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i:41"MUTES OF THE REGULAR I~'TEETI~ OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUl`dCII., AUGUST 1Crth,1936, 8: 00, P.R?. Meeting was called to order by P~~ayor Pro-t em Fred Ruff, due to the absence from the City of Iv~ayor Geo. Sharp. The follmrvving Aldermen responded to roll call: C.`.Agee, F.R.Boyle, J.J.P.oark, Geo. Halton and Fred Ruff acting as Ma~eor. Minutes of the last regular and special mee$ings were read and approved. °:'embar:,hip- Texas League of 1~4unicipalities Putayor Pro-tem Ruff then introduced Mr Crutchfield, representati9re of the Texas League of T~tunicipalities who addf~essed the Council on the matter of the advantages of being a member cf the League and urged that the Cit~• of La: forte take out a mem'oershipj the fee for such membership being $20.00 per year for cities the size of L a ports. Ald. Boyle offered a motion that the City of La Forte take out a membership in the Texas League of Municipalities which was lost for lack of a second, but the Councilmen-agreed to go into the matter further with P~layor Sharp, looking toward a membership later. City Fllec. Insp.- assistant The City Secretary advised th Councilmen that C.F.Eirschfield asked that he be allowed to appoint S.R.Smith as his assistant to perform the work of City Electrical Inspector for the La Porte area until further notice and presented a signed statement from 1~'tr. Firschfield authorizing Mr Smith to inspeot and to collect all fees. Ald. Agee offered a motion whicra was seco3~ded by Ald. Boyle that her S•R.Smith be recognised s, City of La torte Electrical Inspector as pgr Mr Hirschfield's request. Motion carried. Bil~s The following bills were allotived.~on motion of Ald. Agee, second by Alc~~. Haltan PJlagnolia Petroleum Co. ~L{..1.~?_, T,2agnolia Pet. Co. X7.92, Hughes Motor Co. m2.00 Neptune Meter C X1.21, Houston Lightg ~ PoweE Co. X210.00, Huweiler Lbr. Co. X1,05, Magnolia Serv. Sta. ~3l~.00, J.H.Smith X1.60, Geo. Blair X6.75, Reo Houston Co.~0.50, Daily Sun X66.30, Joe Thomas, Jr~36.00, La Porte Hdw. Co.~'18.b2, T~~rs M.O.Lambly, City Sec'y X6.61, S.R.Smith ~23.7~., Chas. 'dVilson. $~1.~0, these bills to be paid by warrant. The bill of the J'Vorthington-CTammon Meter Co. for ~1~19.35 was approved and ordered journalized, to be paid in installments on action of the Council . Norris Bras. ~°Lntcp. ti'dar. Motion by Ald. Boyle, second by Al d. Roark that ~~.53.69 be paid out of the De- linquent Tax Fund, on Norris Bros. Anticipating Varrant due Aug. 16th,1936, this amount to include interest to due date and the balance of the warrant to be renewed for r_inety days. Car:tied. over