Bryant Davis for license as driver of Automobile. which was read and license granted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin ,Texas : That accounts for water, light and power be due and payable at the office of the Cashier of the water, light and power dept,within fifteen days after the reading of the meters ,and Penalty for Delinquent Water Takers Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That in case an account is not paid when due ,and the cashier is compelled to send a collector ,there shall be charged an additional twenty five cents as collection fee,; or should the service be out off for non-payment a penalty of one ($1.00) dollar shall be collected be fore again turning on the water, light or power. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Refunding bond ordinance repealed By Mayor Wooldridge, An ordinanceto repeal an ordinance entitled " An ordinance authorizing the issue of refunding bonds of the City of Austin to the amount of one million,one hundred and seventy thousand ( $ 1,170,000.00) dollars ) and providing for the payment thereof", passed June 1st 1916: The ordinance was read the 1st time ,and a motion made to suspend the rule and place it on its second reading, which motion prevailed by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 nays none: The ordinance was read the second time and a motion made to suspend the rule and place it on it's third reding and final passage, which motion prevailed by the following vote; Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: The ordinance was read the third time and passed by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Refunding bond Ordinance Re-enacted X By Mayor Wooldridge: An ordinance authorizing the issue of refunding bonds of the City of Austin to the amount of One Million, one Hundred and seventy thousand ($1,170,000.00) dollars and providing for the payment thereof : The ordinance was read the first time and laid over for one week: --- Page break --- 532 Saturday Vacation City employees The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the office employees of the City of Austin ,Texas, in all of the City's departments are hereby declared entitled to a Saturday afternoon vacation from June 15th to Sept 15th ,1916, provided that the heads of the City's departmenta shall, if they so desire,assign in rotation not more than two employees in each department to conduct the essential public business of said department for the Saturday afternoonsXXXXXXXXXXXX of the weeks when the vacations provided for in this resolution is to be allowed: The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of one thousand ($ 1,000.00) dollars, be and the same is hereby transferred from the General Contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1916, and appropriated to miscellaneous expenses of the Police Dept for the year 1916: The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none : Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of one thousand ($ 1,000.00) dollars,be and the same is hereby appropriated to the expense of purchasing from the liquidated volunteer fire companies their equipment, apparatus, furniture,fixtures, horses, harness and other incidentals to be takenover by the City by reason of the change by vote of the people from a volunteer to a paid fire department: The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Councilman Powell offered the fol owing resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of five dollars & six cents ($5.06) ,be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Permanent Street Improvement fund to pay for the pavement in front of 1-5/10 ftmoees frontage on Lot 24,Outlot 2 Block B, Division Z,belonging to Louis Davis. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew.Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Application for Bivers license by W Bruckmann ,was presented ,and license granted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none : Transfer of fund Approval Purchase property Fire Co W. Bruckman Drivers License --- Page break --- Transfers funds. Sewer & Interest fund Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. Contract Paving 11th Street &c. Driver license W Bruckman Jitney license --- Page break --- 534 'Section 3. That the schedule by which said automobile is to be operated as a jitney id as follows: Tha said automobile shall be run regularly over the entire route and only between the termini stated below,from 7.30 o'clock A.M. to 7.30 o'clock P.M daily ,leaving the terminus at the intersection of Hearne street with West 6th ( Dam Boulevard) street at intervals of not more than 30 minutes over the following streets ,and no others, between said termini Dam Boulevard mat between Hearn street and western terminus of 6th street ; 6th street between western terminus and Brazos street . Sec 4. That the City tax Assessor & Collector shall issue such license upon the payment by said applicant of the license fee required by ordinabe and after the approval MX by the Mayor of.said bond. Approved: J Bouldin Rector , City Attorney. Passed and approved: June 10th 1916: A P Wooldridge, Mayor. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge; Councilmen Bartholomew & Powell 3 Absent Councilmen Anthony & Haynes 2 Councilman Powelle offered the following Resolution:Resolution Resolved By the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That leave be and is here by granted to the Citizens Loan and Investment Company to place the Concrete walk on the east side of Blocks 27 and 28, Travis Heights Boulevard in Travis Heights in this city four (4) feet from the outer edge of the curbing. The Resolution was adopted by the following vote; Yeas Mayor Wooldridge; Councilmen Bartholomew Anthony, Haynes & Powell 5 None- Adopted; June 9th 1916. Approved: June 9th 1916. Concrete walk Travis Heights