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I~INZTTES -SPECIAL IuU~TING
I,Ei PCRTE CITY COYNIISS IC~t -FEBRUARY 24, 19~i
14sd4 A. Y.
Spcsial aeetixg of the City Co'atissioa was sal led to order by Mayor Pfeiffer
with the followiYg xcaabers axd city offisials preeext s Co>aissioxers Jas. S.
Crate Jr. axd Jas. $. Stewart, Supt. of Pablis ~orlos Raleigh $~arix, City ,dtt-
orxey Johw S. Riibler, axd J. E. Muldoox, City Clerk.
Mr. Johx Eckhardt awd J. M. Young, with the Houston ~Rtural Gas Corporatiox,
appeared before the Commies ioY. Mr. Young requested the Cossaaisa iox t o grant
2~is soapa~ey (Houstaac Natural Gas Corporatiox) or itss successar~s aYd aasigss,
as extexsioa for a period of thirty (jt~) year:. He asserted other oitic~e had
graYted such requosts ix Chia district. 2'he purpose of a loxg time extexsioa~
waald a11oR his eaoapa~-, with other sash extexsioe.s, to make a loax rich
would exable theca to asake sauah Yeeded gas extaxsioaas in this axd other local-
ities in rdsieh they hale serTiee.
AFter a dissuasion, a motion was made by Crate, aesoo~d by Stew~-rt, that Ord-
r~ixaAe• No. 35b, beiz~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TFJC-
AS, GRANTING TO HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CCRPC~ATION (AS SIICCESSOR OF HOUSTON NAT-
URAL GAS COMPANI), I'PS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AN EXTENSIOB FOR A PERIOD OF
THIRTY (j0) YEARS FROM TFIE DATE OF PASSAGE HHREOF, OF AN ORDII~tANCE DATED M4Y
1~., 1928, GRANTING THE RIGHT, PRNILEGS AND FRANCHISE TO ACQUIRE, LAY, CON-
STRUCT, NAIRTAIN, REPAIR, REPLACE, RELAY AND REMOVE GAS MATHS AND ALL NECESS-
ARY REGtTLATORS AND APPLIANCES UPON, BENEATH, CATER, ACROSS AND ALONG THE STREETS,
AVENUES, THOROUGHFARES, BRIDGES, STREAMS, ALLEYS, PARffi, LANES, SQIIARES AND
OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEaAS, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING AND SELLING NAVAL GAS ~ MANUFACTURED GAS T 0 THE IN-
HABITANTS OF SAID CITY, AND TO OTHERS, AND AL30 TO ACQUII~, ERECT AND CCBiSTRUCT,
MAINTAIN, REPLACE AND RF7d(NE PLANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAN~TFACTURING GAS AND
FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING PIPE LINES IN THE PUBLIC PLACES AND GROUNDS OF SAID
CITY FCR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF GAS TO THE INHABITANTS
OF SAID CITY A~1D TO OTHERS BEYOND THE CaY LIMITS OF LA FORTE, TEH'AS, BOTH FOR
INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC PURPASES, AND PROFIDING FOR REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT
OF SAID GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND FOR THE REMOVAL THEREOF.
be adopted as read.
Carried.
Therebeieg Yo farther business to aoase before the xeetisg, it was ad3ourxed
upoat motioY by Stewart, eesoxd bit Crate.
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