376 absent, Councilman Haynes moved that the petition of MK&T Land Company, presented by G. M. Shipe, asking for a remission of taxes for a given period on certain property on account of same being church property, be referred to the City Attorney. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes and Nolen, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Searight absent. Councilman Haynes introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the assessments for taxes for the year 1921, in name of Unknown Owner, on the several pieces of property constituting the South one-half of Block 109 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, be and the same are hereby cancelled, and the Tax Assessor and Collector of the City of Austin is hereby instructed to cancel such assessmente of said property for said year 1921 on the records of his office, and to take credit for same; said property being property of the County of Travis and public property. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes and Nolen, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Searight absent. The monthly report of C. L. Woodward, Chief of the Fire Department, for the month of December, 1924, was read and ordered filed, The Council then reсеввед, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, January 26,1925. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Haynes, Nolen and Searight, 4; absent, Councilman Avery. The verbal tax protests of the following were heard:in conjunction with their written appeals from the action of the Board of Equalization: G. A. Kamrath; W. B. Loveless; Louis Silberstein; A. J. Eilers; Barker Motor Company; Geo, S. Nalle. The Council then adjourned.