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• SPECIAL MEETING LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JULY 8, 1938 8:P.M. Meeting was called to order by Mayor Sharp with the following aldermen responding to roll call: C. M. Agee, F. R. Boyle, Fred R. Ruff. Absent: P. L. Benson, J• J. Roark. City Attorney, Jno. S. Kiibler read a letter of July 6th from Mr. Elbert Roberts, in which he requested delivery of the bonds, and a warrant in the sum of X1107.08, plus ~ interest from February 1st. 1938, and in this connection Tyr. Kiibler presented a letter dated July 8, 1938 explaining the settlement made with Gayle Bros. Gayle Motion by alderman Boyne, second by Alderman Ruff, that the follow- Bros ing resolution be adc.oted: suit Be it resolved by the City of La Porte, Texas that: In full, final and complete settlement of Suit No• 210,27, styled Gayle Bros. vs. City of La Porte, in the 80th District Court of Harris County, Texas, and of the indebtedness owing by the City of La Porte to Gayle Taros., Frowing out of the construction of the City of La Porte sewer system, the Mayor be, and is hereby, author- ized and instructed to deliver to Gayle Bros. City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, dated ,may 10, 1938, No. 1 to 22, both inclu- sive, in the sum of ~500.OU each, agr°regating the sum of X11,000.00, with coupons attached, and tl~.at the Mayor and City Secretary are hereby authorized and instructed to issue Wa:~-~•ants, payable to Gayle Bros., drawn on the i~`arrant Interest and Sinking fund, for the follow- ing amounts: One Warrant in the sum o.f X1107.08; one 'r'iarrant in the sum of ,~121a..12 and one. ?Varrant in the sum of ~25?.92 and that upon the delivery of such Bonds and Warrants the Mayor takefrom Gayle Bros. a receipt for all of same, and it is so ordered. Carried end Alderman Ruff introduced an Ordinance No. 271 entitled: Ord. AN ORDITdANCE REI3LTLATING THE OPERATION OF ANY DEVICE, ampl t'y MA.CHINE, APPARATUS OR INS TRLIPIIENT TO INTENSIFY OR ATr±TPLIFy OR REPRODUCE THE HU>`TAN VOICE OR ANY OTHER SOUND ON AP1Y PUBLIC STP'EET, OR IN AT1Y BUILDING OR ON AR?Y PREMISE; REQUIRING A PERMIT; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VI~LATIO' HEREOF AND DECLAR+k ING AN EMERGENCY. The Ordinance was read in full and it was moved by Alderman Ruff and seconded by Alderman Agee that Ordinance No. 271 be passed as read, and that notice of same be published in the Daily Sun July 9, 1938. Motion by Agee that adjournment be taken. ~'; ~ ! ~. - Ass't seer tary, City of a Porte, Texas Carried, No one Voting No.