339 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: AUSTIN, TEXAS, April 26, 1920. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5 ; absent, none. Upon motion of Councilman Ward, L. A. Palmer, Plumbing Inspector, was instructed and empowered to act in conjunction with the City Engineer and Fire Marshal in the inspection of all oil tanks in the City of Austin which may hereinafter be installed, by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5 ; nays, none. The Council then adjourned. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, April 29th, 1920. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5 ; absent, none. The Minutes of the last meeting were read, and upon motion of Councilman Ward, the same were adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5, nays, none. Councilman Haynes moved that the regular order of business be suspended and that a committee be heard. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5 ; nays, none. L. D. Lyons, colored, and others then appeared before the Council, asking that the city set aside a plot of ground as a burial ground for the colored population of this city. Upon the recommendation of C. L. Woodward, Chief of the Fire Department, the petition of Bohn Bros. for permission to erect a corrugated iron shed in the rear of #517 Congress Avenue was granted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward,5 ; nays, none. Councilman Haynes introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the sum of One Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars and Forty-four Cents ( $179.44) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, in payment of the amount due and owing by the City Assessor and Collector for the School Fund's share of interest and penalties collected on taxes during the months of January, February and March, 1920, and said amount is hereby made payable to the Treasurer of the Austin Public Schools; itemized statements of amounts under this appropriation being attached hereto, same being certified as correct by Fred Sterzing, Assessor and Collector, and made the basis of this resolution. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Alford, Graham, Haynes and Ward, 5 ; nays, none.