J. G. Vaughan fine J.H. Patrone Special policeman Horace Nichols Del. Patrone Service C. Licenses Dr. S.A. Woolsey leave of absence Dr. O.H. Radkey City Health Officer --- Page break --- 37 The nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 4; Councilman Anthony not voting. The Council then adjourned. V.S. Martin City Clerk REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, August 8, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following present: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Haynes, and Powell, 4; absent, Councilman Bartholomew, 1. The minutes of August 1 and subsequent meetings were read and approved by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: Service cars on Red River - That the standing, stopping and staying of public service cars, Sabine Sts. beyond the necessary time for loading and unloading of passengers, on 18th street from Red River street to East avenue and on Sabine street from 17th to 18th streets, be and the same is hereby prohibited. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, August 8, 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 Two Hundred Forty Dollars and Sixteen Cents Delinquent ($240.16) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General ConInterest & tingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, and made payable to the Treas- Penalties due urer of the Austin School Board in payment of the indebtedness of the City School Board of Austin, Texas, to the School Board for interest and penalties upon deAppropriation linquent taxes collected by the Assessor and Collector of the City of Austin for account of the Austin School Board. The amount due the School Board upon delinquent interest is $192.40; the amount due the School Board for delinquent penalties is $47.76; the total of these amounts is $240.16. This payment covers a settlement between the City of Austin and the Austin School Board and covers the months of March, April, May, June and July, 1918. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, August 8, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Bartholomew now present: The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance regulating the Service car rates of fare for automobiles engaged in the business of carrying pasRates sengers for hire and prescribing penalties for violation hereof." The ordinance was read the first time, after which reading the Mayor moved a suspension of the rule and the placing of the ordinance on its second reading. The motion carried by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The ordinance was read the second time and the Mayor moved a