Austin: Policing, Nuisances, and Taxis
- City officials granted J. Buck Evans permission to operate a "service car," an early form of a taxi or rideshare service.
- A police officer's resignation was officially accepted, marking a personnel change within the city's law enforcement.
- A public complaint regarding a neighborhood nuisance on West 22nd Street was received and referred for further investigation.
- The council reviewed and filed numerous reports from city departments, overseeing vital public services like health, food safety, and sewage disposal.
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The following monthly reports were read and ordered filed. H. Brownlee, City Health Officer; D. Copeland, City Marshal; S. Anderson, Public Weigher; Mrs. R. C. Walker, Pure Food Inspector. The Council then adjourned. Geo. W. Horneby Clerk Pelton
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, September 9, 1920. The Council met with Mayor Pro Tem Haynes presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Alford, Graham and Ward, 4; absent, Mayor Yett. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and upon motion of Councilman Alford were adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Alford, Graham, and Ward, 4; nayes, none. The communication of Henry Orsay was read and referred to Councilman Graham. Rec'd re: resignation J. A. Woody
The resignation of J. A. Woody as a policeman of the City of Austin upon motion of Councilman Alford, was accepted by the following vote: Ayes Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Alford, Graham and Ward, 4; nayes, none. The petition of Sam R. Davis and others, complaining of a nuisance at No. 704 West 22nd Street, was read, and upon motion of Councilman Ward, was referred to Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Alford, Graham and Ward, 4; nayes, none. The monthly reports of Fred Sterzing, Assessor and Collector, Miss Nellie K. Hall, Secretary of the United Charities Association, Miss Elizabeth M. Seymour, Public Health Nurse, Jas. H. Maxwell, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Mrs. E. Schulz, Superintendent of Nurses at City Hospital, J. A. Warren, Cashier and Bookkeeper of the Street and Sewer Department, J. E. Woody, Fire Marshal, and the detailed report of C. E. Leonard, City Engineer, and Dr. E. P. Schoch, pertaining to the sewage disposal plant, were read and ordered filed. Rec'd sewerage The Council then recessed.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, September 14, 1920. The Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Haynes. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Alford, Graham and Ward, 4; absent, Mayor Yett. The application of J. Buck Evans to operate a service car was granted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Pro Tem Haynes, Councilmen Rec'd S. C. App. Alford, Graham and Ward, 4; nayes, none. The Council then adjourned.