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,.. , . e e e . e, RESOLUTION NO. 21-63 STATE OF TEXAS ) ) ) COUNTY OF HARRIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF lA PORTE TO BORROW THE SUM OF FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TEN AND 73/100 DOLlARS ($54,110.73), TO BE EVIDENCED BY TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE PAYABLE OUT OF CURRENT TAXES COLLECTED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1963 and ENDING JUNE 30, 1964. WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Commission of the City of La Porte that a necessity exists to borrow the sum of FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TEN AND 73/100 DOLLARS ($54,110.73), and. that the anticipated current revenue from ad valorem taxes will amount to approximately TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED SIX AND NO/100 Dollars ($295,806.00); and WHEREAS, the La Porte State Bank at La Porte, Texas, has agreed tomake the City a loan in said s~ to be paid with three per cent (3%) per annum interest thereon, on or before the 15th day of February, 1964; and WHEREAS, the City will have current revenues from the collection of said taxes available and sufficient to pay said obligation at maturity; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, that the Mayor and the City Clerk (Director of Finance) be authorized to issue a promissory note of the City of La Porte, to be designated "Tax Anticipation Note for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 1963 and ending June 30, 1964", such note to be in the principal sum of FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TEN AND 73/100 DOLLARS ($54,110.73), to bear interest at the rate of three per cent (3%) per annum until maturity, with the usual provision for interest at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum on past due principal and interest and ten per cent (10%) attorney's fees, such note to be due and payable on or before the 15th day of February, 1964, that said note be sold by the City of La Porte to the La Porte State Bank at La Porte, Texas, at not less than par value. When such note has been duly executed by the Mayor and City Clerk and delivered to said bank, with a copy of this resolution, such indebtedness thereby evidenced shall be fully binding upon the City; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of La Porte hereby appropriates and set aside the sum of $54,110.73 out of the current revenues from the collection of ad valorem taxes for the payment of such indebtedness. AND IT IS SO ORDERED.