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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING « LA FORTE CITY COIINCIL - July 13th,1936, 8 o'clock P.M. ~~, Meeting was .called to order by Mayor Sharp with the following Aldermen responding to roll call: C.M.Agee, F.R.Boyle and ~'x~ed Ruff. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bills The following bills were allowed; Houston ~,~ghting ~ Power, X158.88, So•W.Bell Tel.Co.~6.85, News Pub.Co.~25•75, La Porte Hardw.Co.~19.07, Magnolia Petr. Co. $3.23, Pfeiffer Elec. Co, $10,•15, Workman & Arthur X18.80, La Porte Lbr. Co $1.90, C.O.ti"7ille.ams X7.75, Petty Cash A~C $17.80, Fire Dept.(school) ~70~00• Motion on allowing bills, by Ald. Boyle, second by Ald. Ruff. Carried Ba1.Fire Ins.- SeammYen of $50.00 Motion by A1d. Boyle, second by Ald. Ruff that the balance due A.T. Sdammen on Fire Insurance policies be paid on or about July 21st, out of the General Fund. Carried. '+"arrant- Learned & Tapp -- Motion by Ald. Age®, second by Ald. Ruff that the Mayor and City Sec- retary be authorized to issue a warrant to Learn®d do Tapp for the sum of X120.09 to be applied on their account of X150.00 and which is to be returned to the City as payment of taxes on Lots 15 to 18,inclusi~e, Block 21.x., Bay Front, Town of La Porte, v~dlich lots Mr T.J.Tapp is con- tracting to purchase from. the City of La yorte• P~4otion also included the folloo~ing resolution "Be it resolTed that the City of La torte ac- ]mowledge receipt of a sufficient consideration paid by Thomas J.Tapp; and the Mayor of the City of La torte and the City Secretary are hereby authorized to convey to Thomas J.Tapp, Lots numbered Fifteen(15), Six- teen(16), Se~-enteen(17) and Eighteen(18) in Block numbered Twenty-Four(21~.) of Bay Front Addition to the said Town of La Torte, in Harris County, Texas, releasing and gait-claiming any interest that the City of La Porte may hake in and to said lots purchased by it at Sheriff's 'sale on the° 1.~th day of December,1923, to be executed in the name of the City of La Torte by George H.Sharp, bZayor and attested by the City Secretary." Carried. Int.Coupons-Refunding ~~~ar. due July 10th. Motion by Ald. Boyle, second by Ald. Ruff that the Mayor and City Sec- retary be aut?:~orized to draw a warrant from the Int.~C Sinkg.Warrant Fund for payment of Interest Coupons on City of La rar~te Refunding Warrants due July lOth,1936, warrant to forwarded to l~nufacturers Trust Co,New York where Coupons are payable. Carried. over