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2 • '''<''~`arrants b4otion by Roark, second by Agee, that the following warrants be ,~ .allowed authorized: City :=ec'y, to renew Petty cash,`~15.08, Burt Campbell X5.00, First Nat'l Bank, X5.18, refund on deposit of ~1~2.00 for extension of water line to Block 1138, La forte. Carried. Audit The City Secretary presented the Audit report of Learned 8. Tapp & Freeze on the City boors for the fiscal near of 1939-.TO and the audit of the Firemen's Relief ,~c Retirement Fund from j:~sy 1937 to `~~arch 31,19I~.0, together with a bill from this firm of ?135.00, being ~~p125.00 for audit of regular books and `10.00 for audit of Firemen's Fund books, which were not included in proposal for audit. P,".otion by Ruff., second by Benson, that the Audit of Learned, Tapp c~ Freeze, be accepted and the bill of X135.00 be ordered paid. Carried. 'dPA Sewing The City Secretary presented a letter from the La Porte Relief Com- mittee, together with copies of letters written by the Committee to $OOm Commissioner Turrentine and Representative Thomas, protesting the closing of the `s~~PA Sewing Room in La Porte and asking that the City ~:~ouncil lend its su ornn~~ ~n avi{?g the project re-opened. I14otion by Benson~tfia'~°t~ie ~i~y°a~~orney be instructed to write letters on this matter to Commissioner Turrentine and Representative Thomas registering the City's prod'test on the closing of the project. Cirri ed. Telephone .Alderman Ruff brought up the matter of the lack of telephone repair Repair service in La Porte on Sundays and holidays and asked that the City uervice Council lodge a protest with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The City Secretary was instructed to write the Telephone Go. in re- Bard to this matter. ::ewer Bond The City Secretary presented City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bond No. No.2 2, which had been paid and cancelled. Lotion by Ruff, second by Benson, that City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bond No.2, dated Paiay 10th, 1938, in the principal sum of Five Hundred Dollars, X500.00) and due April lOth,191~.0, be turned over to the P47ayor and City Secretary, to be destroyed by fire in the presence of the City Council and that proper affidavit of this action be presented at the next pity Council meeting. Carried. Fire ~.`otion by Ruff, seaond by Roark, that the City Attorney be instructed ~~arshall to write the State Fire Insurance Commission, asking whether a full time fireman can also act as City Fire ~'tarshall. Carried. (~~ontinued on page 3)