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• • MINi?TES LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL r.~ARCx 27, lgt~o, 8 : oo P.l~. POSTPONED FROM REGULAR MEETING DATE OF MARCx 25, 1910 Meeting called to order by Mayor Sharp with the following Ald- ermen present: C.?4~. Agee, P.L. Benson, J.J. Roark, Fred R. Ruff. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Insure~rce F.G. Baker, appeared before the Council on the matter of insurance covering the City Hall and Fire Station, advising the Council of some changes that might be made. Motion by Agee, second by Roark that F. C7. Baker, Agent, be instructed to write the insurance on the City xall and Fire Station as fol_laws: Five year policies for X2,000.00 Fire Insurance and X2,000.00 for Hail and Windstorm Ins- urance, the City to pay cash on premiums when policies are delivered. Carried. Audit bids The bids for audit were ordered opened at this time and resulted as follows: _ 2.~eGuire,Mazur & Co. X5200.00, 1°". D. Royston C.P.A., X25.00 per day, ,* maximum not to excaed ~~175.00; Learned,Tapp Z: Freeze,~125.00; Smith Auditing Co. X25.00 per day. motion byAgee, second by Benson that the audit bid be awarded to Learned,Tapp & Freeze on their low bid of $125.00 Carried. Motion by Agee, second by Roark, that Petty Cash in the amount of X9.39 be renewed and that the following warrants be ratified: #3ia29,Jasper Christy,~3.20; ~3t~3o, T.R. Clirie,~3.20. Carried. Corp.Court Mayor Sharp presented Corporation Court Reports for the period z=eports from September lst,1G39 to February 29,19Ii.0, total fines of X9.00, Marshall's fees X2.50, N_e.yor's".fees X1.25. Motion by Agee, second by Benson, that the Corporation Court Reports be accepted and plac- ed on file and that warrants be written for the fees. Carr ied, Fetty .~'~ater b?otion by Agee, second by Benson, that the small balances due on A.ccoun~s Water accounts of persons who have left the City be transferred to Petty Accounts, and the City Secretary be instructed to write a latter to each person on the list in an attempt to collect these balances which aggregate in the amount of X167.98. Carried, Report: The Mayor presented the annual report of the Gulf Cities IQatural !~ Gulf' Cities Gas Co. for 1839, which was ordered accepted and placed on file, on moticn by Agee, second by Roark and aarried by these present. Carried. over