75 The Council then adjourned. V. U. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Oct. 7, 1918. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor offered the following resolution: Apprv. fee of Jno. H. Gregory for Plans & spec ification RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the $100,000.00 credited in the Sewer Fund of this city to the expense of building a sewage disposal plant and set apart for the payment of the bill of John H. Gregory for professional services covering the preparation of plans and specifications for said sewage disposal works. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, October 7, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Haynes offered the following resolution: R. M. Gage auto assmt Error RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the assessment in error of an automobile against R. M. Gage for taxes of the year 1917, at the value of $125.00, be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled. See attached affidavit of the said R. M. Gage as the basis for this resolution. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, October 7, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Wooldridge cloth sign The written request of Billy Ebner to be allowed to put up a cloth sign for a period of ten days in front of the Woolworth store, corner Congress avenue and Eighth street, was presented and granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Council then adjourned. V. U. Martin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Oct. 8, 1918. The Council met with all members present. A number of medical men and heads of Austin schools and military Ordinance Closing Schools, Churches, etc. acct. the flu – 30 days institutions/and discussed the prevailing epidemic of influenza. The Mayor then laid before the Council "An ordinance closing the State University, all public and private schools and colleges of the City of Austin, all churches and lodges and all other places of assemblage where people gather for religious, social, fraternal, political, business or other purposes for the period of thirty days from the date of the enactment of this ordinance, unless sooner repealed by the City Council, and prescrib-