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05-:;;:l(o-1..9"5~ Ordinance No. 140.3
AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND APPROVING
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $50,000
"CITY ~ OF LUBBOCK, .. TEXAS, STO~M SEWER BONDS,
SERIES 1953," dated JUNE 1, 1953
THE STATE OF TEXAS I CITY OF LUBBOCK
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
ON THIS, the 26th day of __ M"a\Y...;_ ___ , 1953, the City
Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, convened in s~ec~
session, at the regular meeting place thereof in the City Hall,
with all members thereof present, to-wit:
MURRELL R. TRIPP,
HURLEY CARPENI'ER
HARRY MORRIS
LUCIAN THOMAS
L.· E. DAVIS
MRS. LA VENIA LOWE 1
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~~~~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 $50,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, STORM SEWER
BONDS, SERIES 1953, dated June 1, 1953.
The ordinance was read in full by the City Secretary.
Thereupon, Commissioner ----~Cawr~p-e~nt~e-r ______ ~moved that th
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 • ----------------
motion carried ·by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Tripp and Commissioners Carpenter,
Morris, Thomas and Davis.
NOES: None.
The
Thereupon, Commissioner ----~Th __ oma __ 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 Davis , and the motion, carrying with --------
it the final passage and adoption of the ordinance, was unanim-
ously carried by the following vote:
AYES: f.1ayor 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. l403
"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 $50,000 •CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
STORM SEWER BONDS, SERIES 1953', dated June 1,
1953; enacting provisions incident and relating
to the subject and purpose of this ordinance;
and declaring an emergency."
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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 rneasure,author-
izing the issuance of nc!'l1Y OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS 1 STORM SEWER BONDS
SERIES 1953", dated June 1, 1953, in the principal sum of
$50,000, which ordinance is duly recorded in Book 11, page ...!:{JJz_
et seq., of the Minutes of said. City Commission, said ordinance
being
NO· ,.l,.-;3ftw..3._' _
nAN ORDINANCE by the City Commission of the City
of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance
of bonds for the principal sum of $50,000,
for the purpose of making permanent public
improvements, to-wit: constructing, enlarging,
extending and installing storm sewers, drains,
~curbs and gutters and other improvements
incidental there~o 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 nNo 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 Ap~il 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 bo provide
funds for the purpose of constructing, enlarging, extending and
installing storm sewers, drains, curbs and gutters and other
improvements incidental thereto in and for said City 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 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 $50,000
"CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, STORM SEWER BONDSi SERIES 1953", dated
June l, 1953, be and the same is hereby RATIFIED, CONFIRMED AND
APPROVED.
SECTION 2: BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCX:
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, enlarging, extending and in-
stalling storm sewers, drains, curbs and gutters and other
improvements incidental thereto in and for said City at the .
earliest possible date, ~or the immediate preservation of the
public pea4e, 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 imrneqiately after and from its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 26th day of May -----~
1953.
ATTEST:
of Lubbock,
(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 $50,000 11CITY OF LUBBOCK., TEXAS., STORM SEWER
BONDS, SERIES 1953•, dated June 1, 1953 (and Minutes pertaining
to its adoptionl, passed and adopted by the City Commission of
said City on the 26th day of Mgy , 1953, said ordinance
be ing of record in Book _....;1;;;:;1:-, page 536 , 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 Ciby, this the ~2~6~th=----
day of Mq , 1953.
City
(City Seal)