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ItR IIBUTES LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JULY 25,1938, 8:00 P.M. i it4eeting was called to order by Mayor Sharp with the follo~.ng kldermen responding to roll Dell: C.M. Agee, F.R. Boyle, J.J. Roark, F.R. Ruff. B~inutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. County Comissioner R.H. Spencer appeared before the Council in regard to the site for the new County Building about to be constructed in La Porte. R.R. Busch presented the plans 'of the building for the inspection of the Council and other citizens of LaPorte and details of the blue prints vrere explained by County Ltingineer Zapp. County Bldg. Motion by Boyle, second by Ruff, that the City Council approve 'the pro- Site posed site and new County Building to be located on Lots 1 to 5,inclusive, Block 200, Town of La Porte, as presented by Commissioner R.H. Spencer. Carried. ~m rshall R.R.. Busch appeared before the Council in the interest of raising the salary salary of City Marshall R.H. Baker. Alderman Agee called for the report of the committee appointed to in- vestigate the matter. Ald. Foark reported as chairman of the com- mittee that, as preciously stated, th.e aa~unt of salary per year for the-period of two years had been set up by ordinance prior to the election and could not be changed. Corp.~curt The City Secretary presented the Corporation Court reports for the Feport months of April, May and June, 1938. Motion by Roark, second by Agee, that the Corporation Court reports for the months of April. M.ey and June, 1938, be accepted and ple.ced on file and that a warrant for the City Marshall~s fees for these three months be drav~n immediately. Carried. L'ond. Motion by Agee, second by Roark, that the Mayor,-Judge and ex-officio Clerk of the Corporation Court, furnish bond in the amount of X1,000.00 and the City to pay the premium. Carried. Garrett Motion by Ruff, second by Agee, that the following resolution be En~.Cc• adopted, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas that: The City of La Porte employ the Garrett Engineering Company . of Houston, Texas, to make a survey and preliminary maps of the proposed extension and improvements to the City water system under the written contract dated July 25,1938 and that th.e Mayor and City Secretary be authorized and instructed to execute such contract in duplicate originals after it has been executed by the Garrett Engineering Company and that one copy of such contract be placed in the City files, And it is so ordered. Carried. (over)