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L.: i OFTL CITY COUNCIL
,`::. SPECI~~I, LiEETIIdG ~ I:IAY 6, 1;'3? - $:00 P. I~.r..
' A special meeting, duly called for the purpose of receiving
certcir_ co3munications from the La Porte Vol~.znteer Fire Depart;:-errL, w~,.th
'~ roferonce to the Firenen~s Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of
La Porte, Texas, was held at the City Hall in La Port®, at 8:00 P. ~.,
I':ey 6, 1x,37. T1^.e following members cf the City Council mare present:
L~:ayor Geo. H. Sharp; Aldermen Fred R. Ruff, J. J. Roark, P. L. Eor..son and
Frank R. Boyle. Alderman C. T1. Agee eras absent. '
The Trayor presented, and read to the Council, the following
letter from the La Port® Volunteer Fire Department, to wit:
ISayor and City Council
Le Fcrte, Teacas
Gentlemen:
La Porte, Texas
e+aY 6, 1937
This is to certify that at the regular mo.thly meeting of the
La Porte Volunteer Fire Department, hold last evening, T,;ay Si:F.,
193?, at the City Ball in La Pori:e, which meeting was attended
by a majority ox" tro members of the Department, by a vote of the
membership present, the Fire Deparianent unanimously elected to
guabify to participate in the benefits of tre Firenen~s Relief
and Retirement Fund, as provided in House Bill Ido. 258, passed
by the .5th Legislature of this State and approved on April 9th,
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19, d•
Hy unanimous vote, the following named members of the Fire Depart-
ment t7ore elected to serve the terms of one, tyro and three years,
respectively, on the Board of Firements Relief and Retirement Fux:d•
Trust~aes of La Porte, Tears s, to z~•it: George Isensee, term. of ono
year; Jno. S. Kiibler, term of two years; Guy R. Hamilton, tErm
of three years. These members of the Department, together t:*ith the
T~eyor, as Chairman thereof, and the City Secretary and Treasurer,
e.s the Secretary-Treasurer thereof, constitute such Board of Trus-
tees of the City of La Porte.
By a vote of the membership present at such meeting it eras unani-
mously determined that the members of the La Porte Volunteer Firo
Department who desire to participate in the benefits of this law
must pay the sun of ^5.00 per axmum, payable semi-annually, as in
such law provided.
A copy, in duplicate, of the foregoing proceedings of said meeting
is hereto atte.che3, Please ac>~owledge r~aceipt of this corr~unica-
tion and ati:e.ched certificate. Also please make proper entry in
the minutes of this Council meeting.
Yours very truly,
' LA PORTE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP:.RTI~TT
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By (Signed) Guy R. Hamilton
Chien
(Signed) Otis Harrison
President
(Signed} Temple Koonce
(over) Necretary
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Specis.l Iioeting - .ay 6, lg3'; - co~atirLued.
Upon motion by Boyle, second by R;ir'f n!•~wd "~:,:.a~+.:~0ua1~;' :rs~:s•: <`.
by those prESent, tho City S;,or :t~riy r~ o irast~^uetv2~ •t:v ~~acc -.;~.c eu•:it~~
munications on file; to copy the lettor fxo~e •~ho ~'ir~ Deaa:°`~:~:=~._~:',, ~::;
len~,~th, in the mirnztes; to send to tha Eire Departne~~ ~ ~.e~~~ce::° °:-e,~~:.;rr-
ledging roeeipt of'the conanunica•ciona; 'co ~c~:.ci F.. c;^:'.:i~i~cl :;cap;; ::' ...:~,~,
minutes to the prop3r State Depar'~aor..t c:r Gi'i'ioial c:.~~:!'g~c'.-r_::'.... ~ ~,_~~.~ ~.:i::•,:-,,:.~~
ink; the i iromen° o Relief' a71d Retirement Fund.
There being no t"urther busi~iuss ';u ::v~:io ~~:?o~ o tro ~.zoct3:t~g, t.po~t
motion by Ruff, second by Boylo and a unani~::ous emote of those pras3rc~., a:i-
jour~ont c~a.s ta~en. •
ATTEST: /
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City Secr ry .. ~•y ., '