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• 147 MI2JUTE5 I,A PORTL CITY COUNCIL - ', raaRCH s, 1943, s:oo P.M. Meeting was called to order by Mayor Fred R. Ruff; with the - following Aldermen and City Officials present: Ald: J. N. Johnson, J. H. Kerber, C. F. Norris, City Atty. Kiibler, and Asst..Secretary Christensen. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Proposal for It~x. R. G. Willa and Mr. DuQu~t, representing the J. R. Phillips financing Investment Co., appeared before the Council and presented a proposal for financing X10,000.00 to X18,000.00 te.x bonds to finance certain improvements within the City of La Porte. l.::crept Motion by Johnson, second by Norris, that the City aocept the propossl proposal of the J. R. Phillips Investment Co., as presented to - tkie City Council, a copy of which pFOposal is attached hereto and becomes a part of these minutes, and that the Mayor and ` City Secretary be authorized to sign said proposal for the City. - Carried. Bills Motion by Johnson, second by Kerber, that the following schedule of bills in the amount of ~3b4.10 be alloyed and - • ordered paid ~ . Wm. H. Baugh, Agent 5.00 ~',. Wm. H. ~augh;Agent 5.00 V1m. H. Baugh, Agent 5 •~ Wm. H. Baugh, Agent 3.90 - Geo. H. Blair 7.16 Bravraing-Ferris Mach. Co. 17.17 - J. S. Chivers 4.25 Daily Sun 12.65 Dunlay Armand Co. 33•~ Houston Lighting & Power Co. 174.67 - Houston Natural Gas Corp. 14.67 Hughes Motor Co. 12.05 Mrs. M.O. Lambly, City Seoy. 12'.77 Manufacturers Trust Co. .bb ': Magnolia Petroleum Co. 24.62 Pfeiffer Electric Co. 3.10 Sharp Grain Co. .80 Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. 17.80 - The Steak Co. 2.16 Joe R. Thongs 5.b0 C. O. Williams 1.20 _ ~ 3 . .10 Carried. Letter to Motion by Kerber, seoond by Johnson, that the City Secretary '~OLC- write a letter to the Home Owners Loan 8orp., together with a statement of taxes duo on Lots 2 and 3, Block BayFront, Bayshore ~~;:~': - ~ Fark, and advise them that no reduction can be made on these taxes. Carried. (Over)