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<br />OIDINAG NO. .J&n...
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<br />AN OIilINAa: PROVmIm FOR THE: 'JERMINATION OF lEGAL SFaRVICES OF MR.
<br />E1UI!:s.T A. KNIPP IN COmECTION WITH CAUSE. NO. 391,299, IN THE: DISTRICT
<br />COURT OF HARRIS COum'I. mAS. 80m JtmlICIAL nISTRICT, STYIED 'STAS
<br />OF 1EX.1\S. EX. RE:L.. MRS. sm: PILLOT ET. AL. VS. TIm CITY OF LA. POd,.
<br />ET. AL.; AND FURTHER PROVIDIM6 FOR PAYBN'l' OF ATTORI&Y'S PEES TO CITY
<br />A~ORNE'I. EDWARD J. CAlE.. FOR SE:RVICES .R&N[EHJID IN CONNECTION THESWIm
<br />OVER AND ABOVE: REGULAR DUTm8, AS CITY AT'l'ORNa.
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<br />WHEREAS, by' Ordinance No. "12 , dated ~ l?, ,Q;l, the
<br />City at La Porte employed MJ... Ermst A.. Knipp, Attorney at Law, to
<br />detem the suit reterred to in this caption, aId
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<br />WHEB&AS, :the tee at i'wo ThousaDi Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)
<br />tor such services has heretofore been paid to :MJ... Knipp, am
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<br />WHERE'AS, all at the matters in controversy in said suit have been
<br />compromised and settled am the dismissal ot said suit provided tor. thereby'
<br />terminating the need for such legal services, alii
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<br />WHEBAS:, the relators in said suit have reimbursed the City at
<br />La Porte tor certain costs in connection with said suit includ~ attorneys'
<br />tees as tollowss Mt-. Ernest A. Knipp, $2,400.001 For..r'~City. AttorDe7,Carl C.
<br />Patrick, $500.00; City Attorne,. Eeward J. Cade, 1'00.00, am
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<br />WBEm'.AB. the month~ retainer provided tor in another ordinance to
<br />be paid to the City Attorney, Edward J. Cade, is compensation for ordinary
<br />am routine duties, it being understood that the said City A.ttorne,. shall " .
<br />receive additiom1 compensation tor services rendered in connection with law
<br />suits alii other cases which require an unusual amount of time over am above
<br />ordinary' am routine matters as may be agreed 'upon by the City Commission aDi
<br />the City Attorney:
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<br />NOW i'HI!:REFORE:, BE: IT ORDAINED BY TH& CITY COMMISSION OF THC CITY OF
<br />LA PaRm, 1EXAS:
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<br />Section 1. '!'bat the services at ME-. Ernest A. Knipp, Attorney' at
<br />Law, in connection with the employ'ment reterred to in the ordinance above,
<br />be, am the same are hereby' terminated as of September 22, 1952, the date
<br />said controversy referred to above was tinalJ.y settled am the ordinance
<br />discontinuing certain territory Was. completed.
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<br />S'ection 2. That the Director of Finance 1281' forthwith to City Attorney'
<br />Edward J. Clde, the sum ot Five Hundred Dollars (I500.00) for services rendered
<br />in connection with said suit and disannexation procedure.
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<br />Passed and effective this ~q ot October, A. D. 1952.
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<br />M. D. Burgin, Mqo~
<br />C:ity of La Porte, Texas
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<br />V City of La porte, Texas
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