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W_INUTES - SPECIAL MEETING
LA PORTS CITY C ObII~ISS ION - AUGUST 31, 1g1~.$
10:00 A. M.
Special meeting of the City Com¢nissicm was called to order by Mayor H. J.
Pfeiffer, with the following members and city officials present: Commiss-
ioners Jas. S. Crate, Jr. and Jas. E, Stewart, Supt. of I~,iblic Works Ral-
eigh Erwin, John T. Mc Afee representing Wyatt C. Hedrick, City Engineer,
City Attorney Jno. S. Kiibler, and City Clerk J. E. Muldoon.
Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, that John Champagne be employed as night
watchman at a salary of X150.00 per month, in place of Knox A. Morton, who
resigned, and that a bond in the sum of $1000.00, be furnished.
Carried.
Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, to purchase fromi the Eureka Fire Hose,
600 feet of 1-J' Light Leader Line, at x.89¢ per foot, terms 2~, 30 days
from date of invoice.
Carried.
Motion by Stewart, sec and by Crate, to employ Raymond Crawley as a full-
time paid fireman, to be in charge of all CityFire Department equipanent,
to maintain the same, and to answer all fire Dells, at a salary of X175.00
per month, payable in semi-monthly install~entss such employe to have the
use and occupancy of the garage apartment an the city property, with all
utilities furnished by the city, such garage apartment and utilities are
of the value of X50.00 per month..
Carried.
Motion by Stewart, second by Crate, that Ordinance No. 361, being
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE BAYSHCfftE RADIO CLUB A LEASE FQ~ A PERIOD OF FIVE
YEARS ON THE TOWER AND ADJACENT BUILDING ON THE LA P~tTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
PROVIDING THE TERMS, AGREEMENPS AND CONDITIONS,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
Mcftion by Stewart, second by Crate, that the following Resolution be-ad-
opted:
RESOLUTION
I+QHEREAS, an erroneous survey has heretofore been made of San Ja-
canto IIomes Addition to the Town of La Porte, Texas, and
TNHEftEAS, in accordance with such survey, the Mc Millen Caaastruction
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Company, owner of certain lots in said subdivision, has constructed a num-
ber of dwellings, and
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, in acoordance with such survey, has installed
certain utility lines, and
TIf~EREAS, said subdivision has been re-surveyed by the County Sur-
veyor of Harris County, Texas, A. C. Stimsoaz, on AQarch 31, 1~8, which sur-
vey the City of La Porte and the Mc Millen Can.struction Company agree is
correot, and
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has heretofore exchanged deeds with
the Ma Millar Construction Coanpany tq establish streets, alleys and buildings
lines to conform to those which have heretofore bean actually established
on the ground in said addition, and
Y~iEREAS, Virginia M. Morrison, the owner of Lots RTo. One (1) and
Two (2) in Block No. Two Hundred Forty (21.x.0) of San Jacinto Horses Addition
to the T~ of La Porte, has agreed to convey the South Three Feet (3~) of
Let No. Two (2) to Mc Millen Construot3on Compau~ upon delivery of a deed
from the City of La Porte conveying to her Seven Fest (7t) in South D.
Street and Three Feet (3t) in South 7th Avenue, adjoining said Lots No.
One (1) and Two (2), and,
WHEREAS, It is to the mutual benefit of the City of La Porte, the
Mo Millen Construction C ompan~y and Virginia M. Morrison, t o exchange such
deeds,
NOVP, THEREFORE, BE Ir RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of
the City of La Porte, Texas, that the City of La Porte oonvey certain parts
of South D Street and South 7th Avenue in said San Jacinto Hoanes Additia¢i
to the Town of La Par~te to Virginia M. Morrison, and that the Mayor and
City Clerk of the City of_La Porte be, and they are hereby, instructed to
execute and deliver said deed to the said Virginia M. Morrison, and it is
so ordered,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
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Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, that the City Engineer be instructed to
have influent screen constructed in Sewage Disposal Plant, at a cost of
~ 115.00.
Carried.
Motion by Crate, second by Stewart, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
ATTEST
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/ Muldoon, City Clerk of the City
~ La Porte, Texas
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~, yJ. Pfeiffer, Mayor of the City of
La Porte, Texas