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<br />i:I:~?TTTES OF TAE REGULAR l FETING
<br />OF T-;E LA POFTE CITY COU*?C1I,
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<br />' JAIii7A?Y 25th, 1937, 8:00 P."..
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<br />- satin,; was called to o, der by T.:ayor Sharp with the follo~i?±g Aldermen respondir~;
<br />to roll. call: F.R. Brn,~lo, Fred R. Ruff', J.J. Roark
<br />Minutes of the last ::~eetin were read and approved.
<br />LvttermC.U. Spmtm,1936 Taxes
<br />~'~ letter Eton C.?I. Spann ~^as read to the Council and after discussion Ald.
<br />Boyl© offered a notion, seconded by Al d. Ruff that the letter of C.U. Spawn
<br />in regard to the 1936 taxes on his Bayshore property be turnc~ci over to the
<br />Gity Attorney for ans~°~vr. Carried.
<br />Seaside Realty Co- res"und
<br />~:otion bar Ald. Boyle, second by Ald. Rufi', that the ~Tayor and City Secretary
<br />cheer up on the amount of refund due Saasido Realty Co. on taxes and i~' the
<br />aazount claimod is found to be correct that a warrant for `~86.1~.0 be drawn in
<br />favor of the Seaside Realty Co. to be applied on 1936 taxAS• Carried.
<br />'to-funding '.:arranta- i:o be burned
<br />The City Secretary reported that City of La Porte Refunding; '?arrants,as fol-
<br />. lo°*s, ;;;2 for '162.22 and ~~., -~j and ~ for ~500e00 each, owned by the Slav-
<br />onie Benevolent Society of Fayetteville, Texas, had come in as called by the
<br />City and vrere paid on January 12,1937. The cancelled ~~arrants were presented
<br />to the Council. Motion by Ald. Ruff, second by Ald. Boyle that these 1iTar- '
<br />rants be turned over to the L•3ayor to be burned in the presence of at least
<br />tiro witnesses and that proper affidavit be Wade and filed in the offi~¢e of
<br />the City Secretary. Carried
<br />Suit,Lots 1 w• 2, ;.22,Bayfront-dis'lissed
<br />I~otion by Ald. Boyle, second by Ald. Roark that the City Attorney be author-
<br />ized to havo Suit No. 77,309, styled City of La Torte-vs- nary Lawler ~iutchins
<br />~~ et al, against lots 1 and 2, Blocs 22, Bayfront,•filed January 2l~.,1918, dis-
<br />n3.ssed and that the °iayor and City Secretary be authorized to issue a warrant
<br />in they amount of $2.1T.0 to cover suit costs.
<br />Peynent- Eureka Fire jios®
<br />T~Totion by Ald. Boylo, seo~n~ ~~`d`~ d. Roark , that the City make a payment
<br />~~~. of ?280.00 on the bdl:~ot~red fie reka Fire Hose Div., payment to be made
<br />by Febraary lst,1~37, from the General Fund. Carried. .
<br />;4iotion by Ald, Boyle, second byc Ald. Ruff, that the report of the Corpora-
<br />tion Court be accepted and placed on file. Carried.
<br />Opdi-tiance ~,r260- Aldvrr!.en- olected
<br />1~Iotion by Ald. Roark, second by Ald. Ruff, that Ordinance ;r~260, fixing the
<br />compensation of the three Aldermen to be elected in Apri1,1937, providint;
<br />.,,;; .. when such compensation shall be paid and that such compensation shall be
<br />paid out of the general funds of the City; repealinb all ordinances and ~.
<br />. parts of ordinances ir.. conflict herewith and declari-~ an e*iergency, be
<br />passed. Carried.
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