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Wichita Falls, Texas.
Basement City _dational
Bank Building,
October 10th, 1927.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in
regular session on the above date with the following members ,)resent:
R. E. Shepherd, Mayor,
J. Hunt,
Roy N. Carter, ) aldermen,
Oral Jones,
W. E. MCBroom, Cit: Clerk,
Thelbert :'artin, City attorney.
he inutes of the previous meeting were read and :..pproved.
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ORDINANCE :TO. 947
T'I ORDIN.:TCE PROVID: fG FO.. ::.IO:i INV TIG TO." ::LL iE CITY
DETECTIVE DET,.ILED FOR .RSO'- RE .RD DUTY; DEFINILZ .:IS DUTIES.
owed by :.ldernan Aunt that Ordinance No. 947 be passed on
its first reading.
7.'otion seconded by Alderman Joi.es and carried by the following
vote:
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Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Hunt and Carter.
Nays: None.
Roved by alderman Hunt that the ochepps Baking Company be
:.uthorized to install -i gasoline pump on the re,wr of their lot on
Eleventh Street betv.een Lamar and Travis Streets, provided the loca-
tion of said pump meets with the approval of the Police Commissioner
And Fire Chief.
I,yotion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
The nearing continued fro.=.Reptember 19th, 1927, ,:ith
reference to paving the unpaved portion of Indiana Avenue between
Sixth and Front ..;truets c,..11ed and after hearing protests the
following motion ..:,s put in order. •
:roved by Alderman Hunt goat the following resolution be
adopted.
: ution seconded by alderman Jones a:d carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Runt and Carter.
„ow, _ s: None.
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Form 8, RESOLUTION
Unpaved Portion
tf Indiana Avenue,
1 Sixth to Front.
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OTHERS AnP OTHERS
INTERESTED IN IialiOVEMENT OF UNPAVED PORTION OF INDIANA
, ...VENUE FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF S IITH STREET TO THE
1 SOUTIi PROPERTY LINE OF FRONT STREET, .w.D DETERMINING :.:FOUNTS
OF ASSESSMENTS ;?G:aINST ABUTTING LOTS, AND JARCRTS OF PROPER-
TY, AND THE OWNERS THEREOF.
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The hearing with reference to paving Bridwell Street from
Filson Street, East, to Filson Street, ,.est, -,,as called and after
hearing no protests the following motion wLs put in order. �,
Uoved by Alderman Hunt ths..t the following resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by :.lderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen, ,Tunt, Jones and Carter. 1
, Nays: None.
t Form 8, RESOLUTION ''
Bridwell St., 1,
:ilson East to
ieilson .est.
RESOLUTION JLO.,ING HEARING TO PROPERTY OI..NERSAA) OTHERS
INTERESTED IN ITSPROVEIirav'T OF BRID..RT.T. STREET FROM THE
SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF JILSN STREET EAST TO THE SOUTH
PROPERTY LINE OF ,.ILSON STREET .,EST, AND DETERMINING II
t, AMOUNTS OF ;1SSESSMENTS iA4 INST ABUTTING LOTS, AND PARCELS
I' OF PROPERTY, AND 2HE OWNERS THEREOF.
The hearing with reference to paving ..ilson Street from
1 Marshall to Bridwell ',.as called and „.fter hearing no protests the
following motion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried oy the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
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;ilson Street,
1 Marshall to Bridwell.
� RESOLUTIOI" CLOSING HEARING TO 2ROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS
1111, PROPERTYINTERESTED
OF IN PMARSHALL STREENT OF ETS TO THE CENTER LTHE INE OF
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11Il BRIDUELL STREET, AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSEENTS (::)111.,.
iI AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS, AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY, AND THE
O%INERS THEREOF.
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ORDINANCE NO. 948
_N ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IM,ROVFJ'IELVT OF A PORTION OF UNPAVED PORTION
OF INDIANA AVENUE FROMM. THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SIXTH STREET TO THE
woo SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF FRONT STREET, DESIGNATING THE II TERIALS AND
METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY
CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS.
LEVYING ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIDIES OF. PAYMENTS,
AND THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES: AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
'oved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 948 be passed on
its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
ORDINANCE NO. 949
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEItENT OF A PORTION OF BRIDL1';LT, STREET
FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF „ILSON STREET EAST TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LINE OF •,ILSON STREET ';EST DESIGNATING THE : TERIALS AND .MTHODS OF IM-
PROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. LEVYING
ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS, AND THE
RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE
CERTIFICATES: AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 949 be passed on
its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
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ORDINANCE NO. 950
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF IILSON STREET
FRO;: THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF MARSHALL STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF
BRID?.ELL STREET, DESIGNATING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT,
AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. LEVYING ASSESSMENT
THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TLIES OF PAYMENTS, AND TEE RATE OF
INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE
CERTIFICATES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 950 be passed on
its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the City Clerk be instructed to
I draw warrant on the Public Building Fund in the amount of $4,000.00 to ii
, cover payment of estimate payable to J. :I. Johnson Company for
electrical construction on the new auditorium.
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Motion seconded by .alderman Hunt and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the estimate of the 'A.chita 1.
School Supply Company in the amount of ;9,771.84 covering seats fur-
nished the new auditorium be approved and allowed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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Form 13 .ichita Falls, Texas.
October 10th, 1927.
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Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
i 'cichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This certifies that Fuller Construction Company has com-
II pleted the paving and otherwise improving of Sixth Street from its
intersection with the „est Property line of Broad Street to its
intersection with , est Property line of Austin Street in accordance
with the plans and specifications therefor and I hereby recommend
the acceptance of the above described work.
,i Respectfully,
F. M. Rugeley,
City Engineer.
Moved by :.lderman Hunt that the following resolution be
R adopted.
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Motion seconded by ;.lderman Jones and carried by the p
following vote: I i
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Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
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Form 14, RESOLUTION
0 -Sixth Street,
Broad to .ustin.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE '::ORK OF PAVING r.dD OTHER1. ISE IM-
PROVING a PORTION OF SIXTH STREET AND AUTHORIZING THE
C EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES.
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.iichita Falls, Texas.
October, 10th, 1927.
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Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This certifies that E. ':hitnam & Company has completed
C the paving and otherwise improving of Alley Blk 166, from its inter- k
section with the south property line of Seventh Street to its inter-
section with the .north Property line of Eighth Street in accordance Y r
with the plans and specification therefor and I hereby recommend the i
acceptance of the above described work.
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Respectfully,
1 F. .. .ugeley, 4'.
City Engineer.
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'loved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by .:'alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
Form 14, RESOLUTION
Alley Blocx 166,
7th to 8th.
RESOE.UTIOf ACCEPTING THE ..ORK OF PAVING AND ETHER' ISE IM-
PROVING 1i PORTION OF .LLEY BLOCK 166, AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMaNNT CERTIFIC-.TES.
Moved by Alderman Jones that the estimate of J. E. :[organ,
Contractor on the new auditorium in the amount of 417,164.41 be ap-
proved and allowed.
:lotion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 941
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THE NORTH 25 FEET OF UNDER.00D STREET BEGINNING
AT A POINT '=,HERE FERN STREET INTERSECTS SAID UNDERWOOD STREET AND
RUNNING EAST FOR 4 DISTANCE OF 420 FEET IN THE CITY OF ,.ICHIT:. FALLS,
T1Y.' ::_,D TRANSFERRING SAME TO THE .ATER DEPARTMENT.
:loved by ..lderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 941 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
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Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
ORDINANCE NO. 946
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, CREATING AU EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE OPERATION 2HEREOF
AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 946 be passed on
its second reading.
Motion seconded by alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones and Carter.
Nays: None.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the meeting be adjourned
until 4 o'clock P. M. October llth, 1927.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
The Board of .aldermen then adjourned until 4 O'clock
P. M. October llth, 1927.
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',,,ichita Falls, Texas.
Basement City National
Bank Building, x�
October llth, 1927.
The Board of ::ldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in is
regular adjourned session at 4oTclocx P. '_.T. on the above date with
the following members present:
R. E. Shepherd, Mayor,
J. k7. Hunt,
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Oral Jones,
A. W. King, ) Aldermen,
P. B. Curd,
Roy E. Carter, )
. E. McBroom, City Clerk,
Thelbert Martin City „ttorney.
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.lderman Curd presented to the _:oard for consideration
an ordinance entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. 951p'
AN ORDINANCE AUTI'ORI2ING THE ISSUANCE OF 014,000.00 CITY OF .ICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, CEMETERY PURCHASE FUNDING WARRANTS, SERIES 1927,
BEARING 4% INTEREST AI KIITG PROVISION FOR THE EXCHANGE OF LEGALLY
ISSUED SCRIP ' ARRANTS HERETOFORE DELIVERED TO THE SELLERS OF THE
LAND FOR THE SAlE AMOUNT OF SAID FUNDING WARRANTS LEVYING
A TAX TO PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF SAID 'ARRANTS AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The ordinance was read in full by the City Clerk. Alder-
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Curd made the following motion:
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"I move that the rules in Section 37 of the Charter
requiring ordinances to be read on three separate
days be suspended and be dispensed with."
The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The motion to suspend
the rules was passed by the unanimous vote of the Board of :',ldermen,
to-wit:
AYES: Messrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
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NOES: None.
Alderman Curd made a motion that the ordinance be passed,
finally. The Motion was seconded by .alderman Jones. The motion
was carried by the following vote:
AYES: Messrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
NOES: None.
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The '-.yor announced that the ordinance had been x:._ssed
finally. The ordinance as passed is :,.s follows:
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I w ORDIN ...ON ..-UTHORIaINv ':: IS t'-..CE OF .14,000.00 CITY OF
.a F.-LLS m`...a, CEIETERY PURL . .a;:: FU.al-: --Paa_TTO, SERIES 19a7, RILG
4 INl .'._,:;T :._,..ING PROVISION FOR THE EXCHANGE OF LEGi.LLY ISSUED SCRIP
ARRLNTS HERETOFORE DELIVERED TO a ERS 0_' 'i'HE . a laaa:1 .. _
:.:.'.OUNT OF .a.tID FUNDING '..ARRANTS aaEVYING A 'na.a TO ±AY 'SHE INhERESa: AND
PRINCIPAL OF SAID a1.Fi:_.::as AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
aHEREAS, heretofore, on September 19, 1927, the Board of
Aldermen ratified the action of the :'fayor and the Parck Commissioner in
the making of a contract for the purchase of eighty (80) acres of land
in B,ock 22, League 1 of the Denton County achool Lands, situated in
Wichita County, Texas, at a price of D,o Hundred Fifty (a2oO.00) Dollars
per acre, aggregating Twenty Thousand (a20,000.00) Dollars as lollows:
The assumption of Six Tnousand ( 6,000.00) Dollars of existing
indebtedness +:L;ainst said land in the form of a mortgage note, payable 1
June 1, 1930, and the further sum of Fourteen Thousand (5l4,000.00)
Dollars to be paid to the sellers in legally issued warrants of the City,
a copy of which contract is att ched nereto and made a _art hereof,
marked Exhibit "A"; and
;IHEREAS, thereafter a deed to said land was properly executed
in favor of the City by the owners thereof, viz:
J. A. Kemp;
T. n. Noble;
C. a. Reid;
the title to the land having been approved theretofore by the City At-
torney; and
aHEREAS, said deed has been accepted by the City and has been
properly recorded in the Deed Records of Wichita County, and in consid-
eration therefor, the City has delivered to the sellers certain scrip
issued against the Park and Cemetery Fund, which items of scrip are de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
aARRANT NUMBER DATE PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT
49957 9-u7-27 J.A. Kemp Cemetery Land aa,533.33
49958 9-27-27 T.B.Noble " " 5,333.33
49959 9-27-27 C.... Reid " " 4,533.34
Total l4,000.00
WHEREAS, the expenditure for said cemetery purposes in the
amount of Fourteen Thousand (,14,000.00) Dollars was an expenditure
reasonably contemplated to be within the revenues of the City for the L,ti,.
Park and Cemetery Fund for the current year; and
.[HEREAS, said expenditure was provided for in the annual
budget; and
.:HEREAa, the City does not now have available for the purpose,
funds to pay said scrip varrants,. but can pay the funding warrants here-
inafter authorized without embarrassment to the administration of the
City government.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF TEL CITY OF a ICHIT
FALLS, TEXAS:
1. That the action of the Board of :aldermen in authorizing
the purchase of said land for cemetery purposes is hereby ratified and
confirmed. •
2. That the action of the Board of aldermen in approving and
ratifying the contract for purchasing said land is hereby specially
ratified and confirmed.
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a 3. That warrants of said City to be designated "City of
ichita Falls, Texas, Cemetery Purchase Funding ',arrants, Series 1927, be xx
issued under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of
Texas, and under the provisions of the Charter of the City for the pur-
pose of funding an equal amount of scrip of said City heretofore duly and
legally issued, and which at the time of the delivery of said funding 'le-l'
'q, warrants are and will be valid, subsisting and outstanding obligations
against the City, all of which scrip warrants are based upon vouchers
duly certified by the head of the appropriate department and issued by
the City Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, and otherwise conforming to �
the provisions of the City Charter; 1
4. Said funding warrants shall be issued in the amount of
;I Fourteen Thousand ( 14,000.00) Dollars of the denomination of One Thousand
(v1,000.00) Dollars each, numbered from one (1) to fourteen (14), in-
clusive. They shall be dated October 15, 1927, shall mature serially
as follows:
;WARRANTS NUMBERS ,:;:.TURITY DATES AMOUNTS
1 October 15, 1931 1,000.00
2 October 15, 1932 1,000.00
3 October 15, 1933 1,000.00
4 October 15, 1934 1,000.00
5 October 15, 1935 1,000.00
6 October 15, 1936 1,000.00
7 October 15, 1937 1,000.00
8 October 15, 1938 1,000.00
9 October 15, 1939 1,000.00
10 October 15, 1940 1,000.00
11 October 15, 1941 1,000.00
12 October 15, 1942 1,000.00
13 October 15, 1943 1,000.00
14 October 15, 1944 1,000.00
5. Said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of Four and 1'
one-half one-half (4j)per cent per annum from date thereof until fully paid,
which interest from date is a part of the contractual consideration,
interest payable April 15, 1928, and semi-annually thereafter on October 'I
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15, and Spril 15th of each year, which interest shall be evidenced by
coupons attached to each of said warrants. ),
6. The principal and interest of said warrants shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of warrants or proper coupons at
Hanover National Bank, New York, New York. ',!
7. Said warrants shall be signed by the City Clerk, counter-
signed by the Mayor and registered by the City Treasurer and the seal
of the City shall be impressed upon each of them, and the facsimile yy'
signatures of the Mayor and the City Clerk may be lithographed upon the
interest coupons.
8. The form of warrant shall be substantially as follows:
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NO. ,1,000.00
UNITED STATES OF .,WRRICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA
CITY OF f.ICHITA FALLS CEMETERY
PURCHASE FUNDING WARRANT, SERIES 1927 E
The City of '.iichita Falls in the County of 'A.ohita, in the
State of Texas, for a valuable consideration, acknowledges itself indebted
and hereby promises to pay to the bearer on the 15th day of October, 19 ,
at Hanover National Bank, of New York, New York.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS 'y ill
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in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon
from date hereof at the rate of four and one-half (4 %) per cent per
annum, interest payable April 15, 1928, and semi-annually thereafter on
October 15th and April 15th of each year, upon presentation and surrender
of proper coupons; and the Treasurer of said City is hereby authorized,
ordered and directed to pay to bearer, said principal sum, together with
interest thereon, evidenced by coupons hereto annexed, interest and
principal payable at the bank above named. In event the sum of money
represented by this warrant and annexed coupons shall not be paid at
maturity, the same shall thereafter bear interest at the rate of six
(6%) per cent per annum until fully paid, and in the event of such de-
fault and it becomes necessary for the holder hereof, or the holders
of any coupons attached hereto, to place claim therefor in the hands of
an attorney for collection, or to institute suit thereon, the City of
';;ichita Falls, promises to pay to the holder an additional ten (10%) per
cent as attorneys' fees. The full faith and credit and all of the taxa-
ble property in the City of 'Achita Falls, Texas, are hereby irrevocably
pledged to the prompt payment of principal and interest of this warrant.
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THIS ':ARRANT is one of a series of warrants aggregating Four-
teen Thousand (414,000.00) Dollars of a like date and tenor, except as
to maturity, numbered one (1) to fourteen (14), inclusive, of the de-
nomination of ,l,000.00 each, issued for the purpose of funding an
equal amount of scrip warrants heretofore duly and legally issued by
said City for.the purchase of land for cemetery purposes, based on
vouchers duly certified by the head of the Park Department, and issued
by the City Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, the claims for which
were duly audited and allowed by the Board of :aldermen of said City,
prior to their issuance, and for which warrants said City received
full value and consideration and hereby aoknowledges receipt of same,
under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of Texas
and under the provisions of its Charter, and pursuant to an ordinance
passed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, 'Texas,
duly recorded in the Minutes of said Board of Aldermen.
THE DATE of this warrant, in conformity with the ordinance
above mentioned, is October 15, 1927.
UM IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED THAT ALL ACTS, CON-
DITIONS AND THINGS REWIRED TO BE DONE PRECEDENT TO AND IN the issuance
of this warrant, have been properly done, have happened and been per-
formed in regular and due time as required by law, and that the total
indebtedness of said City, including this warrant, does not exceed any
constitutional or Statutory or Charter limitation; that provision has
been made for the levy of taxes annually for the payment of the prin-
cipal and interest of this warrant as they respectively mature.
IN TESTIMONY 1HEREOF, the Board of aldermen of the City of
,.ichita Falls, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be hereto
annexed and this warrant to be signed by the City Clerk, countersigned
by the Mayor and registered by the City Treasurer as of the date last
above written.
COUNTERSIGNED: City Clerk, City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Mayor, City of Wichita Falls,
Texas.
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REGISTERED this the day of , 1927
City Treasurer, City of Wichita Falls, Tex
9. The form of the coupons attached to said warrants shall be
substantially as follows:
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1 ON THE 15TH DAY OF
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The City Treasurer of the City of ;ichita Falls, Texas,
will pay to bearer at Hanover National Bank, New York, New York, the
1 sum of (4 ) Dollars being
months' interest on City of Wichita Falls Cemetery Purchase
i funding Warrant, Series 1927, No. , dated October 15, 1927, to
which this coupon is attached andis a part thereof. '
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1 10. The holder of said original warrants or scrip shall
surrender same to the proper City officials for cancellation, and
the City officials are directed to deliver said Funding ',.arrants in
lieu of and in exchange therefor, par for par. The Mayor, City I
Clerk and City Treasurer are from time to time directed to execute
such papers and certificates as are necessary or convenient to re- ,
fleet the validity of said Funding Warrants and of said original
scrip.
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11. That a special fund to be designated "Cemetery Pur-
chase Funding Warrant Fund, Series 1927", shall be created and is
I hereby created, and the proceeds of all taxes collected for or on
account of this series of warrants, shall be credited to said fund
for the purpose of paying the interest on and providing a sinking
fund for the redemption of said warrants at maturity, and to provide .
for ten (10'.) per cent attorneys' fees in case of default, and said ��
fund shall be used for no other purpose; that to create said fund a
tax of one-third (1/3¢) cents on the One Hundred Dollars valuation j
of taxable property in the City of Wichita Falls is hereby levied
for the current taxing year 1928, out of the 12V fund provided in
the Charter for improving parks, and cemeteries, that for the year
a 1929 and for each year thereafter while any of said warrants or
) interest remain unpaid, and at the time other city taxes are levied c•
during said year, there shall be computed and ascertained what'rate I`
of tax based upon the latest approved tax rolls of said City will
i be necessary, requisite and sufficient to fully make, raise, and
produce in each of said years the amount of interest and principal r
to be paid in that year, and to provide for ten per cent (10 ) ,'
attorneys' fees in case of default, and for each of said years
there is hereby ordered to be levied a tax at such rate as shall be .
necessary as aforesaid, and that such taxes when collected shall be
appropriated and applied to the purposes named.
12. The sum of Three Hundred Fifteen ($315.00) Dollars is
f hereby appropriated out of the Park and Cemetery Fund of the City
) available for that purpose to pay the first coupon maturing on this
issue of warrants April 15, 1928. The City Clerk is hereby directed
to issue a voucher for Three Hundred Fifteen ( ; 15.00) Dollars, and
the :ayor is hereby directed to countersign the voucher. The voucher
shall be cashed by the Treasurer and the proceeds shall be held by
him for the specific purpose of paying said interest coupon and shall,
be used for no other purpose.
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13. The Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer are hereby 6,
directed to do any and all things necessary and convenient to carry
1 out the purposes and object of this ordinance.
1 14. The fact that there is an urgent public need for the )
Cemetery improvements as hereinabove provided which improvements are
needed for the health, safety and property of the tax-payers of the •
City creates an emergency and necessity that this be declared an
emergency measure as provided in Section Thirty-seven (37) of the
Charter declaring that the rule requiring ordinances to be read on
three separate days be suspended and this ordinance be effective and
; enforced immediately from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS the llth day of October, 1927.
Mayor, City of Wichita Falls,
APPROVED AS TO FORM: Texas,
City Attorney, City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
ATTEST:
City Clerk, City of Wichita Falls,
Texas.
Alderman Curd presented to the Board for consideration an
ordinance entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. 952
?N ORDIN.:'iJCE AUTHORIAING .HE ISUUANCE OF v00,000.00 CITY OF ICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, tienTERWORKS IMPROVE]NNT FUNDING RRaNTS, SERIES 1927,
BEARING 4 INTEREST :.:LTG PROVISION FOR THE PERIODICAL L::•GE OF
LEGALLY ISSUED SCRIP '.AR&.NHS c'OR LIKE AMOUNTS OF SAID FUNDING ..ARRZNTS,
LEVYING .. TAX TO r-.Y TEL IIH EREST AND iRINCIPAL OF SAID ARRIh,.GL
DECA_.RING .N ,..IERGENCY.
The ordinance was read in full by the City Clerk. ..lderman
Curd made the following motion:
"I move that the rules in ;section 37 of the Charter
requiring ordinances to be read on three separate
days be susl,ended and be dispensed with."
The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The motion to susend the
rules was passed by the unanimous vote of the Board of .adermen, to-wit:
AYES: Itessrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
NOES: Hone.
Alderman Curd made a motion that the ordinance be passed finally.
The motion was seconded by _lderman Jones. the motion r:aas cL..rried by the
following vote:
AYES: r:essrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, hunt and King.
NOES: None.
The T:ayor announced that the ordinance had been passed finally.
The ordinance as passed is :s follows:
ORDI CE NO. 952
ORL vL ..TJ�nORL IS r ','_:i ISSU..::CE OF .;100,000.00 CITY OF ':ICHITA FALLS,
A a, .._TER''.ORKS 'ROV: TT ING ..ARRANTS, SERIES 1927, 3 ,RING 4wja
I .'.:.OVISION FOR T 1ERIODIC.'.L EXCH:17GE OF LEGALLY ISSUED
CRIP ;1RR..NTa I'OR L 'OU='2 OF -.ID FUT.DING AR :_.NTS, LEYVIP` T::d TO
INTEREST ND PRI ";IP:.L OF ,. .ID RR. NTS, ;) DECL,.RING .IN 7ZGEHCY
r i of Aldermen has heretofore determined the
necessity of certain permanent improvements to the ,iaterworks System of
the City including certain extensions and the erection of adequate
elevated steel water tank; and
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'HEREAS, the City has determined to perform the labor necessary
and to furnish the materials necessary for said improvements under its
direct su-rervision and with day labor and ':ith certain specified r.=xcel:t-
ions, the ...xcertions being, to-wit:
(a) For the construction of the foundation Icr the t;.;nic, 4.
ootract :as been let to L. H. Lyons, tne total cost under the contract
being .,4,199.76;
(u) ror e cons',.ructioh of tie eleva•ted tanx co t -..cW :..__.s
lbeen let to hittsuursu-',,cs .Clues Steel ,u - ...;'. of
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total contract price being approximately ,,• 11.75j0----
„HEREAS, complete certified transcripts of the proceedings per-
taining to the letting and execution of e_ch of said contracts are t-
tached hereto made cx part hereof, marked respectively EXhibits "A" and
,''B"; and
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WHEREAS, before authorizing the execution of the work under
said improvement program detctiiled plans and estimates tnereof, were sub-
mitted to the Board of Aldermen by the ,w�or; and
JHEREAS, in the specific instances ••:here said work is being
done under contract heretofore mentioned said contracts have been a-
..arded to the lowest responsible bidders ...fter publishing .-dvertisements
and with competition as required by the Cnarter as will be more fully
shown hereinafter in the respective resolutions hereafter to be adopted
identifying the scrip issued to said respective contractors; and
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WHEREAS, the total cost of making said permanent improvements
is estimated to be not in excess of One Hundred Thousand (v100,000.00)
• Dollars; and
VHEREAS, approximately '•,o ,215.bb has •..lready been expended to
the extent that the City has issued its scrip to the various persons per-
forming labor and furnishing materials under said improvement program,
1. including a scrip warrant in the amount of 0,199.76 issued to L. H.
Lyons under his contract to build the tank foundation supra; and
JHEREAS, tne revenues of the City for the current year
reasonably anticipated, available for the purpose of paying for said
improvements and authorized by budget ppropriation exceeds the sum of
5;32,215.66, and actually exceeds the sum of :100,000.00; and
' HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen now deems it to the' best
interest of the City to maze provision for the issuance of ,r;100,000.00
of funding warrants to be substituted for said •, z,215.66 of outstanding
scrip warrants and for the scrip warrants which will be delivered to
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company under its contract supra, and for
the scrip warrants which will be delivered to various persons for the
furnishing of materials and the performance of labor under the direct
supervision of the City; and
JHEREAS, by the authorization of said funding warrant issue
and the levying of a tax to support same, it is the intention of the
Board to make the tax levy available for the supporting of all scrip
warrants hereafter to be issued in connection with said improvement
program as if they were specifically set out in this ordinance to the
extent that approximately , 67,784.34 of the original scrip will be
supported by the tax levy hereafter fixed in advance of the issuance of
said scrip warrants; and
'!HEREAS, Security National Bank of'.;ichita Falls, Texas, is
now the owner of the scrip warrants which have heretofore been issued
under said improvement program and has arranged to be the holder of such
scrip warrants which shall nereafter be issued under said improvement
program; and
IHEREAS, the City does not have in current funds money suf-
ficient to pay said outstanding scrip warrants and the scrip warrants •
which will hereafter be delivered under said improvement program; and •
WHEREAS, tne funding warrants hereafter authorized can be paid
out of the proceeds of taxes levied to support the warrant issue witnout
embarrassment to the administration of the government.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF . ICHITA '
FALLS, TEXAS:
1. That the action of the Board of .sldermen in authorizing the
execution of work under the waterworks improvement program under contracts
and under its direct supervision is hereby ratified and confirmed.
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2. That the action of the Board of aldermen in approving the
detailed plans and estimates for the work to be done under its direct
supervision is hereby specially ratified and confirmed.
3. That warrants of said City to be designated "City of
ichita Falls, Texas, aterworks Improvement Funding ..arrants, Series
( 1927, be issued under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of
the State of Texas, and under the provisions of the Charter of the
City for the purpose of funding an equal amount of scrip of said City
• theretofore duly and legally issued, and which at the time of the de-
livery of said funding warrants are and will be valid, subsisting and
outstanding obligations against the City, all of which scrip warrants
were and shall be based upon vouchers duly confirmed by the head of
the appropriate department and issued by the City Clerk, countersigned
by the 'Sayor, and otherwise conforming to the provisions of the City
Charter.
4. Said funding warrants shall be issued in the amount of
100,000.00 of the denomination of 41,000.00 each, numbered from one
(1) to One Hundred (100), inclusive. They shall be gated October 15,
1927, shall mature serially as follows:
WARRANTS NUEBERS :..TURITY DATES AMOUNTS
1 - 5, Incl October 15, 1928 B5,000.00
6 - 10, " October 15, 1929 5,000.00
11 - 15, " October 15, 1930 5,000.00
16 - 20, " October 15, 1931 5,000.00
21 - 25, " October 15, 1932 5,000.00
26 - 30, " October 15, 1933 5,000.00
31 - 35, " October 15, 1934 5,000.00
36 - 40, " October 15, 1935 5,000.00
41 - 45, " October 15, 1936 5,000.00
46 - 50, " October 15, 1937 5,000.00
51 - 55, " October 15, 1938 5,000.00
56 - 60, " October 15, 1939 5,000.00
61 - 65, " October 15, 1940 5,000.00
66 - 70, " October 15, 1941 o,000.00
71 - 75, " October 15, 1942 5,000.00
76 - 80, " October 15, 1943 5,000.00
81 - 85, " October 15, 1944 5,000.00
86 - 90, " .October 15, 1945 5,000.00
91 - 95, " October 15, 1946 5,000.00
96 -100, " October 15, 1947 5,000.00
5. Said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of Four and +
one-half (4k.) per cent per annum from date thereof until fully paid,
which interest from date is part of the contractual consideration,
interest payable April 15, 1928, and semi-annually tnereafter on October
15, and ..pril 15th of eacn year, which interest shall be evidenced by
coupons attached to each of said warrants.
6. The principal and interest of said warrants shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of \.arrants or proper coupons
ut Hanover ';4tional Bank, New York, New York.
7. Said warrants shall be signed by the City Clerk, counter-
signed by the layor and registered by the City Treasurer and the seal
of the City shall be impressed upon each of them, and the facsimile
signatures of the Mayor and the City Clerk may be lithographed upon
the interest coupons.
8. The form of warrant shall be substantially us follows:
No. 41,000.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ST.TE OF TFxAB
COUNTY OF ,:ICHITA
CITY OF . ICHIT.h FALLS
,LLTERWORES IMPROVELZIT FUNDING ':.ARRANT
SERIES 1927,
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III,
The City of ".,ichita Falls in the County of ?ichita, in the
State of Texas, for a valuable consideration, acknowledges itself in-
debted and hereby promises to pay to the bearer on the 15th day of
October, 19 , at Hanover T:c.tional Bank of New-York, New York, New York, I'
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS '.
in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon
from date hereof at the rate of our and one-half (4;oj per cent per
Iannum, interest payable pril 15, 1928, and semi-annually thereafter on )
October 15th and >prii 15th of each year, upon presentation and surrender
!„ of proper coupons; and the Treasurer of said City is hereb,; authorized,
ordered and directed to pay to bearer, said principal sum, together ..ith
0 interest tnereon, evidenced by coupons hereto annexed, interest and
principal payable at the bank above named. In event the sum of money
represented by this warrant and annexed coupons shall not be paid at
maturity, the same shall thereafter bear interest at the rate of six
(6%) per cent per annum until fully paid, and in the event of such de-
fault and it becoies necessary for the holder hereof, or the holders of
any coupons attached hereto, to place claim therefor in the hands of an
attorney for collection, or to institute suit thereon, the City of
.ichita Falls promises to pay to the holder an additional ten (100) per
cent at ..ttorneys' fees. The full faith and credit and all of the taxa-
ble property in the City of '.:ichita Falls, Texas, are hereby irrevocably
pledged to the prompt payment of principal and interest of this warrant.
THIS .:ARRANT is one of a series of warrants aggregating One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) of a like date and tenor, except
as to maturity, numbered one (1) to One Hundred (100), inclusnve, of the
denomination of . 1,000.00 each, issued for the purpose of funding an
equal amount of scrip warrants theretofore duly and legally issued by
said City for improvements to its waterworks system, based on vouchers,
duly certified by the head of the water department, and issued by the
City Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, the claims for which were duly
audited and allowed by the Board of Aldermen of said City, prior to
their issuance, and for which warrants said City received full value
and consideration and hereby ,,cknowledges receipt of same, under and
d by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of Texas and under
the provisions of its Charter, and pursuant to an ordinance passed by the
Board of Aldermen of the City of ';:ichit.. Falls, Texas, duly recorded in
the Minutes of said Board of Aldermen.
°R THE DATE of this warrant, in conformity with the ordinance
above mentioned, is October 15, 1927.
. AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED _.ND RECITED THAT ALL ACTS, CON-
DITIONS AND THINGS REQUIRED TO BE DONE PRECEDENT TO AND IN the issuance
t of this warrant, have been properly done, have happened and been per-
formed in regular and due tine as required by law, and that the total
indebtedness of said City, including this warrant, does not exceed any
constitutional or Statutory or Charter limitation; that provision has
been made for the levy of taxes annually for the payment of the principal
and interest of this warrant as they respectively mature.
IN TESTIMONY ':HEREOF, the Board of Aldermen of the City of
'A.chita Falls, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be hereto .
annexed and this warrant to be signed by the City Clerk, countersigned
by the Mayor and registered by the City Treasurer as of the date last
above written. .
'1,
City Clerk, City of Wichita Falls, Tex.
COUNTERSIGNED:
; Mayor, City of Wichita Falls,
III Texas.
REGISTERE➢ this the day of , 1927.
.�, City Treasurer, City of Wichita Falls,
Texas.
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9. The form of the coupons attached to said warrants shall be I
substantially as follows:
No. 9
ON THE 15TH DAY OF
, 19_
The City i'reasurer of the City of .;ichita Falls, Texas, will
pay to bearer at Hanover National Bank, New York, New York, the sum of
(y ) Dollars, being
months' interest on ,i;ityof Wichita Falls '.;aterworks Im-
provement Funding arrant, Series 1927, No. , dated October 15, 1927,
to which this coupon is attached and is a paw—thereof.
Mayor`
City Clerk
10. From time to time as and when the holder thereof shall
have advised the City officials that it has assembled as great an amount
as 95,000.00 of the outstanding scrip warrants of the City eligible for
inclusion in the funding issue, or a less amount at the option of said
holder, it shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen to adopt a suit-
able resolution authorizing the exchange of said scrip and warrants
for a like amount of said funding rarrants. the funding warrants shall
be delivered in a sufficient amount to cover the amount of the original
warrants.
That said original warrants or scrip, which shall from time to
time be issued during the current year and which shall be outstanding
against said City before being exchanged for funding warrants shall be
validated and held and declared to be valid, subsisting, binding and
unsatisfied obligations against said City, and the acts of the City
Officials in the issuance of said warrants shall in all things be
ratified and confirmed. i'hat as and when additional scrip has been
issued and assembled hereafter, eligible for inclusion herein, said
scrip shall be formally examined and approved by the Board of Aldermen
and formally validated in all particulars.
11. The holder of said original warrants or scrip shall sur-
render same to the proper City officials for cancellation, and t..e City
officials are directed to deliver said Funding :arrants in lieu of and
in exchange therefor, par for par. The Mayor, City Clerk and City
Treasurer are from time to time directed to execute such papers and
certificates as are necessary or convenient to reflect the validity
of said Funding ;.arrants and of said original scrip.
12. That special fund to be designated "L aterworks Improve-
ment Funding .;arrant Fund, Series 1927", shall be created ,.Lnd is hereby
created, and the proceeds of all taxes collected for or on account of
this series of warrants, shall be credited to said fund for the purpose
of paying the interest on and providing a sinking fund for the re-
demption of said warrants at maturity, and to provide for ten (10 ) ier
cent attorneys' fees in case of default, and said fund shall be used i
for no other purpose; that to create said fund a tax of iwo (4) cents
on the One Hundred Dollars valuation of taxable property in the City
of .:ichita Falls is hereby levied for the current taxing year 1928;
out of the 60V fund provided in the charter for current expenses and
neneral improvements, that for the year 1929 and for each year there-
after while any of said .!arrants or interest remain unpaid, and at
the time other city taxes are levied during said year, there shall
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be co..L,uted and :.scertained .•hat rate of tax based upon t4e latest
roved tax rolls of said city ,.ill be necessary, re uisite and suf-
ficientk s Y. 1
to fully ,::..u.e, raise, and produce in each of said years the
amount of interest and ,rincipal to be paid in that year, and to ,ro-
vide for ten .er cent (10, ) attorneys' fees in case of default, and
for each of said years there is ..ereoy ordered to be levied c. tax .t
such rate as shall oe necessary ..s aforesaid, and that such tw.xes .hen
collected shall be L:_propriated and. applied to the purposes named.
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13. The sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($2,250.00)
Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the City avail-
able for that purpose to pay the first coupon maturing on this issue of
warrants April 15, 1928. The City Clerk is hereby directed to issue a
voucher for Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($2,250.00) Dollars, and
the Mayor is hereby directed to countersign the voucher. The voucher
shall be cashed by the Treasurer and the proceeds shall be held by him
for the specific purpose of paying said interest coupon and shall be
used for no other purpose.
14. The Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer are hereby
directed to do any and all things necessary and convenient to carry out
the purposes and object of this ordinance.
15. The fact that there is an urgent public need for the im-
provements as hereinabove provided which improvements are needed for
the health, safety and property of the tax-payers of the City creates an
emergency and necessity that this be declared an emergency measure as
provided in Section Thirty-seven (37) of the Charter declaring that the
rule requiring ordinances to be read on three separate days be suspended
and this ordinance be effective and enforced immediately from and after
its passage, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the llth day of October, 1927.
Mayor, City of Wichita Falls,
Approved as to form: Texas.
City Attorney, City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
ATTEST:
City Clerk, City of Wichita Falls,
Texas.
Alderman Curd presented to the Board for consideration an
ordinance entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. 953
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $100,000.00 CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AUDITORIUM CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WARRANTS, SERIES 1927,
BEARING 40 INTEREST MAKING PROVISION FOR THE PERIODICAL EXCHANGE OF
LEGALLY ISSUED SCRIP WARRANTS FOR LIKE AMOUNTS OF SAID FUNDING WARRANTS,
LEVYING A TAX TO PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF SAID WARRANTS AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The ordinance was read in full by the City Clerk. Alderman
Curd made the following motion:
"I move that the rules in Section 37 of the Charter requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate days be suspended and
be dispensed with."
The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The motion to suspend the
rules was passed by the unanimous vote of the Board of Aldermen, to-wit:
AYES: Messrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
NOES: None.
Alderman Curd made a motion that the ordinance be passed
finally. The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The motion was
carried by the following vote:
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AYES: Messrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
NOES: None.
The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been passed finally.
The ordinance as passed is as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 953
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $100,000.00 CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AUDITORIUM CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WARRANTS, SERIES 1927,
BEARING 4 INTEREST, MAKING PROVISION FOR THE PERIODICAL EXCHANGE OF
LEGALLY ISSUED SCRIP WARRANTS FOR LIKE AMOUNTS OF SAID .FUNDING WARRANTS,
LEVYING A TAX TO PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF SAID WARRANTS AND DE-
CLARING AND EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen has heretofore determined the
necessity of constructing an auditorium and municipal office building; and
WHEREAS, a contract was made and entered into by and between
the City and Lang & Witchell of Dallas, and Voeloker & Dixon of Wichita
Falls, as architects for the preparation of plans and specifications,
said contract being dated December 31, 1926, the plans and specifications
presented by said architects having been approved by the Board of Alder-
men December 15, 1926; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen did on Deoember 15, 1926, in-
struct the City Clerk to advertise for sealed bids for the construction
of said building making provisions that separate bids should be taken
on the general contract, the contract for plumbing and heating and the con-
tract for electrical wiring; and
WHEREAS, the notice to contractors pursuant to said instruction
was published in the "Wichita Daily Times" three times on three consecu-
tive days, viz: December 21, 1926; December 22, 1926; and December 23,
1926, in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, thereafter on the 18th day of January 1927 pursuant
to said advertised notice bids were received by the Board of Aldermen
filed by J. E. Morgan and nineteen (19) other general contractors for
the general contract; and
WHEREAS, on the same date bids were filed by the Hamilton
Company and eight (8) other contractors for the plumbing and heating
contract; and
WHEREAS, on the same date bids were filed by J. M. Johnson &
Company and eleven (11) other contractors; and
WHEREAS, on January 18th, 1927, after due consideration of
all of the bids filed contracts were awarded to the following contractors
at the prices and on the respective contracts indicated:
NAME OF CONTRACTOR CONTRACT AMOUNT
J. E. Morgan Genera 351,301.00
Hamilton Company Heating & Plumbing 68,480.00
J. M. Johnson & Co. Electrical Wiring 38,600.00
• WHEREAS, thereafter to-wit, on the 19th day of January, 1927,
a contract was executed by and between Joseph E. Morgan of El Paso,
Texas, and the City of Wichita Falls for the carrying out of the
general contract; and
oHEREAS, on the 19th day of January 1927, a contract was exe-
cuted by and between the Hamilton Company and the City of Wichita Falls
for the construction of heating and ventilating equipment, and etc.; and
WHEREAS, on the 19th day of January a contract was executed by
and between J. M. Johnson & Company of Dallas, Texas, and the City of
Wichita Falls for the electrical wiring of said building; and
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WHEREAS, thereafter each one of said contractors named above
did present to the Board of Aldermen a good and sufficient bond condit-
ioned as required by law and by the charter of the City which bond was
duly approved and filed; and
WHEREAS, on the 7th day of March, 1927, the Board of Aldermen
instructed the City Clerk to advertise for bids for stage scenery for
the auditorium building, the date fixed for receiving said bids being
March 26, 1927; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said instructions the City Clerk did
publish an advertisement to the manufacturers of stage scenery in the
"Wichita Daily Times", which advertisement appeared in said paper three
times on the respective dates - March 10th, March llth and March 12,
1927; and
WHEREAS, thereafter on the 26th day of March, 1927, pursuant
to the advertisement for bids, bids were filed by Volland Scenic
Studios and by two other contractors; and
WHEREAS, on March 31, 1927, after a careful consideration of
the bids received the contract was awarded to Volland Scenic Studios;
and
o WHEREAS, thereafter a contract was made by and between the
City and Volland Scenic Studios, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1927,
for the furnishing of stage scenery, lighting and operating equipment;
and
WHEREAS, a bond was furnished by said contractor in accordance
with law and in accordance with the charter; and
WHEREAS, on the 14th day of February, 1927, the hoard of
Aldermen instructed the City Clerk to advertise for bids for seats for the
building the date fixed for receiving bids being march 15, 1927; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said instructions the City Clerk did
publish said advertisement in "Wichita Daily Times" three times on the
respective dates February 21st, February 22nd, and February 23rd, 1927;
and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 1927, bids were received and considered
by the Board of Aldermen and the contract for the furnishing of said
seats was awarded to Wichita School Supply Company; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 1927, a contract was made by and between
Wichita School Supply Company, a corporation, and the City for furnishing
of the seats for said building; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 1927, the Board of Aldermen instructed
the City Clerk to advertise for bids for the furnishing of floor cover-
ings for the building, the date fixed for receiving bids being August
22, 1927; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said instructions the City Clerk did
publish said advertisement in "Wichita Falls Record sews" three times
on the respective dates August 3, August 4 and August 5, 1927; and
WHEREAS, on August 23rd the bids which had been received on
August 22nd were duly considered by the Board of Aldermen and contracts
were awarded to the following contractors for the items indicated:
(a) Freear Furniture Company - marble tile linoleum at ;3.10,
per square yard laid complete;
(b) Freear Furniture Company - brown cork carpet for aisles
0.00 per square yard laid complete;
(e) Freear Furniture Company floor covering of taupe linoleum
for the council room at ;1.84 per square yard;
(d) North Texas rurniture Company for taupe linoleum for of-
fice floors at $2.48 per square yard laid complete; and
WHEREAS, the contract for the paving of the street surrounding
said building has been duly and regularly let to Fuller Construction
Company, after a full compliance with all of the provisions of law and
in full compliance with the provisions of the City Charter, said streets
being Seventh, Sixth, Bluff and Broad; and
WHEREAS, the City's portion of the expense of paving said
streets by reason of being the owner of said property has been deter-
mined to be Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-One ($16,821.00)
Dollars of which amount has in all things been approved by the city and
is hereby approved; and
WHEREAS, the other items of expense pertaining to said build-
ing program will be incurred under the direot supervision of the City
by labor furnished by it including the construction of storm sewer
facilities, landscaping, the moving and reconstruction of a fire station
originally situated on the premises now occupied by said building; and
WHEREAS, the aggregate of the amounts of all contraots in-
cluding estimates of various items of expense which will be incurred
under the direct supervision of the City by day labor and including
estimated items of expense which will either be incurred under direct
supervision of the City by day labor, or through letting additional
contracts is Five Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand one Hundred ninety and
01/100 ($572,190.01) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of said several contracts supra
provision is made for the performance of extra service or for the
doing of extra construction, and etc. based on unit prices and it
is estimated that for said extra the additional sum of approximately
Twenty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred binety-une and 88/100 ($28,891.88)
Dollars will be expended; and
wHEREAS, the total cost of completing said building, in-
1 eluding extras, is estimated to be approximately Six hundred une
Thousand Eighty-One and 89/100 ( 601081.89) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore made certain provision of
funds for constructing and completing said building by the issuance
of Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000.00) Dollars of bonds, leavingthe
sum of approximately One Hundred une Thousand Eighty-One an& 8100
($101,081.89) Dollars balance, for which provision has not yet been
made; and
WHEREAS, the City has anticipated the necessity of securing
such additional obligations by appropriating the unexpended balance
remaining as surplus in the various funds during the current year, to
the general fund which is available for such purposes; and
wibREAS, a credit balance of approximately Fifty-One Thousand
($51,000.00) Dollars was carried forward From last year into the general
find; and
WHEREAS, under the circumstances and under the appropriations
indicated above, the city reasonably anticipated to receive into ac-
count available for the purpose funds during the current year sufficient
to meet said excess of cost; and
WHEREAS, the budget for the current year anticipated such
expenditure; and
WHEREAS, of the total estimated expenditure of Six Hundred
One Thousand Eighty-one and 89/100 ($601,081.89) Dollars only the sum
of approximately Three Hundred seventy-rive Thousand ($375,000.00)
Dollars has at this time been expended; and
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WHEREAS, although the city reasonably anticipated
having the amount of money available during the current year to pay said
excess of cost, nevertheless it does not now have funds available for
the purpose and will not have the funds available for the purpose to
pay the various estimates under said contracts and the demands made of
it for work performed under its own supervision; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be best interest of the City that
the various contractors hereinabove described, and the various persons
to whom scrip shall be issued by the City for such work shall receive
scrip warrants, which scrip warrants are to be surrendered to Security
National Bank of Wichita Falls, Texas, and by said bank surrendered to
the City in exchange for interest bearing funding warrants hereinafter
more fully described; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the postponement of the time for
paying said scrip warrants the City has agreed with said bank to issue
to it the interest bearing time warrants hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, by the authorization of said funding warrant issue
and the levying of a tax to support same before the issusnce of said
scrip warrants it is the intention of the hoard of Aldermen to make
the tax levy herein made available for the support of the scrip warrants
hereinafter to be used in connection with said improvement program as if
they were specifically set out in this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the funding warrants hereinafter authorized can be
paid out of the proceeds of the taxes levied to support the warrant
issue without embarrassment to the administration of the government:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
1. That the action of the Board of Aldermen in authorizing
the execution of such work under the building program as is done under
the direct supervision of the City, and the action of the Board of
Aldermen approving the detailed plans and estimates for such work are
hereby specially ratified and confirmed;
2. That the action of the Board of Aldermen in approving the
plans and specifications for said building and the equipment thereof is
hereby specially ratified and confirmed.
Z. The action of the Board of Aldermen in the awarding of the
se`teral contracts is hereby specially ratified and confirmed.
4. That warrants of said City to be designated "City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, Auditorium Construction Funding Warrants, Series
1927," be issued under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of the
State of Texas, and under the provisions of the Charter of the City for
the purpose of funding an equal amount of scrip of said City theretofore
duly and legally issued, and which at the time of the delivery of said fund-
ing warrants are and will be valid, subsisting and outstanding obligations
against the City, all of which scrip warrants were and shall be based upon
vouchers duly certified by the head of the appropriate department and
issued by the City Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, and otherwise
conforming to the provisions of the City Charter.
5. Said funding warrants shall be issued in the amount of
$100,000.00 of the denomination of gl,000.00 each, numbered from one
(1) to One Hundred (100), inclusive. They shall be dated October 15,
1927, and shall mature serially as follows:
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WARRANTS NUMBERS MATURITY DATES AMOUNTS
1 to 2 incl. October 15, 1928 $2,OOU.00
3 to 4 incl October 15, 1929 2,000.00
5 to 7 " October 15, 1930 3,000.00
8 to 11 " October 15, 1931 4,000.00
12 to 16 " October 15, 1932 5,000.00
17 to 21 " October 15, 1933 5,000.00
22 to 26 " October 15, 1934 5,000.00
27 to 31 " October 15, 1935 5,000.00
t 32 to 36 " October 15, 1936 5,000.00
Ly 37 to 41 " October 15, 1937 5,000.00
42 to 46 " October 15, 1938 5,000.00
47 to 52 " October 15, 1939 6,000.00
53 to 58 " October 15, 1940 6,000.00
59 to 64 " October 15, 1941 6,000.00
65 to 70 " October 15, 1942 6,000.00
71 to 76 " October 15, 1943 6,000.00
77 to 82 " October 15, 1944 6,000.00
83 to 88 " October 15, 1945 6,000.00
89 to 94 " October 15, 1946 6,000.00
95 to 100 " October 15, 1947 6,000.00
6. Said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of Four and
One-half (40) per cent per annum from date thereof until fully paid,
which interest from date is a part of the contractual consideration,
interest payable April 15, 1928, and semi-annually thereafter on
October 15, and April 15th of each year, which interest shall be evi-
denced by coupons attached to each of said warrants.
7. The principal and interest of said warrants shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of warrants or proper coupons
at Hanover National Bank, New York, New York.
8. Said warrants shall be signed by the City Clerk, counter-
signed by the Mayor and registered by the City Treasurer and the seal
of the City shall be impressed upon each of them, and the facsimile
signatures of the Mayor and the City Clerk may be lithographed upon
the interest coupons.
9. The form of warrant shall be substantially as follows:
No. 41,000.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS
AUDITORIUM CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WARRANT
SERIES 1927,
The City of Wichita Falls in the County of Wiohita, in the
State of Texas, for a valuable consideration, acknowledges itself in-
debted and hereby promises to pay to the bearer on the 15th day of
October, 19_, at Hanover National Bank of New York, New York, New York,
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon
from date hereof at the rate of our and one-half (4 ) per cent per
annum, interest payable April 15, 1928, and semi-annually thereafter
on October 15th and April 15th of each year, upon presentation and
surrender of proper coupons; and the Treasurer of said City is hereby
authorized, ordered and direoted to pay to bearer, said principal sum,
together with interest thereon, evidenced by coupons hereto annexed,
interest and principal payable at the bank above named. In event the
sum of money represented by this warrant and annexed coupons shall
not be paid at maturity, the same shall thereafter bear interest at the
date of six (0) per cent per annum until fully paid, and in the event
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of such default and it becomes necessary for the holder hereof, or the
holders of any coupons attached hereto, to place claim therefor in the
hands of an attorney for collection, or to institute suit thereon, the
City of Wichita Falls promises to pay to the holder an additional ten
(10%) per cent as attorneys' fees. The full faith and credit and all of
the taxable property in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, are hereby
irrevocably pledged to the prompt payment of principal and interest
of this warrant.
THIS WARRANT is one of a series of warrants aggregating One
Hundred Thousand Dollars 4100,000.00) of a like date and tenor, except
as to maturity, numbered one(1) to One Hundred (100), inclusive, of the
denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)eaeh, issued for the
purpose of funding an equal amount of scrip warrants heretofore duly
and legally issued by said City for completing the construction and
equipment of the City Auditorium and municipal office building, based
on vouchers, duly certified by the head of the appropriate department,
and issued by the City Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, the claims
for which were duly audited and allowed by the Board of Aldermen of
said City, prior to their issuance, and for which warrants said City
received full value and consideration and hereby acknowledges receipt
of same, under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State
of Texas and under the provisions of its Charter, and pursuant to an
ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, duly recorded in the Minutes of said Board of Aldermen.
The Date of this warrant, in conformity with the ordinance
above mentioned, is October 15, 1927.
AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED THAT ALL ACTS, CON-
DITIONS AND THINGS REQUIRED TO BE DONE PRECEDENT TO AND IN the issuance
of this warrant, have been properly done, have happened and been per-
formed in regular and due time as required by law, and that the total
indebtedness of said City, including this warrant, does not exceed any
constitutional or Statutory or Charter limitation; that provision has
been made for the levy of taxes annually for the payment of the principal
and interest of this warrant as they respectively mature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be hereto
annexed and this warrant to be signed by the City Clerk, countersigned
by the Mayor and registered by the City Treasurer as of the date last
above written.
City Clerk, City of Wichita Falls,
COUNTERSIGNED: Texas.
Mayor, City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
REGISTERED this the day of , 1927.
City Treasurer, City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
10. The form of the coupons attached to said warrants shall
be substantially as follows:
No.
ON THE 15TH DAY OF
, 19
The City Treasurer of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, will
pay to bearer at Hanover National Bank, New York, New York, the sum of
(§ ) Dollars, being
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months' interest on City of Wichita Falls Auditorium con-
struotion Funding Warrant, Series 1927, No. , dated October 15, 1927,
to which this coupon is attached and is a pasT"thereof.
Mayor City Clerk
11. From time to time as and when the holder thereof shall
have advised the City officials that it has assembled as great an
amount as 45,000.00 of the outstanding scrip warrants of the City
eligible for inclusion in the funding issue, or a less amount at the
option of said holder, it shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen
to adopt a suitable resolution authorizing the exchange of scrip and
warrants for a like amount of said funding warrants. The funding war-
rants shall be delivered in a sufficient amount to cover the amount of
the original warrants.
That said original warrants or scrip, which shall from time
to time be issued during the current year and which shall be outstanding
against said City before being exchanged for funding warrants shall be
validated and held and declared to be valid, subsisting, binding and un-
satisfied obligations against said City, and the acts of the City offi-
cials in the issuance of said warrants shall in all things be ratified
and confirmed. That as and when additional scrip has been issued and
assembled hereafter, eligible for inclusion herein, said scrip shall be
formally examined and approved by the Board of Aldermen and formally
validated in all particulars.
12. The holder of said original warrants or scrip shall sur-
render same to the proper City officials for cancellation, and the City
officials are directed to deliver said funding warrants in lieu of and
in exchange therefor, par for par. The Mayor, City Clerk and City
Treasurer are from time to time directed to execute such papers and
certificates as are necessary or convenient to reflect the validity of
said funding warrants and of said original scrip.
13. That a special fund to be designated "Auditorium Con-
struction Funding Warrant Fund, Series 1927", shall be created and is
hereby created, and the proceeds of all taxes collected for or on ac-
count of this series of warrants, shall be credited to said fund for
the purpose of paying the interest on and providing a sinking fund for
the redemption of said warrants at maturity, and to provide for ten
(10A) per cent attorneys' fees in case of default, and said fund shall
be used for no other purpose; that to create said fund a tax of one and
three fourths (1-3/4¢) cents on the One Hundred Dollars valuation of
taxable property in the City of Wichita Falls is hereby levied for the
current taxing year 1928, out of the 604 fund provided in the charter
for current expenses and general improvements, that for the year 1929
and for each year thereafter while any of said warrants or interest
remain unpaid, and at the time other city taxes are levied during said
year, there shall be computed and ascertained what rate of tax based
upon the latest approved tax rolls of said City will be necessary,
requisite and sufficient to fully make, raise, and produce in each of
said years the amount of interest and principal to be paid in that
year, and to provide for ten per cent (10A) attorneys' fees in case of
default, and for each of said years there is hereby ordered to be levied
a tax at such rate as shall be necessary as aforesaid, and that such
taxes when collected shall be appropriated and applied to the purposes
named.
14. The sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty (02,250.00)
Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the City avail-
able for that purpose to pay the first coupon maturing on this issue of
warrants April 15, 1928. The City Clerk is hereby directed to issue a
voucher for Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ( 2,250.00) Dollars, and
the mayor is hereby directed to countersign the voucher. The voucher
shall be cashed by the Treasurer and the proceeds shall be held by him
for the specific purpose of paying said interest coupon and shall be
used for no other purpose.
15. The Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer are hereby di-
rected to do any and all things necessary and convenient to carry out
the purposes and object of this ordinance.
16. The fact that there is an urgent public need for the im-
provements as hereinabove provided which improvements are needed for
the health, safety and property of the taxppayers of the City creates
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an emergency and necessity that this be declared an emergency measure as
provided in Section Thirty-Seven (37) of the Charter declaring that the
rule requiring ordinances to be read on three separate days be suspended
and this ordinance be effective and enforced immediately from and after
its passage, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the llth day of Uetober, 1927.
Mayor, City of wichita .culls,
APPROVED AS TO FORM: Texas.
City Attorney, City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
ATTEST:
City Clerk, City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
Alderman Curd presented to the Board for consideration and
ordinance entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. 954
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE UNF7CPENDED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS
MADE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE CREDIT BALANCES REMAINING FROM THE
LAST PRECEDING YEAR TO GENERAL FUNDS MAKING SAID MONIES AVAILABLE FOR
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The ordinance was read in full by the City Clerk. Alderman
Curd made the following motion:
°I move that the rules in Section 37 of the Charter requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate days be suspended
and be dispensed with."
The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The Motion to suspend the
. rules was passed by the unanimous vote of the Board of Aldermen, to-wit:
AYES: Messrs. .cones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and Being.
NOES: None.
Alderman Curd made a motion that the ordinanoe be passed
finally. The motion was seconded by Alderman Jones. The motion was
carried by the following vote:
AYES: Messrs. Jones, Carter, Curd, Bunt and ning.
NOES: None.
The mayor announced that the ordinance had been passed finally.
The ordinance as passed is as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 954
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS
MADE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE CREDIT BALANCES REMAINING FROM THE
LAST PRECEDING YEAR TO GENERAL FUNDS MAKING SAID MONIES AVAILABLE FOR
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen has heretofore during the cur-
rent year made appropriations in accordance with the budget presented
to the Board; and
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WHEREAS, certain unexpended balances have accrued and will
accrue in said several appropriated items; and
itHEREAS, the Charter provides that said balances may be re-
appropriated; and
WHEREAS, the City has undertaken the building of an audi-
torium and municipal office building, which will require certain funds
in addition to the bonds voted for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, a credit balance of approximately Fifty one Thousafld
( 51,000.00) Dollars was brought forward from the last preceding fiscal
year; and
iiHEREAS, it is considered to the best interest of the city
that all available revenues be placed in the general fund of the City,
so as to be available for the purpose of constructing said improvements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
1. That the unexpended balances remaining in all funds, after
the purposes of the appropriations made for said purposes have been
satisfied, are hereby appropriated to the general fund of the City and
are made available for general improvements to be authorized and here-
tofore authorized by the Board of Aldermen.
2. Unexpended, unencumbered balances of all appropriations
remaining at the close of the current year, are hereby appropriated
to the general fund and are made available for general improvements.
3. The unexpended credit balances remaining from appropria-
tions for the last preceding fiscal year, are hereby appropriated to
the general fund and made available for general improvements.
4. The fact that the monies described in this ordinance will
be available for the purpose stated and the further fact that the im-
provements now in progress are needed for the health, safety and prop-
erty of the tax-payers of the City creates an emergency and necessity;
that this be decalred an emergency measure, as provided in Section
thirty-seven (37) of the Charter declaring that the rule requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate days be suspended and that
this ordinance be effective and enforced immediately from and after
its passage, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the llth day of October, 1927.
Mayor, City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney, City of
Wichita Falls, Texas.
ATTEST:
City Clerk, City of
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Moved by Alderman Jones that the expense account of C. C.
Bunnenberg, Park Superintendent, on trip to Memphis, Tenn., to attend
the Recreational Workers Congress in the amount of $70.15 be approved
and allowed.
Motion seconded by Alderman King and carried.
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Wuw
ORDINANCE NO. 943
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 39 OF ORDINANCE 340, PASSED AND APPROVED
THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, A. D. 1921, AN ORDINANCE CREATING AN EXAMINING AND
SUPERVISING BOARD OF PLUMBERS, PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF PLUMBERS,
AND SETTING FORTH THE RULES, REGULATIONS, MANNER AND WAY IN WHICH
PLUMBING SHALL BE DONE, ETC.
Moved by Alderman King that Ordinance No. 943 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Alderman Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
Moved by Alderman Curd th t t .te tative agreement between
the Water Department and the Texas ompany with
reference to the purchase of additional land and moving of a fuel oil
tank and the reconstruction of water canals at the water plant be
approved.
Motion seconded by Alderman King and carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 955
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE TEXAS PIPE LINE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO CON-
STRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE CERTAIN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH LINES OVER,
UNDER, UPON AND ACROSS CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS IN THE SAID CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 955 be passed on
its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the City Clerk be instructed to
draw warrant on the Street Improvement Fund payable to L. E. Whitham &
Company in the amount of $229.68 to cover a portion of the cost of en-
larging the Broad Street and Twenty Fourth Street intersection.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the City Clerk be instructed to
draw warrant on the Public Building Fund in the amount of 04,901.22
payable to the Fuller Construction Company to cover payment of paving
on Sixth Street between Bluff and Broad Streets.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring ordinances
to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency de-
clared.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
° vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
ORDINANCE NO. 948
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF UNPAVED PORTION
OF INDIANA AVENUE FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SIXTH STREET TO THE
SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF FRONT STREET, DESIGNATING THE MATERIALS AND
METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY
CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS.
LEVYING ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS,
AND THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 948 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring ordinances
to be passed on three separte days be suspended and an emergency de-
clared.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
ORDINANCE NO. 949
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF BRIDWELL STREET
FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF WILSON STREET EAST TO THE SOUTH PROP-
ERTY LINE OF WILSON STREET WEST, DESIGNATING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS
OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. LEVY-
ING ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS,
AND THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 949 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring ordinances to be
passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
ORDINANCE NO. 950
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF WILSON STREET FROM
THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF MARSHALL STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF BRIDWELL
STREET, DESIGNATING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. LEVYING ASSESSMENT THEREOF,
AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS, AND THE RATE OF INTEREST
THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 950 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
Moved by Alderman aunt that the following resolutions be
adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
Form 10, RESOLUTION
Unpaved Portion
Indiana Avenue,
Sixth to Front.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FUR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION
OF INDIANA AVENUE STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CONTRACTOR'S BONDS THEREFOR, AND AP-
PROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.
Form 11, RESOLUTION
Unpaved Portion
Indiana Avenue,
Sixth to Front.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SUB-CONTRACT FOR
EXCAVATION BY THE CITY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF
INDIANA AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. VP
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions be
adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Alderman Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and Ling.
Nays: None.
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Form 10, RESOLUTION
Bridwell Street,
Wilson East to
Wilson West.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A
PORTION OF BRIDWELL STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CON-
TRACTOR'S BONDS THEREFOR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE
CITY'S PROTION OF THE COST THEREOF.
RESOLUTION
Form 11,
Bridwell Street,
Wilson East to
Wilson west.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE-SUB-CONTRACT
FOR THE EXCAVATION BY THE CITY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A
PORTION OF BRIDWELT, STREET, IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions be
adopted.
motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Carter, Curd, Hunt and King.
Nays: None.
Form 10, RESOLUTION
Wilson Street,
Marshall to Bridwell.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A
PORTION OF WILSON STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CON-
TRACTOR'S BONDS THEREFOR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE
CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.
Form 11, RESOLUTION
Wilson Street,
Marshall to Bridwell.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SUB-CONTRACT
FOR THE EXCAVATION BY THE CITY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A
PORTION OF WILSON STREET, IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS.
Moved by Alderman. Curd that the Water Department be authorized
to buy an addressing machine at a cost of 090.25 less the value of an
old addressing machine traded in at V115.00, making net cost of v575.25.
motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
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loved by Alderman Jones that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
The Board of Aldermen then adjourned.
READ Ale APPROVED this the 17th day of October, 1927.
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