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ORDINANCE NO. ~33.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF, SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES AND PO\VERS OF SUCH OFFICER;
FIXING THE COMPENSATION AND PROVIDING WHEN AND FROM WHAT FUNDS
SUCH Cm.iPENSATION SHALL BE PAID; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCF:S OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREVIITH AND DECLARING AN
ElJIERGENCY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That there is hereby created the office of
Superintendent of Public Works for the City of La POl'"te, Texas;
such Superintendent shall supervise all work in the water, street,
sewer and sanitary departments of the city; he shall control and
direct the work of all employes in such departments and shall per-
form any and all other duties and exercise any and all other au-
thority and power as the City Co~mission may, from tl~a to time,
prescribe.
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Section 2. That the Superintendent of the Public Works
shall receive, as his oompensation during the term of office,
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars (#300.00) per month, to be paid
semi-monthly on or after the first and fifteenth days of each cal-
endar month, by warrant drawn upon the General Funds of the City;
provided, however, that the City Commission may from time to
time allow s'Uoh official compensation for or reimbursement of
necessary expenses.
Section 3. That all Ordinances and resolutions and
parts of Ordinances and/or resolutions heretofore passed, whioh
are in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed by this Ordinance.
Section 4. That if any section or part of a sect len,
or one or more sections of this Ordinance be decl~red to be in-
valid, such shall not affeot the validity of the remaining parts
he:-eof.
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Section 5. That an emergenoy exists constituting an
imperative public necessity that the rule requiring Ordinances
to be read at three several meetings be suspended and this Or-
dinance take effect and be in force from and after its passage
and approval, and it is so ordained.
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Passed and approved this the
A. D. 1947.
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