HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 387-1927 - Consolidating Office Of City Secretary And City Treasurer - 08/15/1927ORDINANCE NO • .:3,::J? 7
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AN ORTIINANCE cousmLIDATING THE OFFICES OF CITY
SECRETARY AND CITY TREASURER; AND DJ£CLARING AN EMERGENCY
B3 IT ORDAilfi.:D BY THE CITY COW !ISSIOlf OF THE
CITY OF LUEBOCK. TEXAS:
Section l: ~he offices of City Secretary and
City Treasurer of the City of Lubbock. Texas be and they
are hereby consolidatedj
Sec ti on 2: That on and after September l,
1927 the City Secretary shall perform the duties of, and
be ex-officio, City Treasurer of the City of Lubbock,
Texas.
Section 3: The fact that the Charter of said
City provides for the appoimtment of City Treasurer in
additioh to the office of City Seoretury, and the fur-
ther fact that such requirement makes it necessary to
have an additional office and pay out ado.1 tional compen-
sation when the City Secretary can per~orm the same ser-
vice without much additional mrk. and the further fact
that much time and expense on the pa.rt of the City must
be expended on order to k~' the signature of the City
Treasurer, and the further fact that the City Treasurer
does not have access to the books and can not afford to
keep himself informed as to the fina.nc ial affairs of the
City owing to the small salary paid him. and the further
fact that bis duties are more or less proforma, and the
further fact that the City Charter provides for a con-
so lid at ion of appointive of :fie es , creates an em el' ge ncy
and public nee essity requiring-this Ord inane e to take
effect and be in force from and after its passage and tt
is so ordered.
Paa a e d and a :pp roved .t.ii !I ii x eodi a~ this A£5_
day of ~ • 1927. •
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