REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Oct. 10, 1918. The Council was called to order by the Mayor, all members being present. The minutes of October 3 and subsequent special meetings were read and approved by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. A delegation composed of John L. Peeler, Wr. F. L. Griffith, A. J. Eilers, H. E. Long, A. C. Goeth and a committee from the Police Department came before the Council and presented a petition for increased sal- aries for the police. Col. Peeler and others addressed the Council in this behalf. The Mayor replied at length, saying that the financial condition of the city made an increase this year out of the question, but that he hoped to grant increases to all city employees beginning Jan. 1, 1919. Jan and pay for police asked The Mayor read a communication from Hart & Patterson, T. H. McGregor, and A. L. Love, expressing the opinion that the proposal to inHearing on 6 cent fare crease street car fares to 6 cents would under the law have to be referred Dec to the people, and asking that a hearing to determine this point be set for an early date. It was announced that such a hearing would be held on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Ordinance 6 cent fare The Mayor then laid before the Council "An ordinance to amend and entitled "An ordinance to amend and condense into one ordinance all ordinances of the city pertaining to the right of way over the streets of Austin to M. M. Shipe, his associates and assigns, which enured to the benefit of the Austin Rapid Transit Railway Company." The ordinance was read the first time and laid over. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: G. G. Morgan That Public Service Car Permit No. 5, heretofore issued to G. G. Service car Morgan for Ford Car No. 1681701, be and the same is hereby authorized and permit made to apply to Ford Car No. 2764114. which latter numbered car was exhonored changed by G. G. Morgan for the former numbered car, as hereinabove stated, and the permit issued to the said G. G. Morgan on September 24th, 1918, for a Ford car intended to be substituted for the one as issued to him be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Oct. 10, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. G. G. Morgan The petition of G. G. Morgan for a public service car permit for his Ford Car No. 289141 (State Highway Department number) was laid before the Council and granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The reports of the City Marshal and the City Physician for September were read and ordered filed; also that of the Assessor and Collector the report of U. E. Leonard, City Engineer, on the Penn Field sewer extension was read. The Council then adjourned. V.E. Martin City Clerk