209 addition to the City of Austin, Texas, the said assessment of improvements on said Lots Nos. 1 to 9 and 10½ feet of Lot No. 10, Block No. 55, Division "C", of Christian & Fellman's addition to the City of Austin, Texas, be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled. The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays, none. APPROVED, March 25, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V. E. Ma City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 26, 1918. The Council met with the following present: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Haynes; absent, Councilmen Bartholomew and Powell. 2. The Mayor laid before the Council the application of John Kreuz for service car driver's license, which was granted by a vote of 3 yeas, no nays. The Mayor offered the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the unexpended balance of the appropriation, amounting to $864.75, be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for "Soil, Gravel and Grading for Hospital Park", to the appropriation of "Surplus for all Parks." This Resolution was adopted by the same vote of 3 yeas, two Councilmen being absent. John Kreuz: Service car license APPROVED, March 26, 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 A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor of the City of Austin, Texas, and his successors in office, be, and he and they are hereby authorized to execute and deliver quitclaim deeds to any owner or any other person or persons having an interest in lands or lots heretofore sold to the City of Austin, Texas, under decrees of court in any suit or suits brought for the collection of taxes thereon, or sold by the Collector of Taxes of the City of Austin, Texas; provided that such person or persons having an interest in said land or lots in the City of Austin, Texas, shall pay the amount of taxes for which the sale was made, together with all costs, penalties and interest now required by law and also shall pay all taxes, interest, penalties and costs on or against said lands or lots at the time of said redemption; and provided that the vendee in such quitclaim deed or release shall pay for the proper acknowledgement. Quitclaim deeds to property sold to city for taxes authorized The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Haynes, 3; absent, Councilmen Bartholomew and Powell, 2. APPROVED, March 26, 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 assessment of a Ford automobile for city taxes for the year 1917, at $150.00, against B. M. Steiner, be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled; this for the reason that the assessment was made in B. M. Steiner Aut cancelled --- Page break --- 210 error, as the City Council believes, since according to the attached statement of the said Steiner, which is made the basis of this resolution, he did not own the automobile in question on Jan. 1, 1917, but purchased it on April 30, 1917. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 3 yeas, Councilmen Bartholomew and Powell being absent. APPROVED, March 26, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V.S. Mach City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, March 27, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor; all present except Councilman Powell. The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the assessment of a Chevrolet automobile against J. B. Pierce & Bro. for the year 1917 at the value of $200.00 be and the same is cancelled and annulled; this for the reason that the City Council, relying on the attached statement of the said J. B. Pierce & Bro., which is made the basis of this resolution, believes that the automobile in question was not the property of said J. B. Pierce & Bro. on January 1, 1917, but was acquired by them on February 6, 1917. The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: YeasMayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, and Haynes, 4; absent, Councilman Powell, 1. APPROVED, March 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following Resolution: Whereas, Mrs. W. L. Hume is assessed upon the tax rolls of the City of Austin, for the year 1917, with an automobile at the value of $350.00, which automobile the City Council believes from the attached statement of the said Mrs. Hume was not owned by her on January 1, 1917, but was acquired by her in June, 1917; RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the said assessment of an automobile at $350.00 against the said Mrs. W. L. Hume be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That since it appears that the said Mrs. Hume has heretofore paid to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of this city the taxes on said automobile for the year 1917, amounting to $7.35, a like sum of $7.35 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of this city as a refund to her of the taxes so paid. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, Councilman Powell being absent. APPROVED, March 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor.