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Austin: Entertainment Censor Axed, New Licenses

Monday, January 27, 1919 special called
  • A license was approved for a "public service car," essentially an early taxi, for John A. Rosengren's Ford.
  • Sam Novy, representing Austin Iron & Metal Company, received a new junk dealer's license.
  • The city eliminated funding for a "censor of public amusements," reallocating the $750 salary for that position to general city expenses.

Full Transcript

143 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL; Austin, Texas, Jan. 27, 1919. The application of John A. Rosengren, 203 East Seventh Street, for public service car license on his Ford automobile, No. 289269 was laid before the Council, and was granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. Austin, Texas, Jan. 28, 1919. Jan. 11. `19`! Junk Dealers' License The application of Sam Novy (Austin Iron & Metal Company) for junk dealer's license was laid before the Council, and was granted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: 1. That at the request of the Mayor, the item in the budget for 1919, appropriating $750.00 for salary for ten months of a censor of public amusements be and the same is hereby revoked, cancelled and annulled. Appropriation for Paid Censor ^ Transferred 2. That said $750.00 so above cancelled and annulled as an appropriation for the salary of a censor be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart to the contingent expenses of the city for the year 1919. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Jan. 28, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. V. E. [illegible] City Clerk