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. --- Page break --- 16 The Council then adjourned. J.S. Martin, City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 26, 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 the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the surplus funds in the Water and Light Department in this city to pay the interest from January 1st, 1918, to July 1st, 1918, on the outstanding sewer certificates of this city. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. APPROVED, June 26, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. J.S. Martin City Clerk REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 27, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following present: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; absent none. The minutes of June 13 and subsequent meetings were read and adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. Captain L. Theo. Bellmont of the School of Military Aeronautics was before the Council and explained a plan formulated by the three local military schools for enforcing fair charges to men in khaki by service car drivers. The plan was given the approval of the Council. The following applications for public service car licenses were laid before the Council by the Mayor: Buford Hall, 4404 Avenue B, Ford car, No. 220527; J. S. McMillan, 4305 Avenue C, Ford car, No. 187521; Robert F. Jones, 1015 Willow street, Buick car, No. 184273. Each of the licenses applied for was granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Mayor read a communication from V. M. Ehlers, State Sanitary Engineer, relating to the trash dump on South Congress avenue. The report of J. W. Ray, City Bacteriologist, for June 23; the report of the Fire Chief and that of the United Charities for May; a special report of the Plumbing Inspector enumerating persons who had failed and refused to make sewer connections; the reports of the Water and Light and Street and Sewer Departments for May; and a special report of the City Engineer relating to proposed modifications of the plans for a sewage disposal plant, were read and ordered filed. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: