258 To connect the sewage at the east dormitory building with the Camp Mabry Sewer Line would mean a cut of 33.5 feet in State Street opposite Mr. Tadlock's residence. From the above figures you can readily see that it is impossible to connect these buildings with the Camp Mabry Sewer. Respectfully submitted: (Signed) C. E. Leonard, City Engineer. C. C. to Dr. Joe Gilbert and Mr. Tom Butler. A letter from D. A. Bush, secretary of the Lions Club, was read thanking the Council for assistance in making the club's entertainment for the benefit of the Red Cross a success. Dr. S. A. Woolsey: bill for services as registrar of vital statistics A bill of $97.50 submitted by Dr. S. A. Woolsey, City Health Officer, for his services as registrar of vital statistics was considered. The Council then adjourned. V.S. Mark City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, April 27, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($37.50) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay the salary of the Assistant City Physician for one-half of the month of February, 1918. Assistant City Physician. Salary. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, April 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That beginning with the month of April, 1918, the salary of the bookkeeper of the Street and Sanitary Sewer Department be and the same is hereby increased from One Hundred and Ten Dollars ($110.00) per month to One Hundred and Fifteen Dollars ($115.00) per month. Bookkeeper of Street & Sewer Dept. Salary increased This increase of compensation is made by reason of the fact that the work, duty and responsibility of the bookkeeper of the Street Department has been increased since the 1st of April, 1918, by reason of his taking over the accounts of the Sewer Department of this city, the work of which was heretofore done by another bookkeeper. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, April 27th, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following resolution: Whereas, Mary Plummer lives at the corner of Leona Street and West 26th Street in this city; and --- Page break --- 259 May Plummer /= 150 acc't own and for loss Whereas, the City of Austin has maintained a dump for trash at about this point more or less continuously for a number of years; and Whereas, said dump was from ten to twenty-five feet only distant from the said house of Mary Plummer; and Whereas, said dump was unavoidably, from the stench arising, of considerable nuisance to the neighboring people; and Whereas, said dump quite frequently caught on fire and oftentimes burned for a number of days without extinguishment; and Whereas, Tom Plummer, late husband of Mary Plummer, constantly protested against the presence of this dump right at his house, especially its danger as a cause for possible fire; and Whereas, within the knowledge of the Mayor of this city, the said Tom Plummer during his lifetime was unable on account of the proximity of said trash dump to procure fire insurance upon his house and the contents of same; and Whereas, the house of Mary Plummer located at the site hereinabove described, with its contents was destroyed by fire on March 23rd, 1918, but Whereas, the City of Austin had ceased dumping trash at said premises for two months preceding said fire, but large quantities of trash and other debris still remained and do yet remain at said locality hereinabove stated, the same being a constant peril for fire to her said premises located as hereinabove stated; and Whereas, the City of Austin for about ten months preceding the cessation of its dumping at the locality hereinabove described paid to the said Mary Plummer the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) per month as a sort of compensation for the nuisance she endured by reason of her consenting to the dumping of trash and garbage hereinabove described, but Whereas, such garbage and trash dump had been maintained for four years regularly at said place hereinabove described prior to about the 1st of March, 1918, but without payment to the said Mary Plummer for the nuisance and danger there created to her family and premises. Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That in view of all that is hereinabove written, partly out of sympathy with the said Mary Plummer for the loss she has sustained in the destruc- tion by fire of her house and the contents thereof without recognizing hereby any liability on the part of the City of Austin, and partly to compensate the said Mary Plummer for the permission to dump said trash and garbage near to her premises as hereinabove stated for approximately four years, for which she was paid nothing, the City of Austin hereby appropriates out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) in full payment and complete discharge of any liability, if such exist, on the part of the City of Austin to the said Mary Plummer for the privilege which it has heretofore enjoyed in dumping trash and garbage in proximity to her house at the corner of Leona and Twenty-sixth Streets, but it is expressly stated in this resolution that the $150.00 paid to the said Mary Plummer is paid to her almost wholly out of compassion for her in the great misfortune she has sustained and not by reason of any actual legal liability on the part of the City of Austin to her for back rent, losses sustained, or otherwise. --- Page break --- 260 The resolution was adopted by the following vote: YeasMayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. APPROVED, April 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. W. F. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, April 30, 1918. The Council met with all members present except Councilman Powell. William Bargeley: Service car li- cense The application of William Bargeley, 1004 Congress avenue, for public service car license on his 7-passenger Cole automobile, No. 31429, was granted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. Councilman Haynes nominated James Belger, Sr., and J. B. James Belger, Dr., J. B. Webb Board of Equalization Webb to be members of the City Board of Equalization for the ensuing two years. The nominations were confirmed by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Bartholomew, 3; Councilman Powell absent, Councilman Haynes not voting. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Whereas, it appears that the dog for which License No. 19 Mrs. John Cain. Dog tag refund was paid by Mrs. John Cain was poisoned and died two days after the purchase of the tag. Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, as a refund for Dog Tag No. 19 purchased by Mrs. John Cain and practically unused. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, April 30, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following resolution: J. A. Jackson: Dog tag refund Whereas, J. A. Jackson, under the impression that Dog Tag No. 775 was for a female dog, and whereas, the dog was a male, overpaid the license tax by $1.50. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, as a refund to the said J. A. Jackson, agent for C. H. Hurleston, as a refund for the excessive tax paid for said dog. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, April 30, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: