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l Minutes City Council IVZay, 26,19Ix1, c ont' d . Motion by Agee, second by Ruff, that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLUTIQN OF MUNICIPALITY REGARDING TRAr^FIC REGULATION CN STATE HIGh'WAY. WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of the State of Texas is desirous of constructing State Highway No. 116 through the city of La Porte over Broadway and 'pest '~'Iain Streets; and WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of Texas will not participate in the construction of said highway until and unless the 8ity of La Ports will agree to refrain from permitting encroachments upon the rightof way of said above mentioned streets, and until and unless the City of La Porte will agree to refrain from passing ordi- nanees or laws fixing a speed limit of under twenty miles per hour on said above mentioned streets, and until and unless the City of La Porte will agree to refrain frozn erecting signs, semaphores and signals that will give preference to local routes or that will hinder or delay traf- fic on said above mentioned streets. THE~?EFORE. be it resolved by the City Co~anci.l of the City of La Porte that, for and in consideration of the State Highway De- Partmen~ of the State o£ Texas constructing Highway No. 116 through the City of La Porte over Broadway and ~~~est Main Streets it hereby,: '~` agrees with the State Highway Department of the State of Texas that it will not, in the future, permit encroachment on the right-of way of said above mentioaxa:i streets; nor ~fi11 it pass an ordinance or laws fixing a speed limit on the above mentioned streets of under twenty miles per hour; nor will it alloro+r the erection of signs, semaphores, and signals that will give preference to local routes which intersect with said above mentioned streets nor that will slow ups hindaz~ or de- lay traffic on said above ment-?onad streets; nor will it repeal or amend any of the provisions of this rasol~xt.on without the consent of the State Highway Cozn,nisaion. Carried. Motion by Ruff, second by Johnson, that the City Council appropriate the amount of X35.40 per. man to send two delegates to the conven- tion of State Fireman and Fira Marshals of Texas at ~~ichita Falls, Texas, June 10,11 and 12,191.x1, selection of delegsaes to be left to the descretion of the Fire Department. Carried. ~~FOtion by Agee and carried by those prase '" ecratary, City of La forte,, xas meeting adjourn. ,City of La Porte,Texas ~'