carried by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. When the ordinance had been read the third time the Mayor moved its final passage, the motion prevailing by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. (Said ordinance is recorded in Ordinance Book G, pages 13-14.) The Council then adjourned. V. E. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 22, 1918. The Mayor laid before the Council the application of J. E. Littlepage for public service car license on his Ford car, No. 133276, which was granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. V. E. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 25, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Whereas, on or about the 4th day of October, 1917, there was assessed against the Central Trust Company a tax of approximately $700.00 on certain securities deposited in the State Treasury by said Central Trust Company; and Whereas, the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas, has been advised by its City Attorney and special counsel that said securities deposited with the State Treasurer by the Central Trust Company were not subject to taxation by the City of Austin, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That said assessment is hereby cancelled and set aside and the City Clerk is hereby requested to notify the Central Trust Company of San Antonio, Texas, of our action. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 25, 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 sum of $218.85 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Cost and Damage Fund in the budget of the General Street Department of this city in payment in full of all claims of every character and description made by E. J. Palm for damages, real and asserted, to his property at the corner of West 14th street and West avenue in this city, said damages, real and alleged, to said property growing out of the paving of West avenue in front of the said E. J. Palm's property at the corner of West avenue and West 14th street in this city. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 25, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor.