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~X~, t ~ r r «~ ,, <br />RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte passed on first <br />reading, on October l7, 1958, that certain Ordinance 1Vo. 558, purporting to an- <br />nex, to the existing City Limits an additional area which would include all or <br />a part of the real property and/or manufacturing plants of E. I. du Pont de <br />Nemours C Co., Celanese Corporation of America, National Petro-Chemicals Corpora- <br />tion, Houston Lighting & Power Company, and Phillips Petroleum Company, u~th~n <br />the City Limits, as so extended; and <br />WHEREAS, the said industries have duly filed with the City written <br />r <br />protest and objections to the said annexation proposed in said Ordinance No. <br />558; and <br />WHEREAS, a controversy therefore exists as to the legal rights bf the <br />City to annex .the properties of the industries and it is the desire of the par <br />ties to settle such controversy; and <br />WHEREAS, the City and the said industries recognize that under the cir- <br />cumstances a partial annexation of Bone of the real property of each of the in- <br />dustries within the area, but not the full annexation of their entirety, pursuant <br />to the terms of the written contract and the letter, dated December 22, 1953, a <br />copy of such contract and letter being hereto attached and marked "Exhibit A" and <br />"Exhibit B" respectively, is a reasonable, lawful and equitable manner in which <br />to settle such controversy; and <br />WHEREAS, it is to be the best interest of the City of La Porte to make <br />and enter into a contract with said industries, containing all of the terms, <br />agreements, conditions and covenants contained in said Exhibit A and said Exhibit <br />B; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COlgl11fi6SI0N OF THE CITY OF <br />LA PORTE,That the City make and enter into a contract with E. I. du Pont de Ne- <br />mours v Company, Celanese Corporation of America, National Petro-Chemicals Cor- <br />poration, Houston Lighting C Power Company, and Philips Petroleum Company, upon <br />all of the terms, agreements, conditions and covenants contained in the copy of <br />such contract hereto attached and marked "Exhibit A" and in the letter dated <br />December 22, 1958, hereto attached and marked "Exhibit B", and that H. P. Pfeiffer, <br />