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Austin's For-Hire Vehicle Approvals

Saturday, July 27, 1918 special called
  • The city began regulating "public service cars," which were early forms of for-hire vehicles or taxis.
  • Three individuals, Joe Bell, E. L. Jackson, and Willie Arnold, submitted applications for these new public service car licenses.
  • All three applicants were approved and granted their licenses, allowing them to operate their vehicles for hire.
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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. V.T. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 27, 1918. Service car The Mayor laid before the Council the following applications for licenses 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. V.T. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 30, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance amending an ordinance entitled 'An ordinance defining 'food products' and 'food prod- Ordinance ucts establishments,' requiring a permit for the operation of such estabregulating lishments, providing for sanitary regulations of the same, and prescrib- food Products ing penalties." establishments 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: That the sum of One Hundred Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($102.50) Registration of be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund vital statistics: of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay the account of S. A. Woolsey, City Appd. for 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.