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MINUTES LA PORTS CITY COUNCIL JULY 23, 1945, 8:00 P. M. 317 Meeting was called to order by Mayor Ruff with the following Aldermen and City Officials present: Ali. J. N. J®hason, P, L~ Benson, Geo. F. Norris, J. J. Roark, T. F. Smith, City Atty. Kiibler, City Secretary Sharp. Minutes of the last regular meetixig of July ~, 1945 and Special meeting of July 13, 1945 were read and approved. Letter-ODT The Mayor read a letter from the ODT im regard to the .issuance of a special permit for an additi®nal taxicab for the City. Taxicab- Metisn by Benson, second by Johns®n, that Wm. P.(Bill) Jones Ixspectien Fee be notified about the letter from ODT and that he be advised to register with the City and take care of inspection fee and permit and furnish the City with the name aad address of operatsr and description of vehicle to be used. Carried. Amendment- The City Atterxey was imstructcd by the Council to write Dog Ord. an amendment to the Deg Ordinance to be approved at the next Council meeting. it Post War Work ~'• Pauls from Louis Pauls & Co., Galveston, Texas appeared before the Council in regard to a financing program for Pest War Work, and was advised that the Council wsuld oheck ®n improvements desired and advise him as to their plan.. Special Meet- The Mayor issued a pall for a Special meeting for Wednesday ing eight, July 25, 1945 at 7:3~ P. M. fsr the purpose of discussing the apportionments to be levied on 1945 taxable property. Resolution Motion by Johnson, second by Smith, that the following resolution be adopted: VQHEREAS, heretofore, the Mayor of the City of La Porte prepared and submitted to the City Ceuneil, at its regular meeting held en the 25th day of June, A. D. 191.;.5, his proposed budget for the fiscal year, April 1, 191x.5 to Maroh 31, 1946, and, UiHEREAS, the City Ceu~-cil filed such proposed budget with the Secretary of the City en the 25th day of June, A. D. 1945, and designated that a public hearing en such budget be held at the City Hall at 8:00 P. M. en July 23, A. D. 1945, and paused public aetice of such hearing to be made; and, WHEREAS, such public hearing has been held, it is there- fore ordered by the Council that the budget, as prepared and sub- mitted by the Mayor, is hereby finally approved by the City Ceuneil and it is hereby ordered that a true e®py of such approved budget, together with a copy of this order, shall b e filed in each of the offices of the Secretary of the City of La Porte, the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas and the State Comptroller, at Austin, Texas • Carried.