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!,~ ... ~ <br />• ~ ~~ <br />h~NUTES - REGUL ~~, ~' a TING <br />~~:-~~, LA PORTS CITY CO~~idISSION -AUGUST 7, 1952 <br />7:30 P. I:i. <br />Regular meeting of t he City Commission eras called to order by Mayor ~~I. D. Burgin, <br />zath the follo~ring members and city officials present: Commissioners L. R, Rig- <br />by and Robert A, White, Supt. of Pub~.ic Works 1'~. A. Arthur, City Attorney Edward <br />J. Cade, Health Inspector T. F. Smith, and City Clerk J.E. riuldoon. <br />Rti.nutes of the last meetings iRrere read and approved. <br />A discussion was held on disannexing certain territories Hour in the city. The <br />Mayor reauested the City Clerl, to read an ordinance discontinuir~; territory. <br />The ordinance eras read in full. <br />I~4otion by White, second by Rigby, that Ordinance No. l~27, being <br />AN ORDINANCE DISCONTINU2NG CFRTAIN TERRITORY NCF~I INCLUD,~ t7ITHIN THE <br />BOUNDARY LIr.~TS OF THE CITY '7F LA PORTS, TEXAS, <br />be adopted as read. <br />Carried. <br />• Mayor Burgin stated he would sign the ordinance upon approval cif our defense <br />attorney, and the plaintiffs in this suit carrying out their agreements. <br />BAI~Ft, B(YI'TS, ~i~IDTin,:TS ~: P_9RISH <br />ESP£~SON BTJILD?NG <br />HOUSTON 2 <br />August 7, 1952 <br />G-13522 <br />E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company <br />La Porte Annexation <br />The Mayor and City Commission <br />of the City of La Porte <br />La Porte, Texas <br />Gentlemen: <br />l~~thile our client, E. I. du Pont de Nemour s ~C Company, is not named as one <br />of the Relators in the s uit presently pending contest.~.ng tie el:ten~ion of the <br />city la.mits of La Porte, our client has, as you know, not recognized the valid- <br />;~~; ity of the annexation proceedings in so far ss it applies to its plant site on <br />the Houston Ship Channel and property in that sicinity; and representing the <br />