16 The Council then adjourned. V. S. Mack City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 27, 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. V. 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. Hay, 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: --- Page break --- 17 RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: 1. That the sum of Fifty-four Dollars ($54.00) out of the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) deposited by W. H. Richardson for the extension of the sanitary sewer main to his premises on West Sixth street in this city, be and the same is hereby ordered to be refunded to the said W. H. Richardson as a balance owing to him for the unused part of his deposit when sanitary sewer service was made free to the citizens of Austin on January 1st, 1917. 2. That the sum of Fifty-four Dollars ($54.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the sanitary sewer fund of this city as a refund to the said W. H. Rich- ardson in pursuance of the first provision of this resolution. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, June 27, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V. T. Mac City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, June 28, 1918. The Council met with all members present. After the reading of a statement of P. W. Powell, Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements, and sworn statements of C. Wendlandt, F. H. Smith and J. F. Pillow, the Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution: Whereas, it appears from the attached statement under oath of Carl Wendlandt; and Whereas, it appears from other sources of information within the knowledge of the City Council that Carl Wendlandt, F. H. Smith and J. S. Pillow, who contributed respectively $150.00, $300.00 and $50.00 for the extension of sanitary sewer mains on West Ninth street in this city and through Terrace Park in this city are entitled to a refund of the unused part of their individual deposits, which unused parts from the attached statement of P. W. Powell, Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements of this city, are as follows: For F. H. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $221.85; For Carl Wendlandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.20; For J. S. Pillow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-one Dollars and Eighty-five Cents ($221.85) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitary Sewer Fund of this city as the refund due to the said F. H. Smith; That the sum of Eighty-nine Dollars and Twenty Cents ($89.20) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitary Sewer Fund of this city as the refund due to the said Carl Wendlandt; That the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitary Sewer Fund of this city as the refund due to the said J. S. Pillow. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. APPROVED, June 28, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor.