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il 11 , " . . ORDINANCE NO. 352 :~ AN ORDINANCE EM PLOYING A LICENSED AND PRACTIC ING ATTORNEY I'. OF HARRIS COmrry, TEXAS TO DEFEND THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND THE CITY ; OFFICIALS IN 'lIRE SUIT FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY !l BY E. A. THOMAS, En' AL, PROVIDING FOR A C()1PENSATION AND THE PAY- !: MENT THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. I: il WHh~S, a suit has been tiled in the District Court of : I; Harris County, Texas, by E. A. Thomas and others, against the City j;of La Porte and against certain City otficials; and II 'I " I I party defendant in the suit: and I II r is proper and necessary to employ a practicing attorney to repre- sent the City in said suit; WHEREAS, the City Attorney ot the City of La Porte is a WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have decided that it ~ I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: I , I Section 1. That Ernest A. Knipp, an attorney licensed td I I .practice, and practicing, before the Courts ot Harris County, Texas, !be, end he is hereby, appointed as attorney and employed to derend' I . in such suit in behalf ot the defendants in said suit and he is I I hereby authorized to take whatever action is necessary in connecti~n IWith said suit in the proper defense thereot. I I I I Section 2. That the said Ernest A.. Knipp be paid, as I compensation ror his services in said suit, a retainer ree in the I sum ot One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) cash' and a per diem at the I rate ot One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each day in Court, exclusive i I or the r1rst day end that such compensetion be paid out or current! \/\ funds in the general fUnds of the City. Section 3. That an emergency exists constituting an imperative public necessity that the rule requiring ordinances to be read at three several meetings be suspended and this ordinance I Itake effect and be in force from and atter its passage and approva~, I and it is so ordained. Passed and approved this the A. D. 1947. 4th day ot Deoember , I: ATTEST: I ICity Clerk ot the Texas Mayor of tlie City of La Porte, Texas City ot ~a Porte, , " - ~--"'''':".. I "