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ORDINANCE NO. 555
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AN OJJDINANOE OF THE CITY OF llJBBOOK, 'lEI'AS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 479-A BY THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEX:AS, GRANT:W'G TO ltEST TEXAS GAS
COMPANY, A CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSOBS .AND
ASSIGNS, A GAS l!"RANOHISE FOR THE PURPOSE 0'1
CONDUCTnlG m SAID CITY THE BUS:OO:SS OF
FORNISHING N'.ATURAL GAS TO THE CITY AND 'lEE
mHABITANTS '!HEREOF, SAID ORDINANCE BEmG
.AMENDED SO AS TO PROVlDE FOR SPECIAL CCN-
'l'.RACTS TO BE MADE WITH lNDUSTRIAL AND
CO:MMlmCIAL CONSUMERS W NATURAL GM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AND TEE CITY
COMMISSION THEREOF:
That; Ordinance No. 479-A, being an ordinance
ot the City ot Lubbock, Texas, granting to West Texas G1!ls
Canpany, a cor.poration, its successors and assigns, a gas
franchise tor the purpose ot conducting in said City the
business ot furnishing natural gas to the C1 ty and the in-
habitants thereof' tor light, heat, power end other purposes,
ae1 1stte rtghb bo ace •a• •••• ,._ s, c:r:l:ley a cma o'bhax pab11c .....
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pitn• ia aaia 8HJ tar ae:itl J'UIIUew,~ a! preaextlttng 6
corii•*•••· 1' lbablona ana issCi!Ut£5&& anaex whick sat!
Jrivile~ _,. be e:zeMieeEl, shall be an~s hereby emended ·
by ,the addition theteto ot the following section, which is
numbered Section 4-a, and shell be included in said Ordinance
No. 479-A just following Section 4 ot said ordinance:
Section 4-a
That the said grantee, its successors and
assigns, may make special contracts with
industrial. end commercial consumers Of
natural gas in large quantities tor supply-
ing gas at rates not exceeding the rates
hereinabove prescribed, end such special
contracts ~ cover a period not exceeding
three years, and such contracts~ be made
upon a flat rate basis or upon a graduated
scale, so long as the rates provided in said
contracts do no~ exceed the rates now pro-
vided tor or which may hereafter be legally
provided tor :from t.ime to time by the City
Commission ot the City ot Lubbock, or the
llailroad Commission ot Texas or any other
legally and duly constituted regulatery
authority, and provided further that such
contracts, when and it made, shall not dis-
criminate between cons\mlers ot the same
class.
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tram end atter its passage 1D accordance w1 th the Charter
ot the City o:r Lubbock, Texaa.
PJ\SSliD AND AWROVED this 13th Clay ot Augu§t ,
A. D. 1936.
PASSim SEOCJID AND FINAL m:ADING this the /lf£.~ ot
A. D. 1936.
Attest:
£o.uLc~·~
City Se tary