HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 3/17/1941SSED RECRJLkR MEETING.
Lubbock, Texas,
March 17. 1941.
City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 5 P.M.
in Heeessed Regular Session, recessed from Regular Meeting of
March 13, 1941, at the Regular Meeting Place in the Uity Hall,
the following members thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor U E Slaton, Commissioners Garland Newsom, Hub hones,
r1 G KcMillan, dV B Price, City Attorney Durwood n Bradley, City
&tanager W H Rodgers, Uity Secretary Lavenia dilliams.
Absent: None.
Motion b; Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner li�cliillan,
carried unanimously, it was ordered to appropriate $400.00 to be
used to defray the expense of the dome Guard for National Defense,
money to be disbursed upon receipt of proper invoices, also to
purchase $100.00 in ammunition if and when the guns arrive.
Motion by `'ommissioner rriee, seconded by commissioner 1�ecvsom, carried
unanimously, it was ordered to add consumption and bill as one account
the meters serving the Meadow Brook Golf Course, this due to serving
Purina Mills. Also to add and adjust all bills for year 1940.
laotion by Uommissioner McMillan, seconded by Uo-missioner `rice,
carried unanimously, Ordinance No. 664 passed first reading.
ORDINANCE NO. 664
AN ORDINANCE TO MEND ORDINANCE NO. 479-A PASSED BY THE CITY ®F LUBBOCK,
TEXAS, ON TIM 22nd DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1931, GRANTING TO !JEST TEXAS
GAS COryIPANY, A CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A GAS FRANCHISE
FOR THE s'URrOSE OF CUNDUCTING IN SAID CITY A BUSINESS OF FURNISHING
NATURAL GAS TO THE CITY 'AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF; SAID ORDINANCE
BEINU All LADED BY AMENDING SECTION 1 THEREOF SO AS TO EXTEND THE TERM
OF SAID FRANCHISE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM AND AFTER THE 22nd
DAY OF JULY, 1947, TC THE 22nd DAY OF JULY, 1952; AND FURTHER AT -RENDING
SAID ORDINANCE NO. 479-A BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 7-A PROVIDING FOR
A FRANCHISE AND OCCUPATION TAX AND RENTAL CHARGE OF TWO PER CENT OF
CERTAIN OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THE WEST TEXAS GAS COMPANY FOR THE
OCCUPATION AND USE OF THE STREETS, AL 5YS, HIGITYVAYS OR OTHER PUBLIC
'NAYS AND PLACES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AND PROVIDING THE DATES AND
TIMES OF PAYI?ENT AMID THE METHOD OF DETEWINING THE GROSS RECEIPTS
?IMICH CONSTITUTE THE BASIS OF A COMPUTATION OF SAID TAX OR CHARGE,
ALL AS HEREIN PROVIDED:
No further business coming up for consideration, the "ity commission
adjourned.
4ad and approved this the 2_7th_ day of
At t:
City Secretary.
laa.rch , 1941.
Mayor