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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1931-236 ~ ) J ,') \ \ \ '\ .~. e , . e .1'0, l.:]~Llj,lAi.'.G"~ .. ~3S The ordinance follows: AN ORDniANOE PROVIDING ]'OR mE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF LA PORTE FUNDING \1ARRANTS ni '!BE AMOUNr OF $2,374.31 MA.TtJRING SERIALLY, BEARING mEREST AT THE RATE OF SIX PER 0ENr PER ANNUM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FONDniG A LIKE AMOUNl' OF INmBTEDNESS IEGALLY INCURRED BY SAID CITY FCB LAWFUL cm PDBPOSES; PRovmmG FOR 'lEE LEVY OF A TAX TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL .AND INmEST OF SAID \'I~S AT MATURITY; .AND DECLARING AN ElllRGENCY. AND WHEREAS, the Oi ty of La Porte hu not. heretofore issued time 'WarreDts duriDg the current oalendar year without publioatiOn of utice and right to referendum as provided in House Bill No. 312, passed by the 42nd Legislature at its Regular Session, in 1931, and therefore said $2,3'14.31 time warreDts wUl not exoeed the limitations provided by said law: WHEREAS. there is oertain outst8Dding indebtedness which is a legal ob1igat10n of the CUy of La Ports, and said C1ty is w1thout money with which to pay sSlDe, and this City Council having had under cona1deration the advisability 8Dd nec888ity of postponing the time of pQDl8Jlt thereof, in con- sideration of 'the pQD1ent ot interest thereon, and issuiDg in lieu thereof, interest bearing t1ms warrants, aDd it appearing to the City Council that it ls advlsable and neoessary to lssue Fundins War~ant8 for the purpose ot funding said outa'teDding and unpaid indeb1;e4ness, .hi ch is as tollows: No. Date To Whom Issued Purpose Amount 8423 8~15lj:r Houston Light & Pow.Co. Service $50.00 8424- 8-15-31 Sam Streetman Legal Service 150.00 8425 8-15-31 Stewart Boyles Arbitration 225.00 8426 8-15-31 H. C. Burt & Co. Legal Service ;'-:1 F no ! , , I' (l,~l ,no .1 I I j .1 I e e \. j \ . ADd whereas, certain persona have agreed to purchase and take up :from the holders thereof, all evidenoes of indebtedness legelly issued and hereinbefore li8ted, aDd all the warrants to be legally issued for the purpose hereinbefore stated, to the amount 01' $2,374.31. (which amount includes said in- debtedness now outstandiD8 and that herta1'ter to be issued and to become d18); and have further agreed to acoept in lieu. thereof and in fUll satisfaotion or said evidenoes of indebtedness so purchased or to be pu1'Chaaed by them, City 01' La Porte funding Warrants, bearing interest at the rate 01' six per cent per ... aDDUDI ; mEREFORE, BE IT OBDDB1!ID BY THE CI'l'I COONCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEIA.S: That the indebtedness herein listed, aggregatUg the 8UDl of .. l 0..::1:, 00 . duly approved far or on account ot indebtedness inourred tor lawtul city purposes, shall be evidenoed by the issuance ot oity warrants aga1Dst said city. That aiditional claims to the extent 01' $ 1 ~',Z:,3 ~:J I , duly approved tor or on account ot 1ndebtedD8ss incurred for lawfUl oity purposes, shall be evidenCed 'bJ the issuance ot oity warrants against said City. That warrants ot said Oi ty, to be oalled "CITY OF LA PORTE FUNDING W.ARRANTS, SERIES .A.-1931", be issued under aDd by vmue ot the Constitution and laws Of the State ot Texas, inoluding Bouse Bill No. 312, passed by the Fo%'ty Second Legislature at its BeSllar Session, in 1931, for the purpose ot 1'UDd1n8 warrants of this olty issued for lawtul o1ty purposes, all of which warr8ll'ts are to be canOelled and lIUl"reD:lered, aJJd the Fw:Iding Warrants hereby authorlzed issued 110 the holders in 11811 thereot. Said J\md1ng Wtr1'ants shall be DWlibered from 1 to 5 inolusive, shall be ot the deD.OJD1D.ation Of $500.00 each, e:uept NO.1, whioh shall be Of the deDODl1D.atioD Of $374~31. aggregating $2,374.31. They shell be dated Auguat 1&; 1931, and shall become due and payable serially in their DUDl8rical order u tollows: _..~~.) l).,' e e Number Date 01' Maturity Amount 1 April 10, 1932 ~374.31 2 " 10, 1933 500.00 3 " 10, 1934 500.00 4 " 10, 1935 500.00 5 " 10, 1936 500.00 Said Funding Warrants shall bear interest 1'rom date until paid at the rate 01' 6% per annum, interest payable April 10, 1932 and semi-annually thereafter on October 10 and April 10 each, year, which interest shall be evi- denced by coupons attached to each 01' said warrant s. The principal and interest 01' said warrants shall be payable upon presentation and surrender 01' warrants or proper coupons at the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company 01' New York, New York:, 11. Y. Said warrants shall be signed by the Mayor, countersigned by the City Secretary, and registered by the City Treasurer, and the seal 01' the City shall: be. :lmPreslleq: upon each 01' them, The 1'acsimile Signatures 01' the Mayor and City Secretary may be lithographed or printed upon the interest coupons attached to said warranl; s. No. The 1'orm 01' said warrants shall be substantially as tollows: $500.00 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNl'Y OF HARRIS CITY OF LA PORTE FUlIDING WARRANT, SERIES A-193l THE CITY OF LA PORTE, in the County 01' Harris, State 01' Texas, tor a valuable consideration 18 justly indebted and hereby promises to pay to I ' e e bearer on the lOth day ot April, 19 , at the Central Hanover Bank and - Trust Company ot NeVI York, New York, l'T. Y., the swn ot FIVE HUNDRlID DOLLARS in lawful money of the United states ot Amerioa, with interest thereon trom date hereot at the rate ot six per cent per amwn, interest payable April 10, 1932, and semi-annually thereafter on October 10 and April 10 each year, which interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to each ot said warrants, Principal and interest shall be pa,yable upon presentation and surrender of warrant or proper coupon at the above named bank. In event the sum ot money evidenced by this warrant and annex:ed coupons shall not be paid at maturity, the same shall thereafter bear interest at the rate ot 6~b par annum until tully paid; and in the event of detault and it becomes necessary tor the holder hereot or ot any ot the coupons attached hereto to place the same in the hands ot an attorney tor collection or to institute suit thereon, the City of La Porte hereby obligates itselt to pay to the holder an additional ten per cent as attorney's tees. This warrant is one ot a series ot five warrants, numbered trom 1 to 5 inclusive, in the denomination ot $500.00 each, except :Number 1 tor $374.31, aggregating ~2,374.31, all ot which warrants are issued tor the :;urpose ot funding an equal amount ot indebtedness of the City ot La Porte duly and legally inourred tor lawful city purposes, the claims tor which were duly audited and allowed by the City Council ot said City prior to their issuance, and for which said City received full value and consideration and hereby aCknOWledges receipt ot same; and whioh evidenoes ot indebtedness were authorized by ordinanoes and orders duly and legally passed prior to their issuance, made and entered upon the Minutes of the City Council ot the City ot La Porte, Texas, and the holder hereof' shall and will be subrogated to all the rights and priVileges against said City had and possessed by the holders of said original evidences ot indebtedness, in accordanoe with the constitu- tion and laws of the State Of Texas, and pursuant to an ordinance passed by the City Council ot sa1d City ot La Porte, Texas, which ordinance is recorded in the Minutes of said Council. And it is further certified and recited that all aots, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this watrant, have been prop arly done, have happened and been performed in regular e e and due time, f'orm and manner, as requil'ed by law, and that the total in, debtedness of' said City, including this warrant, does not exceed any consti- tutional or statutory limitation; and that provision has been made f'or the levying of' taxes annually fOr the payment of' principal and interest of' this warrant, and all other warrants of' this series, as they respectively mature. The date of' this warrant, in conformity with the ordinance above mentioned, is August 16: 1931. In testimony whereof', the City of' La Porte has caused the seal of' said City to be hereto aff'ixed and this warrant to be signed by the M~or, countersigned by the City Secretary, and registered by the City Treasurer, and the interest coupons hereto ~exed to be executed by the f'acsimile signa- tures atr the Mayor and City Secretary, as of' the date last above written. JI1ayor, City of' La Porte, Texas. Countersigned: City Seoretary, City of La Porte, Texas. Registered this, the day of' , 1931. . City Seoretary, City of' La Porte, Texas. The f'orm of' interest coupon shall be substantially 8S f'ollows: No. $ On the loth day of' , 19_, the City Treasurer ot the City ot La Porte, Texas, will pay to bearer, at the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company ot New York, New York, N. Y., the sum of' DOLLARS being six months' interest due that date on City of' La Porte Funding Warrant, Series A-1931, dated August 16; 1931. Warrant no. City Secretary Mayor It is :fUrther ordained that the said Funding r:arrants shall be issued in installments, evidenCing an equal amount of' warrants issued f'or lawful city purposes, which have been issued in payment of' claims duly audited and allowed by the City Council, as herein provided, it being understood that said Funding Warrants shall be issued only in lieu of' said valid claims. upon surrender and cancellation of' the warrants issued to evidence e e such claims. ./ It is further QJ:datned that in the event it shall not be necessary to issue the fUll amount of warrants herein contemplated, then in such event, such amount 01' City ot La Porte Funding Warrants aB shall not be based upon olaims duly approved by the Council shall be oancelled and destroyed, the numbers and amounts ot warrants so cancelled and destroyed to be made a matter of record upon the l\I1nutes of the City Council. It is fUrther ordained by the City Council 01' the City of La Porte, Texas, that to pay the interest on said warrants and create a sinking fUnd with which to pay the principal as it matures, and to provide 10% attorneys' fees in the event of default, a tax 01' 5 cents on each @100 valuation of all taxable property in said City, shall be annually levied on all said property and annually assessed and collected until said warrants and interest thereon are paid, and said tax ot 5 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxaltle property in said City, or 80 much thereof as may be necessary, or 80 much more, if any, as may be necessary is here now levied for the year 1931 and for each succeeding year while said warrants or any of them are outstandiDg; and that the same shall be aBsessed and collected tor the current year and annually thereafter, and applied to the purpose named. Be it further ordained that the Mayor 0 t the City ot La Porte, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take and have Charge of said Funding Warrants and he shall have authD27ity to deliver said warrants to the owner and holder of the or ig1nal evidences of indebtedness herein listed, and addl tional evidences of indebtedness to be hereafter issued, when said original evidences ot indebtedness have been surrendered to him and can- celled, Under further orders or said Council. The fact that it will be a public banef'it to the City of' La Porte to have the hereinbstore described indebtedness fUnded constitutes an amer- . seney and an imperative public necessity that the rule requiring ordinanoes to be read at more than one meeting be suspended, and said rule is hereby suapanded, and that this ordinance take ef1'ect and be in force from and atter its passage and approval, and lt is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED this the J g day of August, 1931. of La Porte, ~exas. e e THE STATE OF TEXAS) COUb"TY OF HARRIS CITY OF LA.}PORTE I, the undersigned City Secretary of the City of La Porte, Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, at a ~ meeting of said Council, with all the members thereof present, on the If day of August, 1931, which ordinan"ce has been , approved by the Mayor, os the same appears of record in Dook__, page et seq. of the M1nu.tes of said Counoil. WITNESS mr off1c1al s111lature this, the'/s( day of August, 1931. ~~?Ib · City 'cretory, C1ty of La Porte, Texas. ~ } e sideration of the pQment of interest thereon, and issu1I1g in lieu thereof, interest bearing time warrants, 8!Id it appearing to the City Council that 1t is advisable and necessary to issue Funding VlBX'~an_ for tlle purpose of tunding said outstandiDg and unpaid indebtedness, which is u follows: time warrants duriD8 the current calendar year without publication of .tice and r1ght to referendum as provided in House Bill No. 312, pused by the 42Dd Legislature at its Regular Session, in 1931, and therefore said 12,374,31 time warrants wUl not exceed the limitations provided by said law: WHEREAS, there is certain outstand1ug indebtedness which is a legal obligation ot the City ot La Porte, 81Id said City i8 without moDey with which to pay same, and this City Council having had W3der cona1deration the adviaabUity and neces8ity of postponing the t1me of payment thereot, in con- e AN ORDIN.mcE PROVIDING ]'(E '!HE ISSUANCE OF C-I'l'Y OF LA. PORTE FUNDING WJBRAN'1'S IN THE AMOONl' 01' $2,374,31 IW.'URING SERIALLY, BEARING IN.L'ERRST AT TEDl RAD OF SIX PER CEtll PER ANNUM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FU'$)ING A LID JUOUNI' OF INmBTEDNESS IJ:GALLY INCURRED BtSAlD CIT!' FCE LAWFUL ern PlIBPOSES; mOVlDING FOl;1. '$ LEVY OF .A. TAX TO PAY THE PRmcIPAL .AND ~'JEBEST OF SAID WJ.RR.&HrS AT MAi'URITY; .AND DECLARING AN EJIIRGI!lIOY. : AND WHEREAS, the Oi ty ot La Porte haa DOt heretofore issued ~he ordinaIlOe tollows: ,.~ . ~ .. ~.~ t '~.' .' . -,~. 1 ...A....)..' " i.. e e e e approved tor or on account of indebtedness incurred tor lawful city purposes, shall be evidenced by the issuance ot oity warrants against said Oi'y_ That werranta of said Oi ~, to be oalled "OM' OF LA PORTE FUNDING WARRANTS, SERIES J.-1931-. be issued under and by v1*t;ue ot the Cout1tut1on end law. ot the State ot Texas, includ1ng House Bill No. 312. pas.ed by the Fony SecClld Legislature at 1ts ReSllar Sess10n. 1D. 1931. tor the purpose ot tuDd1ng warrants ot tis c1ty 1ssued tor lawflll city purpolles. all ot wh1ch warran.... are to be cancelled end surreDdered. 811d the Fw:lding Warrants hereby authorized issued 110 the holders 1n lieu thereot. Said J\mding Wtrrants shall be numbered from 1 to 5 inclusive. shall be ot the deD.Om1D.ation ot $500.00 each, except NO.1, wMch 8hall be ot the deD.Om1nat10n ot $374.31. aggrega'Un& $2,374.31. They 8hall be dated August 1&; 1931. and shall become due and panb1e serially in their numerical onler as follows: - . duly ,. ,...,. That atditional. c1a1ms to the extent ot ~ tor 1ntUl c1 ty purposes. shall be evidenced. by the issuance of city warrarxts agai:ut said c1 ty. . duly approved tar or on account ot indebtedness incurred .. ..... ., t e LA PORTE. TEXAS: That the indebtedness herein listed, agsregat64g the sum ot ~, BE IT QBl)JDED BY THE OITY CamcIL OF THE OITY OF annum: 8a1d evidences ot indebtedness so purchalJed or to be purchased by them. C1ty ot La Porte funding Warrante. bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per It And whareae. oertain persoDS have agreed to. purohase and take up mil the bolders thereot. all evidences ot 1ndebtednesslegally issued and hereinbefore 118ted. and all the warrants to be legal.J.y ismed tor the purpose hereinbetore 8tated, to the emount ot $2,374.31 (which S10unt inoludes said in- debtedness now outstending and that hereafter to be issued end to become dm); end have further agreed to accept in lieu thereot and in fUll satistact10n or , e, ~ e e e IfIm OITY OF LA PORTE, 1n 1ihe OOUD1iy of Harrls, S1iate ot TeXu. for a valuable consideration 18 juatly indebted and hereby promises 10 pay to CITY OF LA PORTE FUNDING WA.RRAN.r. SERIES .....1931 STATE OF TEXAS 00CNl'Y OF HARRIS e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The form ot sa1d warrants shall be sUbstant1ally aa tollows: $500.00 No. Said warran1is shall be signed b7 the Mayor, countersigned by the Oity Secret81"7, and resistered by the Oity Treasurer. end the seal ot the Oit7 .'all :be: :lmJrl.ae4;,upon each ot them. The facsimile sisnatures of the Mayor and Oity Secretary :may be lithographed or pr1nted upon the interest coupons attached to said warrants. presen tation aDd surrender ot warrants or proper coupons at the Oentral Hanover Bank and Trust Com,peny ot N_ York. New Yom. Ii. Y. The pr1nc1pal and 1nterelt 01' said warrants shall be payable upon e denced by coupons attached to each ot sa1d warrants. Said Fund1Dg Warrants shall beer 1nterest t1'Om date until paid at the rate ot 6~ per annum, interest payable April 1.0, 193a BDd aem1-aDDuall,. thereafter on October 10 and Apr11l0 each, leer, which interest shell be ev1- .~ $374.31 f5Q0.OO 500.00 500.00 500.00 April 10, 1932 " 10, 1933 · 10, 1034 " 10, 1935 " 10 I 1936 1 2 3 4 :s JIlOW1t " D_ateot)(l!t,tqritl !lumber e e e And it is further certitied and reoltedthat all aots, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance ot this wa:trant, have been prop 81'ly done, have happened and been perfo1'lled 1n regular e . ot said orlginal evidences 01' indebtedness, 1n aocordance with the ooutitu- tlon 8Dd. law. 01' the State of Texas, and pursuant to an ordinance passed by the City Counoil ot sa1d City of La Porte, Texas, which ordinance is recorded in the llanutes of said Council. their i.sU8Dce, and tor which sald City received full value and consideration and hereby aCknOwledges reoeipt ot same; and whlch evidenoes of 1ndebte6ness were eu.tborized by ordinances and orders duly end legally p_ed prior 1;0 their lssuanoe, _de and entered upon the Minutes 01' the C1ty COunoil 01' the 01ty ot La Porte, TeDS, and the holder hereof shall and will be subrogated to all the rights and privileges against said C1ty had and possessed by the holders This warrant is one of a series of five warrants, numbered from 1 to 5 inclusive, in the denominat10n of $500.00 each, e:J:cept h"Umber 1 tor $374.31, asgregating $2,374.31, aU of which warrants are lssued tor the :;urpOS8 ot tunding 811. equal amount of inaebtedness 01' the Oi ty 01' La Porte duly and leg81ly incurred for lawtul city purposes, the claims tor which were duly audi tad and allowed by the Ci't1 OOUlloil ot said Oi ty prior to e u attorney's tees. evidenced by this warrant and axmced coupons s:Pall not be paid at maturity, the same shall thereafter bear interest at the rate of 6% per aMlUID until e fully paid; ana in the event of default ana 1t becomes necessary for the holder hereof or of any 0 f the ooupons attached hereto to plaoe the same in the hands of an attorney for collection or to 1nstl tute sul11 thereon, the 01 ty of La Porte hereby 0 bllgates 1 tself to pay to the holder an additional ten per cent warrant or proper coupon at the above named bank. In event the sum of money Principal and 1nterest shall be payable upon presentation end surrender ot 1n lawful DlOney ot 'IIhe United 8ta'lles of .Amer1oa, with interest thereon from date hereof at the rate ot six p81' cent per amUDl, 1nt4t1'est pqable Apr1l 10, 1932, and sem1-eDnually thereatter on Ootober 10 aDd .A;pril 10 each year, whioh interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached 'to each of sud 1rarr8Jlts, FIVE BONDRiD DOI.UBS bearer on the loth day,.o1' AprU, 19 , at the Central HanMer Bank and - Trust company ot New York, New York, N. Y., the SUlll 01' - ...... e . It is further orda1ned that the sud Funding \7arrants shall be issued 1n installments, evidenoing en equal _aunt ot _arrants issued tor lmrtul city purposes, whioh have been issued in payment ot claims duly audited end allowed by the Oity Council, as herein provided, it being understood that said Fund1ng Warrants shall be issued only in lieu ot said valid claims, upon surrender and cancellation 01' the warrants issued to evidence Mayor City Secretary being six monthst interest due 'that date OD City ot La Porte Fw1d1ng Warrant, Series A-1931, dated August 1(" 1931. Warrant NO, DOLLARS Ci ty 01' La Porte, Texu, will P81 to bearer, at the Oentral Benover Bank and Trust C02Dpany 01' New York, New YOrk, N. Y., the sum 01' , 19 , the City Treasurer 01' the - On the lOth day 01' II No~ , City Secretary, City of La Porte, Texas, The torm 01' interest coupon shall be substantially as tollows: _' 1931. day 01' Registered this. the City Seornary, C1ty 01' La Porte, Texas. Countersigned: )(a.Jor, 01 t1 of La Jtor1f., ~ TUU. end due t1me. torm and mmmer, as required by la.w, end that the total in, debtsdnsss 01' said City, inclUding this warrent, does aot exceed any conat1- tu'Uonal or statuto1")' l1m1 tat ion; and that proTision has been made tor the le-vy1ng of taxes aDDua1ly tor the payment 01' principal aDd'lrlterest 01' this warrant, and all other warrents of this series. as they reapeot:l:Tely ature. The date 01' th1s warrant, in conformity with th. ord.1nance abow mentioned, is August 10; 1931. In testimony whereot, the City 01' La Porte has caused the seal ot sald Oity to be hereto aftlxed and this warrent to be signed by the MQor, countersigned b1 the Oity Secretary, and registered by the City Treasurer, end the interest coupons hereto IIlDlUH4 to be executed by the tacab11le signa- tures air the Mayor and City Seoretary, as of the date l8llt above written. e e e e .-- e l' La Porte, 'J.1exas. ~~: The tact that it will be a public bene tit to the City 01' La Porte to have the hereinbetore described tDdebtednes8 funded con8titutes an emer- , sency and an fmperative public necessity that the rule re~iriDS ordinances to be read at more than one meeting be suspended, and 8a1d rule is hereby euapenled, and that thi s ordinanoe take e1'tect and be 1n torce trom and ai'ter its pU888e and approval, and it ia so ordained. PASSED .AND .APPROVED this the J g deyot August, 1931. celled, UDder further orders ot said Council. and that; the ... shall be assessed and collected for the current year and 8DDUall1 .ereaher, BDd applied to the purp08e named. Be it further ordained that the Mayor 01' the City ,01' La Porte, be and he i. hereb1 authorized and directed to take and have Charge of said Funding Warrants and he shall have autheit1 to deliver said warrants to the owner and holder 01' the original evidences 01' indebtedDe88 herein listed, and ad4i t10nal evidences 01' indebtedness to be hereafter issued, when said original evidences of indebtedness have been BUrre:Ddered to h1m and can- e . e It is furtaer cu:ddned that in the event it shall DOt be nece88817 . . to iane the tull emount 01' wurats herein contemplated, 'tilleD in such event, such 81IO'UDt 01' Oity 01' La Porte Funding Warrants as shall DQt be based upoa claims duly approved by the Council shall be cancelled IUld~e.tro,.ed, the numbers aD4 amounts 01' werrants so cancelled and destroyed 'to be _de a matter 01' record upon the Minutes 01' the Oi ty Council. It is tunher orda1ned by' the City Council 01' th8:01\y 01' La Porte, Texu, that to pay the interest on said warrants and create a sinking tund with which to pay the principal as it matures, and to provSide l~ attorneys' t8es 111 the went 01' detault, a tax 01' :5 cents on each $100 valuation 01' all taxable property 1n said Oity, shall be annually 1ni84 on all said property BDd annually asse88ed end collected ~til 8ai4 warrants and interest thereon ar8 paid. anci said tax 01' 5 cents on each $lOo valuation 01' all tua_le proper1;J in _aid 01 ty, or 80 mu.oh thereot as may be necessary, or so much more, it 8117, as may be neces.ary 18 here now levie4 1'01' the year 1931 and tor each 8ucceec11Dc year while said warrants or any of them are outst8DdiD8; BUch cl.1III8. e e .' .. ~ o '. .' . . ~... - " ,'. . ~ C1 tY cretary ,Olty: 01' La Pone. Texas. 1931. ifll' page ... seq. of the Y:1nutes of .a1d Couno1l. 1fITNJS8 'IIf1 ott1c1al 81111ature this, the.lYd~ Of .4U8U8t. appro V., ''bJ the Mayor, as the same appears of record 1n BOok.,....;.._' I. the undersigned C1 ty secretary 01' the 01 ty ot La Porte, Texu, do hceby cert1fy that the foregoing 1s a true and',oorreot cop,. ot an ord1nauc~ passed by the c1ty Council ot the C1ty of LaPorte, Texas, at a+..JtI.d.f me.ting of sa1d Council, w1th all the' me:~ere thereof preseat, on the If day of August, 1931, which ordinance !las;,been ' , . :', ,Ii' THE STATE OF TEXAS) COUN'l'I (J8 HARRIS ) OITY OJ' Ii:l;.)1IB~ ) . ' ~;: 'rJ.._ ,j .;' '." .J N. " - e. - . .., e to ~