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Ordinance No. 1395
AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING~ CONFIRMING AND APPROVING
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $100,000
nciTY OF LUBBOCK~ TEXAS, PUBLIC LIBRARY
. BONDS, SERIES 1953", DATED JUNE 1, 1953
THE STATE OF TEXAS I
CITY OF LUBBOCK
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
ON THIS, the 26th day of _ _..Ma~:r __ _.., 1953, the City
Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, convened in ---------
-session, at the regular meeting place thereof in the City Hall,
with all members thereof present, to-wit:
MURRELL R. TRIPP,
HURLEY CARPENTER
HARRY MORRIS
LUCIAN THOMAS
L. E. DAVIS
MRS • LA VENIA LOWE,
l and
MAYOR, Presiding;
COMMISSIONERS~
CITY SECRETARY,
also being present·; constituting a quorum, at which time the
following, among other business, was transacted, to-wit:
Commissioner -------Th~oma~s~-------Jpresented for the con-
sideration of the City Commission an ordinance ratifying, con-
firming and approving an ordinance duly passed and adopted by
the City Commission of said City on April 24, 1953, authorizing
the issuance of $100,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, PUBLIC LIBRARY
BONDS, SERIES 1953", dated June 1,-1953, (being the s~cond parcel
or installment of a total voted authorization of $500,000 bonds).
The ordinance was read in full by the City Secretary.
Thereupon, Commissioner ----~Cary~~en~t~e~r ____ ~moved that the
rule requiring that no ordinance shall be passed on the day on
which it is introduced be suspended, and that in view of the
emergency set forth and defined in the preamble to the proposed
ordinance, that the same be declared an emergency measure. This
motion was duly seconded by Commissioner Morris • The
motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Tripp and Commissioners Carpenter,
Morris, Thomas and Davis.
NOES: None.
Thereupon, Commissioner Thomas moved that the ----------------
ordinance as read in full by the City Secretary be finally
passed and adopted by the Commission. This motion, was seconded
by Commissioner ____ Da~Vl~·~s ________ , and the motion, carrying with
it the final passage and adoption of the ordinance, was unanim-
ously carried by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Tripp and Commissioners Carpenter,
Morris, Thomas and Davis.
NOES: None.
Thereupon, the Mayor announced that the ordinance had
been finally passed and adopted by unanimous vote of the Commis-
sion, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 15, 16
and 17, of Article IX of the Lubbock Charter; and the Mayor
thereupon signed and approved the ordinance in the presence of
the Commission.
The ORDINANCE is as follows:
NO. 1395
"AN ORDINANCE by the City Commission of the City
of Lubbock, Texas, ratifying, confirming and
approving an ordinance duly passed and adopted
as an emergency measure by the City Commission
of said City on April 24, 1953, authorizing the
issuance of $100,000 •CITY OF LUBBOCK~ TEXAS,
PUBLIC LIBRARY BONDS~ SERIES 1953 1 , dated June 1,
1953 (being the second parcel or installment of
a total voted authorization of $500,000 bonds);
enacting provisions incident and relating to
the subJect and purpose of this ordinance; and
declaring an emergency."
1 iJ .. , ,r) ..
WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 24th day of April,
1953, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, duly
passed and adopted an ordinance as an emergency measure,author-
izing the issuance of "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, PUBLIG_LI~BARY
BONDS, SERIES 1953n, dated June 1, 1953, in the principal sum
of $100,000 (being .the second parcel or installment of a total
voted authorization of $500,000 bonds), which ordinance is duly
recorded in Book 11, page 487 et seq., of the Minutes of said
City Commission, said ordinance being
NO. 1375
"AN ORDINANCE by the City Commission of the City
of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance of
bonds in the principal sum of $100,000 (being
the second parcel or installment of a total voted
authorization of $500,000 bonds), for the pur-
pose of erecting, constructing, equipping and
maintaining a public library building in the
City of Lubbock; prescribing the form of the
bonds and the form of interest coupons; levying
a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax on all
taxable property within the limits of said City
to pay the interest on said bonds and to create
a sinking fund for the redemption thereof, and
providing for the assessment and collection of
such taxes; enacting the provisions incident and
relating to the purpose and subject of this
ordinance; and declaring an emergency."
AND WHEREAS, Section 16 of Article IX of the Charter of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, provides "No ordinance, unless it
shall be declared to be an emergency measure, and passed by a
unanimous vote of the Commission, shall be passed on the day
on which it shall be introduced."; and
WHEREAS, one member of the City Commission being absent
on April 24, 1953, this City Commission now deems it necessary
and proper to ratify, confirm and approve said o~dinance passed
on April 24, 1953; and
WHEREAS, IT IS FOUND., DRrERMINED AND ADJUDGED that it
is necessary and to the best interest of the City to provide
funds for the purpose of erecting, constructing, equipping and
maintaining a public library building in the City of Lubbock at
the earliest possible date, for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, property,health and safety of the citizens
of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and that by virtue thereof this
ordinance should be passed and adopted as an emergency measure;
therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CrrY COMlVliSSION OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOC:K:
SECTION 1: That the ordinance by the City Commission of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $100,000
"CITY OF LUBBOCKJ TEXAS, PUBLIC LIBRARY BONDS, SERIES 1953", .
dated June 1, 1953 (being the second parcel or installment of
a total voted authorization of $500,000 bonds), be and the same
is hereby RATIFIED, CONFIRMED AND APPROVED.
SECTION 2: BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
That the public importance of this measure, and the
fact that it is to the best interest of the City to provide
funds for the purpose of erecting, constructing, equipping and
maintaining a public library building in the City of Lubbock at
the earliBt possible date, for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, property, health and safety of the citizens
of the City of Lubbock, constitute and create an emergency and
an urgent public necessity requiring that this ordinance be
passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and that this
ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and
shall take effect and be in force immediately after and from
i~ts passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 26th day of __ Ma=.:.y~ _ _.,
1953.
ATTEST:
(City Seal)
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CERTIFICATE OF CITY SECRETARY
THE STATE OF TEXAS I CITY OF LUBBOCK
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of
Lubbock, Lubbock County·, Texas, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance ratifying,
confirming and approving an ordinance duly passed and adopted
by the City Commission of said City on April 24, 1953, authoriz-
ing the issuance of $100,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, PUBLIC
LIBRARY BONDS, SERIES 1953", dated June 1, 1953 (and Minutes
pertaining to its adoption), passed and adopted by the City
Commission of said City on the ?6th day of _ ..... Ma. ..... -:t.r-..--·' 1953,
said ordinance being of record in Book _.11._ __ , page 528 , et
seq., of the Minutes of said City Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name
officially and affixed the seal of said City, this the 26th
day of ___ Ha __ y'-----" 1953.
Ci~cret~ity of Lubbock,
Texas
(City Seal)