89 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Nov. 14, 1917. 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 November 7 and subsequent meetings were read, and approved by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. October reports of the City Sexton, City Treasurer, Assistant City Clerk, Fire Chief, and Police Chief, also the September report of the Municipal Nurse, were read and ordered filed. After hearing a verbal statement of G. A. Carmichael, Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution: G. A. Carmichael fine RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That one-half, or $9.90, of the fine and costs assessed against G. A. Carmichael, for speeding, in Cause No. 13093, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, be and the same is hereby remitted. This action is taken in consideration of the fact that it was the first offense of the said Carmichael, and the further fact that there appears to be some doubt that his car was actually exceeding the speed limit at the time of his arrest. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, November 14, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Mr. Anthony offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: F. Draught. fine That one-half, or $7.40, of the fine and costs assessed against F. Draught, for speeding, in Cause No. 13087, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, be and the same is hereby remitted. This action is taken in consideration of the youth and inexperience of the said F. Draught and the fact that it was his first offense. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, November 14, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Anthony nominated the following to be firemen: C. B. Firemen nominated & confirmed Stanford, Frank Johnson, O. V. Loney, G. T. Parker, W. W. Johnson, D. F. Pardue, A. I. Cain, J. V. Potter, Henry Ford, J. O. Langham, W. H. Green, Eugene Overstreet. All were confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 4; Councilman Anthony not voting. The following report of the City Clerk on the special election of November 7 was read to the Council: Austin, Texas, November 14, 1918. The Hon. Mayor and City Council of Austin, Texas. Sirs: City Clerk Report on City Election I have the honor to report that at a special election held in this City on November 7, 1918, for the purpose of giving or withholding approval of an ordinance authorizing a unit system of equalization of real estate values in the City of Austin, the vote by wards was as follows: Ward 1: For the ordinance, 32; against, 40; total vote, 72. --- Page break --- 90 Ward 2: For the ordinance, 33; against, 60; invalid votes, 2; total, 95. Ward 3: For the ordinance, 99; against, 144; total, 243. Fourth ward: For the ordinance, 95; against, 99; total, 194. Fifth ward: For the ordinance, 43; against, 60; total, 103. Sixth ward: For the ordinance, 20; against, 55; total, 75. Seventh ward: For the ordinance, 37; against, 86; total, 123. Total votes cast in the entire city, 905. Total for the ordinance, 359; total against, 544; invalid votes, 2. Respectfully, V. E. Martin, City Clerk. Mrs. Geo. R. Felter The Mayor read to the Council a letter from Mrs. George R. Letter of thanks Felter, expressing her thanks for the payment of her late husband's salary for the entire month of October. The Mayor offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the City Clerk of the City of Austin be and he is hereby City Clerk instructed instructed to record in the minutes of the City Council upon a sufto record names of ficient number of appropriate pages reserved for the purpose, the soldiers dead names and other particulars concerning the lives and deaths of our soldier and sailor boys who have either been killed or died in the world war for liberty now waging between our allies and the United States of America and Germany and Austria and their allies. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, November 14, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. (The data referred to in the foregoing resolution will be found recorded on pages 92-94 of these minutes). The question of defraying the expenses of Mrs. Frank Buchner, Mrs. Frank Buchner Police Assistant, while in attendance at the State Conference of Expenses at State Conf. Social Welfare, to be held at Fort Worth, Nov. 17, 18 and 19, was brought up, and it was agreed that the city should bear these expenses, to the extent of $12.00 or $15.00. The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance fixing and Ordinance on levy- levying municipal taxes for the city of Austin, Texas, for the yearing municipal taxes A. D. 1918." The ordinance was read the first time, and the Mayor moved that the rule be suspended and the ordinance placed on its second reading. The motion prevailed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The ordinance was read the second time, and the Mayor moved a further suspension of the rule and the placing of it on its third reading. This motion carried by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. Upon the third reading of the ordinance, the Mayor moved its final passage, the motion carrying by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and E. L. Russell Powell, 5; nays none. Service on The application of E. L. Russell, of Austin, for public Commission --- Page break --- 91 service our license on his Dodge car, No.1317/6, was laid before the Council and granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Council then adjourned. V.S. Mar tin City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Nov. 20, 1918. The Council met with all members present. Amunment The Mayor laid before the Council "An ordinance entitled an orto Fire Limits dinance amending 'An ordinance establishing the fire limits in the City Ordinance of Austin and prohibiting the erection within the fire limits of buildings out of material other than is provided for in this ordinance; the removal and repairing of a certain class of buildings, and regulating the building of fences and the storing of combustible material within the fire limits, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,' approved January 30th, 1913." The ordinance was read the first time, and the Mayor moved that it be placed on its second reading under suspension of the rule. The motion prevailed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. Upon its being read the second time the Mayor moved a further suspension of the rule and the placing of the ordinance on its third reading. This motion prevailed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The ordinance was read the third time, and the Mayor moved its final passage, the motion carrying by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays none. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: J. E. Whitaker That one-half, or $12.40, of the fine and costs assessed against Fine J. E. Whitaker, for fast driving, in Cause No. 13112, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, be and the same is hereby remitted. This action is taken in consideration of the fact that the said Whitaker is a soldier who has never before been under arrest for violation of the city ordinances and who promises not to offend again. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, November 20, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V.S. Mar tin City Clerk