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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 8/14/1924245 August 14 th ,1924 . City Commission met in regular session with the following present: Mayor, F. R. Friend, Commissioners, 4. S. Posey, and J. 0. Jones, R. Sowder, City Attorney and 14. 3. Ruby, City Llanager,B. A. Carter, Cheif of Police. Upon motion made by Idir. Posey and seconded by lair. Jones the following Ordinance No. 263, granting the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company, a corporation, its Lessee, the Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Company arid its successors and assigns, the right and privilege of laying tracks upon and across certain city property and streets, and maintaining the same, passed its first reading. Ordinance N AN ORDINANCE GRANTING D T PECOS A1110RTHERN TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY, A CORPORATIO"Ll.wITS LESSEE, THE PAIIHANDLE AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPAi1Y, AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE OF LAYING TRACKS UPON A_"1D ACROSS CERTAITI CITY PROPERTY AND 81iREETS AND MAINTAINING `IHE SAITE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS: Section 1. That the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company, a cor- poration, and its Lessee, the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company, and its successors and assigns, be and it is hereby given the right, power and privilege of locating, building, erecting, constructing and properly main- taining An industrial track, with the necessary turnouts , switch stands, and other necessary appliances connected therewith, across and upon the streets and avenues and city property within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Texas, designated as follows: On and over the triest twenty feet (20) of Avenue F, from the North line of Ninth Street to the North line of the alley running East and hest in Block No. 106 of the Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. 3eetion 2. That this Ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. PASSED 'AND ADOPTED, This day of August, A. D. 1924. APPROVED This '), day of August, A. D. 1924. i I or. ATTEST' ity Secretary. THE STATE OF TEXAS 0 KNOW ALL LIEN BY THESE PRESE21T3, COUNTY OF LUBBOCr, 6 That we, F. R. Bayless, and L. H. Hungate , of the County of Lpbbock, > and State of Texas, for and in consideration of the sum of Teri Dollars ($10.00) to us in hared paid by the City of Lubbock, Texas, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and other considerations, have granted. sold and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, sell and convey unto the said City of Lubbock, Texas, all that certain real estate situated in the Original Town of Lubbocic, in Lubboca County, Texas, described as follows: The Vest twenty feet (201) in Lots Nos. 11, 12, 10, 14, 15, lei , 17, 18, 19 and 20, in Block No. 90. Provided, however, that should the land hereby conveyed not be used for a pudic street or alley, or should said land be so used and later such use discontinued, the same shall revert to the Grantors herein, their heirs or legal representatives, unless said 20 feet have been paved and if track is removed from Avenue F, granted any. Grantors covenant and warrant that the herein conveyed land has never been used, claimed or intended by them as a homestead. ',1IITNE33 OUR HANDS at Lubbock, Texas, this 31st day of Tuly, A. D. 1924. L. H. Hungate, R. F. Bayless. THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK BEFORE ITE , the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared R. F. Bayless and L. H. Hungate, Known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and coiisid erations trerein expressed. 1924. GIVEN UNDER I.iY HAIID AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 31st day of ?uly, A. D. Richard L. DGuglass, Rotary Public, Lubbock County, Texas. Upon motion made by I11r. Jones and seconded by Posey, G. H. Hilton's re- signation as street sweeper was accepted by unanimous vote. B. A. Carter was before the City Commission .in regard to the City buying a new motorcycle for the motor cop. The matter was tabled by unanimous rote. City Secretary was instructed to have J. H. Goodman make out report of the fines assessed and collected. `q. H. Bledsoe was before the Commission in regard to the well being put down in Block 127, Overton, the matter was discussed and tabled. Upon motion made by Mr. Posey and seconded by Mr. Jones Ordinance No.264 was passed by unanimous vote. ORDINANCE Np 264. All ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PLACING OF STICKERS, POSTERS, PAPERS AND TAGS IN ON OR UPON ANY VEHICLE NOT THE PROPERTY OF THE PERSON 330 PLACING SUCH STICKERS, POSTERS OR TAGS, IN THIS CITY AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AND DECLARING AN EIVMGENCY ON ACCOUNT OF THE INJURY TO AND DE- FACEMENT OF SUCH VEHICLE BEING COlf,101"ILY PRACTISED. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COIZ,IISSIOII OF THE CITY Or LUBBOCK, TEXAS. Section I. No person shall within the limits of this City puce any sticker, poater, paper, or tag in, on, or upon any vehicle not the property of the person so performing such act. Section 2. The above shall not app17 to anv leace Officer in the Oischarge of their duties of haying cars tagged for violation of laws or ordinances. Section 3. Any person convicted of the offense nameC in Section 1, shall be punished by fine not less than 15.00 and not more than 11,100.00. Section 4, Ne fact that divers persons commonly resort to placing stickers, posters, Tapers and tags on and in vehicles not their own, for advertising purToses and such acts soil, deface and injure such vehicle and creates an emergency and public necessity that the rule of the Charter requiring ordinances to be read at more than one meeting before passage being and the same is, hereby susTended and this ordinance enacted at the meeting of its introduction and it is so ordered. massed by and, unanimously voted and approved tits ,August 14, 1924. Lubboch, Texas. SIT ECAY OTT)j IU9n:M7 X:S YV, Z OC TZ BDE1U TY. A motion made by Mr. Josey a& seconded by Mr. Jones toe Citv Commission approving ar. Sowder's uctions in buying Twenty Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars worth of land from E. Gilland was passed by unanimous vote... It was moved by unanimous vote that the City waive service on Oroaw day. paving suit. Said motion mace by Er. Jones and seconde6 bar Mr. Posey. Commission adjourned to meet lug. 15th. b7 Ananimous vote. .40A, Read unj approved this —0 't 7T of ATV i J. Ci y locretar7. Mayor.