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.E. 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 J. B. Pierce & Bro: the same is cancelled and annulled; this for the reason that the City Rec'd. amt. 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 Mrs. W. L. Hume: the City of Austin, for the year 1917, with an automobile at the Rec'd. amt. 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. --- Page break --- 211 A.B. Croisdale assessment The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: Whereas, A. B. Croisdale did, through a misapprehension, render for 1917 taxes the land and improvements being situated upon Lot No. 4, Block No. 2, Outlot 2/3, Division "B", of the City of Austin, Texas, at $500.00 for the land and $1,500.00 for the improvements, when it was his intention to render both for the total sum of $1,500.00 or $1,600.00; and Whereas, in the attached affidavit, which is made the basis of this resolution, the said A. B. Croisdale deposes and says that $500.00 is the full value of the lot aforesaid and that $1,000.00 to $1,100.00 represents fully two-thirds of the value of the said improvements (they having cost between $1,500.00 and $1,600.00); and Whereas, the said A. B. Croisdale, in view of all the circumstances of the case, has declared himself willing that the said lot and improvements should be valued for taxation purposes, for the year 1917, at the total sum of $1,600.00; Now, therefore, RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the said erroneous assessment of Lot No. 4, Block No. 2, Outlot 2/3, Division "B", of the City of Austin, be and the same is hereby corrected so as to make the total valuation of lot and improvements $1,600.00 instead of $2,000.00; and the Assessor and Collector of Taxes is hereby directed to correct his records to correspond herewith. This Resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas; Councilman Powell being absent. APPROVED, March 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: Wallace Miller: Concrete walk through cemetery That the sum of Six Hundred Thirty Dollars and Fifty Cents ($630.50) be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation in the budget for "Labor for Oakwood Cemetery" for the year 1918 to and made available as an appropriation to pay Wallace Miller for 1130 feet by 5 feet of concrete walk through Oakwood Cemetery. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas; Councilman Powell absent. APPROVED, March 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Dr. Robert E. Vinson, President of the University of Texas, and a Sewerage Extension. to Camp Mabry discussion delegation representing the Austin Chamber of Commerce—including H. A. Wroe, W. J. Jones, A. C. Goeth, W. T. Mayne, W. E. Long, and others—came before the Council to discuss the possibility of the city's extending sewerage service to Camp Mabry in the event that the School of Military Aeronautics should be moved to that locality. They were given assurance informally that the city would extend its mains as far as the city limits, provided the funds should be found elsewhere to cover the balance of the extension, being approximately one-half thereof. The Council then adjourned. U.S. Martin City Clerk.