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298 THIS COPY OF ORDER I~ GLARING INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP WATER WELL,ALSO TO CONSTRUCT EXTENSIONS TO WATER SYSTEM, IS MADE APART OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF APRIL 23, 1945• THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS s CITY OF LA PORTS On this rd day •f ~ril 1945, the City Couxcil •f the it~a Porte , in rris County, Texas, cox- veaed in regular ___ session, with the following naffied members thereof present, viz: FRED R. RUFF, MAYOR J. J. ROAR, J. N. JOHNSON, GEORGE F. NORRIS, T. F. SMITH, Aldermen MRS. HAROLD H. SHARP Secretary It appears that the City of La Porte ie is need of an additional water well, als• is need •f extensioxs t• its water system, iacludixg a sand trap, axd that the cast •f bath these improvements will probablg be X25,000.00, aad the city does not have ox hand allocable t• these pstrposes sufficiext msaey to pay wash for these imprsvemeats. Aad it further appears that C. H. Kelly, City Engineer, has prepared separate plans and specificatioxs far these proposal a~~,_ improvements, axd that they meet with the approval of this Council. IT IS THEREFORE 08DERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF I.A FORTE, TEXAS I That the plates aad specifications for bot~•~~these proposed improvements prepared separately by C. H. Kelly, Engineer, be, axd they are hereby, approved. II That the City Couxcil •f the City of La Porte does hereby declare its iatextion to construct axd equip a water well for said city , als• t• coxstruct extensions to the water system(is:clucixg a sand trap) for said city, aad to make payment therefor by the issuance •f time warrants in the maximum amopat •f not exceeding ~25,000.00(for both •f these improvements), aad bearing ixterest at the rata •f not exceeding !~ per annum, aad maturing serially over a period not exceeding 25 years from thetf~ date. III Ia addition to the foregoixg, the City Coumcil reserves the right, aad declares iatextioa, t• purchase materials aad mwYe contracts not exceeding X2,000.00 ia.any one such eoxtraet, axd t• employ labor for work t• be done aad paid for by the day a.s such work progresses, and to employ the xeoessary professional services in connection with such water well axd the wfiter system •f said oity without submission t• competitive bids, aad to pay therefor vrith a portiom •P the hereix described warrants.-