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~. ~. • Letter The 3iayor read. a letter from ~:i~a Houston Lighting & Power Co. in re- Ho.L & P bard to new elaet;ric rates, new street lights to be installed and 2°0 gross receipts payments offered to the City by the Lig~rt Company. ~~oti~~n by Ruff, second by Age9, that t'riis latter be planed on file for further study by the Council and presented at the next regular City Council meeting. Carried. Power Rate The T~.ayor presented a new power rate offered to the City by the Houston Lighting & Power Co. on the City's Sewer Lifts with contract tea be siGnad Ho.L ck P by the City and the Lig'Zt Company. Motion by Johnson, second by "lorris, the";, the City aee~ept the nary power rate offered by the I-ioustcyn Lighting & Power Co. far the City Sewer Lifts and that the Mayor and City Secretary be authorized to sign the contracts. Carried. ~:'oving P.Zotion by Ruff, second by Roark, that the matter of squiring Bond for Bldgs, the moving of buildings over City Streets be turue~l over to the Streat& A11ey Comrzitte~e to be reported on at the next Count `41 m®eti.n~;. Cfarriad• Mayor otion by Ages, seconded by Ruff, that Geo. H. Sharp, rJ?ayor of tk~e City Empowered of La Porte be empo;vered t~~ sign a res<.,lutian of the Cityr of :tea Porte, requesting State Ma:intenenea on that portion of Highway No. 1i.~6 through the City of La Porte, Texas. Carried. State I~L~otion by .Agee, second by muff, that the followinS resolution be adopted: i't~aintenence RESOLUTION OF Iu.~TI~ICI?ALITY ~~OR STATE MAINTENANCE OE PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED Hiway 1~}6 IN CITY LII~~!ITS, WHEREAS, the str>ets of the city of La Porte, Texas, are within the jurisdiction and control of the City Council of such city; and WHEREAS, the State Highway liepartmant of Texas intends to spend certain funds within the corporate limits of this city on State High- way No. 11.6; and WFIEREAS, it has been the general policy of the State Hig-away Departm©nt to maintain highways within the corporate limits of cities and towns of less than 2,500 population whk3re the corporate body of such city or town requested such maintenance; and WHEREAS, the City cf La Porte, Texas was, by the latest United States census, shown as less than 2,500 population THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, as represented by the City Council, that it desires and requester the State Highway vepartment tt~ n~~int~Ain the imprivements to be made on Highway No. 11x.6, within the corporate limits of La Porte, Texas, to such extent, and in the mariner desired by the State Highway Department, and further agrees that it will not repeal or amend any pro- f~isions of this resol~.zton without substituting therefor a Resolution, satisfactory to t}~e Highway Department, making ample provisions each year fo's• the Taintenance by the City of La Porte of the aforementioned improve- :aent s . Carried.