Austin: Fines, Firefighters, Dam Report
Fines Remitted:
The council approved partial fine remissions for two individuals: one for vagrancy, conditional on leaving the city for employment, and another for speeding due to youth and it being a first offense.Fire Department Appointments:
Key leadership positions in the Fire Department were confirmed, including an Assistant Chief who also serves as Fire Marshal, multiple lieutenants for various companies, and a new captain.Austin Dam Report Funded:
An appropriation of $650 was made from the Water, Light and Power Department's surplus to cover the printing and binding costs for 500 copies of a report on the Austin Dam.
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have been drawn from the Sanitary Sewer Fund. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, Feb. 28, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. U.S. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 1, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor; all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That upon the assurance of Ella Wilson, fined for Ella Wilson fine vagranoy in Cause No. 12766, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, that she is leaving the City of Austin to take employment at Liberty Hill, $14.80 of the fine and costs assessed against said Ella Wilson in said cause, amounting altogether to $39.80, be and the same is hereby remitted; effective upon the payment by her of the remainder of said fine and costs, amounting to $25.00. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, March 1, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That for good and sufficient reasons unto the City John Hearn fine Council shown, and particularly on account of the youthfulness of John Hearn, defendant in Cause No. 12769, in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, and the further fact that the act of speeding for which he was fined in said cause was his first offense, one-half or $7.40 of the fine and costs in said cause, amounting to $14.80, be and the same is hereby remitted. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED. March 1, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Anthony submitted the following nominations Fire Dept. nominations for positions in the Fire Department: E. L. Tallichet, to be Assistant Chief of the Fire Department and Fire Marshal; W. H. Bonte, to be Lieutenant, Hook and Ladder Truck Company No. 1; W. B. Erwin, to be Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 1; William Krueger, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 2; W. C. Hart, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 3; C. L. Farras, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 4; John Luckey, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 5; Alex Abramson, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 6; J. W. Pratton, to be Lieutenant, Hose Company No. 7; Robert Rockwood, to be Hoseman, Engine Company No. 1; George Randolph, to be Captain of Hook and Ladder Truck Company No. 1. These nominations were severally confirmed by the
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W. Mead to the City of Austin, dated January 10th, 1918. The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: YeasMayor Wooldridge, Councilman Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays, none. APPROVED, March 5, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) be and Daniel W. Mead cost of Printing reports the same is hereby appropriated out of the surplus funds in the Water, Light and Power Department of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay Daniel W. Mead for the printing of five hundred copies of his report to the City of Austin, Texas, upon the Austin Dam, which bill includes printing, binding and cuts for said report. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, March 5, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned.
V. S. Martin city clerk