197 Purchase of Pulmotor recommended Health Officer, and C. E. Leonard, City Engineer, and emphasizing the importance of the City's purchasing a pulmotor to be kept at the Central Fire Station, for use in cases of drowning or asphyxiation, was read. The Council agreed informally that the purchase should be made. The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance to prohibit dealers in hot or cold drinks, or non-alcoholic drinks, and restaurant keepers, from Prohibiting Dancing in Drinking Places permitting music to be played or musical instruments to be exhibited, and prohibiting dancing, in their said places of business, and providing a penalty therefor." The Ordinance was read the first time and laid over for further consideration and action. At the afternoon session, with Councilmen Bartholomew and Haynes absent, the minutes of Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 2, Feb. 6, Feb. 7, Feb. 8, Feb. 13, Feb. 14, Feb. 15, Feb. 16, Feb. 20, and Feb. 21, 1918, were read and adopted by a vote of 3 yeas. The Council then adjourned. V. F. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 8, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor: Present, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, and Powell, 4; absent, Councilman Haynes. Councilman Anthony nominated J. A. Vance to be a special policeman J. A. Vance special policeman without pay. He was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew and Powell, 3; Councilman Anthony not voting. Mrs. Annie B. Myrick - cus- todian of Barton Springs Councilman Bartholomew nominated Mrs. Annie B. Myrick to be custodian of Barton Springs for the bathing season of 1918 in accordance with the terms of a contract to be drawn by the City Attorney. The nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Powell, 3; Councilman Bartholomew not voting. 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 Council shown, and particularly for the reasons that Monte Simmons is an industrious and Monte Simmons fine remitted generally law-abiding negro, and that his wife gave provocation for the abusive language for which he was fined in Cause No. 12782, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, one-half or $7.40 of the fine and costs assessed against him in said cause, amounting to $14.80, be and the same is hereby remitted. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas. APPROVED, March 8, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V. S. Martin City Clerk