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i ,-; MINUTES - SPECIAL T+~ETING LA PORTE CITY CODihiISSION -MAY 11, 1~8 10:00 A. M. Special meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor H. J. Pfeiffer, with the following members and city officials present: Commiss- ioners Jas . S. Crate, Jr. and Jas . E. Stewart, John T. I~ic Afee and John ~'7ithers, representing Y~yatt C. Hedrick, City Engineer, A. H. Lambert, Ed- itor and owner of the La Porte Reporter, Raleigh Erwin, Supt. of Public WorTo3, Jno. S. Kiibler, City Attorney, and J. E. Muldoon, City Clerk. Dlr. Fred L. Sharp, agent for the Ka.rpark Corporation, appeared before the Commission, and offerod the City 170 Automatic Parking meters for X71.50 each, and to be paid for out of 50J of the gross receipts. Motion by Stewart, seoond by Crate, to authorize the D~Iayor to execute a contract with the Karpark Corporation t o install 170 meters on both sides of Main Street from lath Street to the Five Point Corner, contract being subject to the City Attorney's approval. Carried. The Commission authorized Commissioner Crate to contact the Atlantic, .Gulf and Pacific Ccnn.par~y in an effort to secure three (3) 20~ - l~.8" Pontocros . Motion by Stewart, seoond by Crate, to authorize A. H. Lambert, Sr. to print 1000 parking tickets, three copies each, as bid X17.00, and 1000 traffic tickets, four copies each, as bid X26.00, upon approval of proof. Carried. Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, to authorize the South Texas Equipment Company to sell the small city grader for X2000.00, for 5~ commission and provided the City m~.y withdraw such authorizaticm at any time. Carried. Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, to authorize a ten day paid vacation for G. W. Fisher. Carried. The Commission instructed the City Clerk to write Dewey Triplett that he must connect to the city sewer system. D~lotion by Crate, second by Stewart, that the following Resolution be adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the United States Fost Office Department is considering establishing house to house mail delivery inside the City of La Porte, and WHEREAS, the Post Office Department requires that the streets in the City be named in an orderly and systematic manner and that such streets