31 Jno. Hill Denver Car license SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 26, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The application of John Hill, of Taylor, for public service car license on his Ford car, No. 145850, was laid before the Council and granted by vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Whereas, in the judgment of the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas, it appears that in a broad way of equalizing the property values of Hyde Park Addition to the City of Austin, Texas, with other additions to the City of Austin, Texas, some of which are much nearer the center of the city than is Hyde Park Addition and are otherwise as favorably conditioned as is Hyde Park Addition, certain properties in Hyde Park Addition have not been fairly equalized with other properties elsewhere similarly situated in the City of Austin, Texas, Hyde Park addition assessments Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the appeal of M. M. Shipe for himself and as agent for properties represented by him in Hyde Park Addition in the name of M. M. Shipe, Agent, and John Doe and others standing in the name of the M. K. & T. Land Company from the action of the Board of Equalization for the year 1917 upon certain properties alleged in the appeal of said M. M. Shipe for himself and the other interests that he represents, be and the same is hereby allowed, and the following stated values are hereby fixed for municipal assessment purposes to the properties hereinbelow described: The valuation of Lots 1 to 4 in Block No. 14, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $300.00; The valuation of Lots 10, 11 and 12 in Block 17, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $225.00; The valuation of Lots 9 to 12, inclusive, of Block 20, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $300.00; The valuation of Lots 29 to 32, inclusive, Block 21, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $400.00; The valuation of Lots 8 and 9 and the north one-half of Lot No. 10, Block No. 24, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $250.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 16, inclusive, of Block 25, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $1,300.00; The valuation of Lots 12 and 13, Block 27, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $200.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, Block 28, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $450.00; The valuation of Lots 4, 5 and 6, and Lots 22 to 26, inclusive, in Block 30, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $675.00; The valuation of Lots 7 to 12, inclusive, and Lots 17 to 20, inclusive, in Block 31, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $1,000.00; The valuation of Lots 7 and 8, Block No. 32, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $200.00; The valuation of Lots 7 to 14, inclusive, in Block No. 35, Hyde --- Page break --- 32 -------------------------- Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $800.00; The valuation of certain fractional parts of Lots Nos. 12 to 21, inclusive, Block No. 36, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $350.00; The valuation of Lots 6 to 11, inclusive, and Lots 22 to 29, inclusive, in Block No. 36, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $1,400.00; --The-valuation-of-Lota-10-to-30-ineiuotve,-and-Lots-32-to-34; ineiasive;-in-Block-No:-36;-Hyde-Park-Addition-No:-2,-is-hereby fixed-at-$350.00;The valuation of Lots 9 to 30, inclusive, in Block 37, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $1,750.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 17, inclusive, in Block 38, Hyde Park Addition No. 1, is hereby fixed at $800.00; The valuation of 4-5/8 acres of land east and south of Hyde Park Addition No. 1 and south of addition No. 2 is hereby fixed at $1,400.00; The valuation of Lots 11, 12 and 13, Block No. 5, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $225.00; The valuation of Lots 21 to 28, inclusive, Block No. 5, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $400.00; The valuation of Lots 29 and 30 in Block No. 6, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $200.00; The valuation of Lots 30 to 34, inclusive, in Block No. 10, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $500.00; The valuation of Lots Nos. 1 to 5, in Block No. 11, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $500.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 10, inclusive, in Block 12, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $900.00; The valuation of Lots 10 to 16, inclusive, and the south 13 feet of Lot 9, Block 15, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $560.00; The valuation of Block 16, Hyde Park Addition No. 2, is hereby fixed at $2,000.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 4, and 7 and 8, and Lots 30 to 32, inclusive, in Block 17, is hereby fixed at $900.00; The valuation of Lots 1 to 16, Block 18, is hereby fixed at $1,200.00; The valuation of Lot 7 in Block 4, Hyde Park Annex, is hereby fixed at $50.00. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, July 26, 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 petition of the Lions Club of this city to erect and maintain a totem pole at the head of Congress avenue where Congress avenue intersects Eleventh street be and the same is hereby granted, with the understanding that the location of said totem pole at about Lions Club: totem pole. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Page break --- 33 the site proposed shall be selected by the City Engineer of the City of Austin, Texas, and the work of erecting said totem pole done under his supervision. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, July 26, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. W. T. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 27, 1918. Service car licenses The Mayor laid before the Council the following applications for public service car licenses: Joe Bell,RFD No. 1 (East Seventh street), Mitchell car, No. _____; E. L. Jackson, Overland car, No. 133069; Willie Arnold, RFD No. 1, Cedar Creek, Ford, No. 2736. All were granted by votes of 5 yeas, no nays. W. T. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 30, 1918. The Council met with all members present. Ordinance regulating food product establishments The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance amending an ordinance entitled "An ordinance defining 'food products' and 'food prod- ucts establishments,' requiring a permit for the operation of such establishments, providing for sanitary regulations of the same, and prescrib- ing penalties." The ordinance was read the first time, after which the Mayor moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be placed on its second reading. The motion carried by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. It was read the second time, and the Mayor moved that the rule be further suspended and the ordinance placed on its third reading. The motion prevailed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. After the ordinance had been read the third time, the Mayor moved its final passage, the motion prevailing by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: Registration of vital statistics: approp. for That the sum of One Hundred Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($102.50) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay the account of S. A. Woolsey, City Physician and City Registrar of Vital Statistics, for the registration of four hundred and ten birth and death certificates, per the attached statement of W. A. Davis, State Registrar of Vital Statistics. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, July 30, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor.