HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-1933 Regular MeetingI~ECU'laA~ ~]EETIIit
LA FORTE CITY COUNCIL
. „~ M,AF~CH°'. 13
1933
Meeting was called to order by mayor A N MC Kay.
A11 members of the council were present excep Ald. Sharp.
The fo'lowing brills were approved and ordered paid.
La Porte Hdw. Co.~36 89.Sou. VY Bell Tel. Co.~9 75.
Hou. Lighting and Power Co. X144 68. C J wilson,~4 00.
Pfeiffer Elea. Co.~p2 7U. La Porte Lbr. Co.~3 65.
Alderman a~dall prAsented a motion seconded by Ald. Counts
that an amendment be ms,de to a resolution adopted by the
council October l0,1y32 which reads;"It having been brot
to the attention of the city Council that many foot
bridges and culverts across street ditches are inadequate
to take care of the wataw in the ditches thereby creatiig
a hazzard to the proper drainage, Therefore;
Be it resolved , That efPeative immediately upon
the adoption of this resolution that all culverts and
foot bridges over street ditches shall be constructed
to give adequate drainage in all cases and that no culvert
or foot bridge~t shall be constructed without first ob-
taining apermit from the City Secretary to be approved
by the street and alley committ®e and e11 such culverts and
foot bridges shall be repaired or reconstructed to comply
with the requirements of the street and alley committee.
Amenament
That hereafter all culverts installed in or
over street ditches, exceadir~g eighteen feet in length
shall have a concrete cleanout as provided by plans and
apeaifications on file in the office of the City Secretary.
Ce.rri®d
Alderman Wnll offered a motion seconded by Ald. Ruff that
the secs y. write to the county commissioner of Harris.
County reaffirming an action by the cit council of date
December 22nd 1930 offering to dead to ~he Commissioners
Court a lot on Sou. A street a3acent to the property
occupied by the City Hall, said ~e'~~ said lot being
50 feat by 75 feet, for a site for a Justice Gourt house
and fail buildi~ag .
Carried
Ald. Wlall
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"The City
SPIsCTAL MEhTIN3
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offered ~ II'O~iec4ntoec~°on~er w~t~il~.Cs~u~t~tova~lthe
~'• be ins ruc
ice to representing the city in the case of
of La Porte vs J L Dunham"
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