HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 1396-1953 - Authorizing Issuance Of $175,000 Fire Station Bonds. - 05/26/1953OS-::lttl-1.95-3 Ordinance No. 1396
AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND APPROVING
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $175,000
nciTY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, FIRE STATION
. BONDS, SERIES 1953", DATED JUNE 1, 1953
THE STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF LUBBOCK
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK I
ON THIS, the 26th day of __ ...,Ma:.._,;r~-·~ 1953, the City
Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, convened in sEec~
session, at tba 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
Ivffi.S. 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~o~ma~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 Ap~il 24, 1953, authorizing
the issuance of $175,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, FIRE STATION
BONDS, SERIES 1953", dated June 1, 1953, (being the fourth and
final parcel or installment of a total voted authorization of
$43l,QOO bonds).
The ordinance was read in full by the City Secretary.
Thereupon, Commissioner --~Ca~rp~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 Mortis ) ~he
motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Tripp and Commissioners Carpenter,
Morris, Thomas and Davis.
NOES: None.
Thereupon, Commissioner ----~~~o_ma __ s ____ ~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 ----~n~a~Yl~·s~------~ and the motion, carrying with
it the final passage and adoption of the ordinanoe, 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. 1396
"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 $175,000 •CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
FIRE STATION BONDS, SERIES 1953•, dated June 1,
1953 (being the fourth and final parcel or in-
stallment of a total voted authorization of
$431,000 bonds); enacting provisions incident
and relating to the subject and purpose of
this ordinance; and declaring an emergency.u
I \
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 LUBBOCK1 TEXAS, FIRE S'~ION
BONDS, SERIES 1953", dated June 1, 1953, in the principal sum
of $175,000 (being 'the fourth and final parcel or installment
of a total voted authorization of $431,000 bonds), which ordi-
nance is ,;duly recorded in Book 11, page 488 et seq., of the
Minutes of said City Commission, said ordinance being
NO. 1376
"AN ORDINANCE by the City Commission of the City
of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance
of bonds in the principal sum of $175,000 (being the fourth and final parcei or installment of a total voted authorization of $431,000 bonds), for the purpose of mak-
ing permanent public improvements, to-wit:
constructing, enlarging and improving fire sta-
tion buildings and equipping the same in and
for said City; 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.n
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 me.mber 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 ordinance passed
on April 24, 1953; and
WHEREAS, IT IS FOUND, DETERMINED AND ADJUDGED that it
is necessary and to the best interest of the City to provide
funds for the purpose of constructing, enlarging and improving
fire station buildings and equipping the same in and for said
City at the earliest possible date, for the immediate preser-
' vation 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 CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1: That the ordinance by the City Commission
of the City of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance of
$175,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, FIRE STATION BONDS, SERIES
1953", dated June 1, 1953 {being the fourth and final parcel or
installment of a total voted authorization of $431,000 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 constructing, enarging and improving
fire station buildings and equipping the same in and for said
City at the earliest possible date, for the immediate preserva-
tion 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 ita passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 26th day of _..:.:Mav::::w...--_;'
1953.
ATTEST:
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C~ty Secretary, City of
Lubbock, Texas
(City Seal)
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 $175,000 11CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, FIRE
STATION 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 26th day of _ _....Ma_,Y....._ ___ , 1953,
said ordinance being of record in Book 11 , page 529 , et
seq., of the Minutes of said City Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I havehereunto ~igned my name
of~ially and affixed the seal of said City, this the 26th
day of -Ma=~I~---' 1953.
(City Seal)
~ ecretaii: City of Lubbock,
Texas
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