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MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING
LA PORTS CITY COb~ISSION -SEPTEMBER 3, 1951
10:00 A. M.
Regular meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem
L, R, xigby, is the absence of Mayor M, D.Burgi n. Those present were Comm-
issioner H. P. Pfeiffer, Supt. of Publie tiltorks W. A. Arthur, Special Counsel
Jno. S. Kiibler, and City Clerk J. E. Muldoon.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
~^, James Crate, Deputy Sheriff, appeared before the Commission, and re-
quested permission to build a pistol and rifle range on the rear of the
block where the City sewage disposal plant is located.
The Comm_i.ssion tentatively gave Mr. Crate permission to construct a range,
and instructed Special Counsel Jno. S. Kiibler to amend the present ordin-
ance which prohibits the shooting of firearms in the city, making an except-
ion for a police supertrised range.
Mayer Pro Tem Rigby read a letter from J. D. Morrow, in which he requested
to have curb and gutter installed adjacent to his property, as well as Mr.
Maurice Brights and Lawrence Bracey's property. He also enclosed a check
for ~~.00.00 for this construction.
Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby to do this work, the property owners
named above to pay the exact cost of construction.
Carried.
The Commission instructed the City Clerk to write the owner of fence
closing 13th Street, to take down fence across this street.
The City Clerk presented a request by Mrs. A.A. Kennedy to redeem Lots 8 to
1l~, Block ]1, Bay Front, that had been purchased by the City of La Porte
under tax judgment No. 107529. The Commission unanimously agreed to let
Mrs. Kennedy redeem these lots for the amount of taxes and suit costs
that are assessed against them.
Carried.
The Commission instructed Special Counsel Jno. S. Kiibler to f ile suit
against Ed Niles and ~1i. P. Farmer, for the recovery of certain pipe and
materials.
Carried.
Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
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ATTEST:
J. oon, City Clerk o$' the City L. R. ' gby, Mayor Pro Tem of the ity
of La Porte,Texas of La Porte, Texas