69 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Sept. 26, 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 Sept. 19 and subsequent meetings were read and approved by vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The application of S. W. Johnson, of 1306 Nueces street S. W. Johnson for public service car license Denied on on his Jeffrey car, No. 131985, was laid before the Council and granted License by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The August report of the Engineering, Street and Sewer Departments, and that of the Sanitary Inspector, were read and ordered filed. Mrs. Annie B. Myrick, lessee of Barton Springs, was present and discussed with the Council conditions upon which she might keep the bathing resort open during the winter. The Rev. T. W. Currie, chairman of the faculty of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, was present in the interest of the exemp- tion from taxes of the dwellings occupied by the seminary professors. An opinion of the City Attorney on the same subject, which had been prepared a few years ago, was read, to the effect that the dwellings could T. W. Currie not be legally exempted. Taxes on Theological A committee of the employees of the Austin Street Railway ComSeminary pany submitted a petition asking that 6-cent fares be authorized. It Dwellings was declared that the employees were underpaid and that under present conditions the company was unable to increase wages. W. J. Jones, president of the Street Railway Company, spoke to the same effect. Upon the Mayor's request, he agreed to submit within a few days a financial statement showing accurately the condition of the business. Action on Petition the petition was deferred. for Councilman Bartholomew nominated Ben F. Wright to be Cashier of 6-cent fares the Water and Light Department, beginning October 1, at the salary of $2,000.00 per annum. The nomination was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Haynes, and Powell, 4; nays none; Councilman Bartholomew not voting. Ben F. Wright The Council then adjourned. Elected Cashier W & L Dept J. S. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Sept. 27, 1918. There was laid before the Council the application of J. Fred Richardson, 822 West Tenth street, for public service car license on his Overland car No. 177175, which was granted by 5 yeas, no nays. J. Fred Richardson granted permit J. S. Martin license City Clerk