191 Camp Community Service was before the Council, and was referred to Councilman Bartholomew. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the balance of $6.60 remaining unpaid of the fine and costs (amounting to $21.60) assessed against Robert J. Rubirt in Cause No. 13178, Corporation Court of the City of Austin, for disturbing the peace, be and the same is hereby remitted; this for the reason that in the opinion of the Council there is doubt of the said Rubirt's guilt, three negroes having testified for him and one white man, the complainant, against him at the trial. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Apr. 10, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. Relief Rubirt fine V.E. [illegible] City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Apr. 12, 1919. The Council met with all members present except Councilman Anthony. The Mayor offered the following resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the sum of Two Hundred Forty-nine Dollars and Forty Cents ($249.40) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Appropriation: Contingent Fund of this city, in payment of the amount due and owing School funds by the City Assessor and Collector for the School Fund's share of the Share of taxes interest and penalties collected on taxes during the months of January, - Penalties February and March, 1919. Said amount is hereby made payable to the Treasurer of the Austin Public Schools. An itemized statement of the amount owing under this appropriation is attached hereto, certified as correct by Fred Sterzing, Assessor and Collector, and made the basis of this resolution. The resolution was passed by the following vote: Yeas, Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 4; nays none; Councilman Anthony being absent. APPROVED, Apr. 12, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following resolution: Whereas, largely at the instance of the good women of Austin, and particularly those of artistic taste and temperament, chiefly led by Mrs. W. R. Wyse and reinforced by the active interest of many of the men of this city likewise interested in art and civic patriotism, the City of Austin, Texas, about the middle of 1915 began to concern itself about a municipal flag; and Whereas, as interest and activity in this idea grew, the City of Austin, through the Mayor, in the year 1915 appointed the following named persons to be a preliminary committee in the matter of the --- Page break --- 192 Illumination as Keep C & A C M d and idea of a municipal flag, to-wit: Mayor Woolridge; A. W. Griffith; Chas. H. Page; Mrs. William Wyse; Mrs. Martyn Elliott; Mrs. Fred Scott; Mrs. Myrtle Garrett Kiley; Whereas, as the idea favorable to the thought of a municipal flag still further grew, the following named persons were added to the committee named above: F. E. Giesecke, Chairman; Mrs. John Preston; " Roger Roberdeau; " Caswell Ellis; " Nannie Huddle; " S. E. Hudson; " Mary Mitchell; " H. Y. Benedict; " T. F. Taylor; " Charles Stephenson; Miss Emma Burleson; " Julia Pease; " Fannie Andrews; " Lillie Robertson; " Fannie Simms; Dr. W. J. Battle; Mr. A. N. McCallum; " James McClendon; " J. B. Rector; " D. K. Woodward; " Guy Collett; " J. P. Lightfoot; Dr. Joe Wooten; Mr. W. A. Harper; " E. C. Barker; " Charles Potts; " Lloyd Lochridge; " H. H. Sevier; " William Von Rosenberg, Jr.; " Roy Hawk; " E. L. Steck; " W. E. Long; " S. E. Gideon; and Whereas, subsequently, when ideas had somewhat crystallized themselves, it became necessary to appoint a special committee for the submission of suggestions for a municipal flag, and the Mayor appointed the following named committee: F. E. Giesecke, Chairman; S. E. Gideon; Mrs. Caswell Ellis; Wm. J. Battle; A. N. McCallum; Jas. W. McClendon; Miss Julia Pease; " Fannie Andrews; " Fannie Simms; Mrs. Wm. R. Wyse; and Whereas, subsequently, in the year 1916, the city through the committee named above, with F. E. Giesecke, Chairman, offered two prizes for the best designs for a municipal flag, one of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and one of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00); and Whereas, a large number of designs for a municipal flag were submitted to this committee--a number in excess of one hundred designs. Such designs were referred to a special committee to pass upon. This committee consisted of the following named persons, to-wit: Prof. Chas. S. Potts, Chairman; A. N. McCallum; D. K. Woodward; --- Page break --- 193 Guy Collett; S. E. Gideon; Mrs. Nannie Huddle; Mrs. Caswell Mills; Miss Julia Pease; " Fannie Andrews; " Fannie Simms; and Whereas, this committee next named above recommended for the first prize a design submitted by Ray F. Coyle of San Francisco and the design of G. A. Geist, member of the faculty of the A&M College, as entitled to the second prize; and Whereas, said committee hereinabove named, as stated above, recommended the design submitted by the said Ray F. Coyle to be the design for a municipal flag to be adopted by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas, and which recommendation was adopted by the large committee hereinabove named, with F. E. Giesecke, Chairman. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That a municipal flag for the City of Austin, Texas, be and the same is hereby adopted, of the following character and description: The flag for the City of Austin is a field of white, in the center of which is a symbolical emblem whose predominant colors are red, white and blue, quite like the national and state colors, while the design of the emblem is similar to that of the State flag, yet quite distinct. The emblem is a shield in red and white, capped with a triangle of blue. A silhouette of the Capitol in red crowns the whole, and woven into this silhouette is the crest to the coat-of-arms of Stephen F. Austin, after whom the City of Austin was named. The entire design is a modified form of the Austin coat-of-arms. In the center of the blue field is a golden lamp of knowledge, typifying the educational advantages of Austin, its orange color indicating the University of Texas. and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That said flag shall be carefully kept at the City Hall and exhibited on all proper civic occasions, as may be determined upon by the then Mayor of the city or the judgment of the City Council as it may exist at the time when such municipal flag may be brought into use and requisition. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 yeas, no nays, Councilman Anthony being absent. APPROVED, Apr. 12, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Austin, Texas, Apr. 14, 1919. The Council met with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: (left: opinion Gracy bill -- -- RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the sum of One Hundred Five Dollars and Sixty Cents ($105.60) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent Fund of the City of Austin, Texas, and made payable to the Gracy Abstract Company for data furnished in three hundred and fiftytwo (352) tax suits, per the attached bill bearing the approval of J. Bouldin Rector, City Attorney. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Apr. 14, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. --- Page break --- Approved on roll call. Richard Jones voted. W. J. McIntosh: Omit 2 as Ass't Tax Assessor Mayor Wooldridge granted leave to Serve as Chair- man of fifth Liberty Loan. Approved on roll call. Julius Haynes --- Page break --- 195 dated July 1st, 1901, due and payable July 1st, 1931, and numbered as follows: Payed & Cancelled Cancelled Oct. 1. 551 573 620 711 763 809 552 574 621 712 764 810 553 575 622 713 765 811 554 601 623 714 766 812 555 602 624 715 767 813 556 603 625 716 768 814 557 604 626 717 769 815 558 605 627 718 770 816 559 606 628 719 771 817 560 607 629 720 772 818 561 608 630 721 773 819 562 609 701 722 774 820 563 610 702 723 775 821 564 611 703 724 801 822 566 612 704 725 802 823 567 613 705 752 803 824 568 614 706 757 804 825 569 615 707 758 805 826 570 616 708 759 806 827 571 617 709 760 807 828 572 618 710 761 808 829 830 have been loaned to the City of Austin, Texas, by C. C. Belt, Receiver of the Houston Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Houston, Texas, for the purpose of mutilating same. Now, therefore; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the above numbered false, forged, and fraudulent bonds of the City of Austin, Texas, have been mutilated by running a pen dipped in red ink through the purported signatures of R. E. White, the then Mayor, and Jno. O. Johnson, the then City Clerk, and after such mutilation have been returned to the said C. C. Belt, Receiver of said company, to be kept in the files of said receivership in the City of Houston, Texas. The resolution was passed by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Apr. 15, 1919: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. W. E. March City Clerk