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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR
THE ENTIRE CITY OF LA PORTE AT 30 M. P. H. EXCEPT ON THOSE
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY ZONED AND SIGNED FOR OTHER
SPEEDS, RESERVING AND PRESERVING ALL POWER AND EFFECT OF
ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON MAIN STREET, BROAD-
WA Y, "J" STREET, 8TH STREET, AND NORTH 10TH STREET, AND RE-
PEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVID-
ING THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE SHALL BE 10 DAYS AFTER THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION OF TmS ORDINANCE; AND PRO-
VIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUlL TY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND
UPON CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE
THAN $200. 00.
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, heretofore, has established
the speed of 20 miles per hour as being the maximum reasonable and pru-
_ dent safe speed within the city limits of La Porte, except in and on certain
streets and highways; and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
determined that an overall speed limit of 30 miles per hour would be a
more reasonable limit of speed over all the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The reasonable safe maximum speed within the city
limits of La Porte shall be henceforth a maximum of 30 miles per hour for
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any vehicle.
2. All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby repealed and shall
have no further force and effect except those ordinances establishing speed
limits on Broadway, "}" Street, 8th Street, Main Street, and North 10th
Street.
3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined in a sum not more than $200. 00.
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This ordinance shall be in force and effect on the 11th day
after the first publication of the caption of this ordinance in the City news-
paper after this ordinance has been passed and approved.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
6 TlL,
day of July,
A. D., 1962.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of La Porte, Texas
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Clovis D. Mann
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CLAIM; AUTHORIZING DELIVERY OF
TIME WARRANTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS TO PAY SUCH CLAIM;
AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF HARRIS ~
The City Commission of the City of La Porte} Texas} con-
special
vened in ~~u'''r session at the City Hall within said City on the
16th
~h day of July} 1962} with the following members present} to-
wit:
H. P. Pfeiffer
Mayor
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W. A. Stabs} Jr.
Commissioner and
Mayor Pro Tem
Tom W. Osburn
Commissioner
Odell L. Brown
Commissioner
Dennis Dunham
Commissioner
Clovis Mann
City Clerk
and the following member(s) absent} to-wit:
None
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when} among other business had} the following was transacted:
The Mayor introduced an ordinance which was read in
full. Commissioner
Brown
made a motion that the ordi-
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nance be adopted as read. Commissioner
Osburn
seconded
the motion for adoption of the ordinance. The motion} carrying
with it the adoption of the ordinance} prevailed by the following
vote:
AYES: Commissioners Stabs} Osburn} Brown}
Dunham} and Mayor Pfeiffer
NOES: None.
The Mayor thereupon announced that the motion had duly
and lawfully carried} and that the ordinance had been duly and
4It lawfully adopted. The ordinance thus adopted follows: