1 6 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 01, 1918. The Council met with all members present. Councilman Anthony nominated T. G. Sanders to be a special policeman without pay. The nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 4; nays none; Councilman Anthony not voting. The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO EXECUTE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY A QUIT-CLAIM DEED CONVEYING 52/1000 ACRES OF LAND TO THE ESTATE OF A. RAGGIO, DECEASED, DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN BY THE SAID A. RAGGIO ON THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL, 1915. Whereas, A. Raggio did on the 12th day of April, A. D. 1915, dedicate to the public for the purpose of and to be kept open as a public street all that certain tract of land lying and being situated in the City of Austin, in the County of Travis, in the State of Texas, and being a part of the Isaac Decker League, and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, towit: Beginning at an iron stake which is the south corner of a tract of land conveyed to A. Raggio by Allen according to deed recorded in Travis County Deed Records, Volume 245, page 16; thence with the N. E. side of Riverside Drive N. 37° 24' W. 24.3 feet to iron stake from which an iron stake on the east side of Congress Avenue, as established by the City Engineer of Austin, Texas, bears N. 37° 24' W. 245.7 feet; thence N. 39° 57' E. 73.79 feet to the south corner of the tract of 70/1000 of an acre hereinbefore conveyed by the said Walter Quebedeaux to me, the said A. Raggio; thence S. 37° 24' E. 40.45 feet to an iron stake which is the east corner of A. Raggio's tract of land; thence S. 52° 36' W. 72 feet to the place of beginning, containing 52/1000 of an acre of land; fully described in a contract between A. Raggio and Walter Quebedeaux of said date, being of record in the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, in Book 278, at pages 171 to 172, inclusive, to which reference is made; and Whereas, the purposes for which the said A. Raggio dedicated said street have failed in that said street has not been kept open and used as a public street as intended by said dedication; and Whereas, the said A. Raggio has since departed this life; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the Mayor of the City of Austin be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to execute in the name of the city a quit-claim deed conveying said property above described to the estate of A. Raggio, deceased. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell; 5; nays none. APPROVED, June 1, 1918; A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the whole of the fine and costs, amounting to $14.80, assessed against Robert Jones in Cause No. 12869, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, for the offense of leaving a horse untied on a public street, be and the same is hereby remitted; for the reasons that the said Robert Jones is a poor and ignorant negro and that all the available space for tying his horse, at the time of this offense, was occupied by automobiles. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 1, 1918; A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. --- Page break --- Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the contract heretofore entered into between the City of Austin and Mrs. Annie B. Myrick, lessee of the Barton Springs property adjacent to this city and owned by the City of Austin, and dated April 4th, 1918, be and the same is hereby modified in the following particular, to-wit: That the said Mrs. Annie B. Myrick shall be permitted, and she is hereby authorized and permitted, as lessee of said Barton Springs property, to charge a fee for bathing privileges to those who may bathe in Barton Springs from the pool above the large spring to what is known as the old mill property, something like two hundred (200) feet down the creek from the large spring, at the rate of ten (10) cents for adults and five (5) cents for children under twelve years of age, but it is understood that no additional charge shall be made by the said Mrs. Annie B. Myrick to those who may use the lockers on the Barton Springs property, and people are to be permitted to use said lockers in the turn and order in which they may apply for same. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 1, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. W. E. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 3, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That Twenty-five Cents ($.25) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, as a refund to Sam T. Hill on dog license No. 291 overpaid by him. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 3, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. W. E. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 4, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor read the report of R. H. Cousins, United States labor agent for this city, for the month of May, and the report was ordered filed. The Mayor offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, in payment of the salary for the months of May and June, 1918, for R. H. Cousins, United States Labor Agent. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays.