Ord 1441 9/25/1947 ORDINANCE N0. w�
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A C
AND BUILDING BELONGING TO THE USTODIAN FOR THE 1-04ORIAL AUDITORIUM GROUNDS,CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A SCHEDULE OF RENTS
TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE OF SUCH ADUITORIUM
TO RENT THE AUDITORIUM AIdD/ OR GROUNDS AND COLLECT AND G ROU NDS$ ANCHARGES AUTHORIZING
MAY IN SUCH CUSTODIAN
AN EMERGENCY.N ORDINANCE;, HEREBY REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND DECLARING
BE ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, is hereby
designated and appointed as custodian of the Memorial Auditorium, grounds and buildin
belonging to the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, g
SECTION 2. That said custodian is hereby authorized to appoint
and
agents, servants and employees as in his judgment may be necessary to aid ormassistuhim
in carrying out his duties as such custodian.
SECTION 3. That the custodian is hereby authorized, and it is made his special
duty to advise and manage such Memorial Auditorium, building and grounds, and he is
hereby given complete authority and shall be responsible for the renting of the
auditorium in said building and/ or grounds surrounding the i
same, and collect
therefor according to the following schedule: ng the rent
1. Grand Opera
$150.00
2. Road Show
Road Show - Matinee 150,00
3. Concerts 50.00
Local 50.00 each
Road 100.00 each
4. Home Talent
50.00
5. Cooking School
50.00
6. Religious & Fraternal Lectures
7. Public School 40.00 each
g. Religious Revival - Offering is taken per day
100.00 each day
9. Rehersals- Public School
All Others No Charge
30.00
10. Matinees (All others)
Half price regular
11. Political speakings
40.00
12. Auditorium Lawn all purposes
40.00
The Auditorium to furnish the following services, if and when , necessary,
Heat, lights, and janitor service.
For any use not mentioned herein, the custodian the rates shall be fixed by
of said Memorial Auditorium and grounds,
SECTION 4. All the rental contracts for said auditorium and/or
be made through the custodian's office and a public record thereofshallo edkeptall in
a book provided in said office, which record shall show the name of the lessee, the date
of the execution of such lease, the use for which the auditorium and/or grounds are to
be used and the date or day of such use. The persons renting or leasing said auditorium
shall be re-quired to deposit with the custodian 50% (per aentum) of the schedule
charge, and all persons leasing; the auditorium grounds all of the schedule charge at
the time said property is leased for the time either is to be used for any particular
date or day, and the balance of such rental shall be paid before the auditorium is used.
In the event such lease contract is cancelled by the lessee, the portion of the rental
charge paid upon the execution of said lease shall be forfeited to the City as liquidated
damages.
SECTION 5. That all funds collected by the custodian as rental on the City
Auditorium and/or grounds, shall be deposited with the City Clerk,who shall place the
same in the general fund of the City of 'Wichita Falls, Texas.
SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 939, 989, 1073 and 1233, and all other ordinances con-
flicting herewith are hereby repealed.
The fact that the present rates being charged for the use of the Memorial
Auditorium are excessive and it is necessary that such rates be inunediately reduced and
the further fact that there is no ordinance fixing a rate of rental charge for the
use of the auditorium grounds surrounding said Memorial Auditorium, creates and emergency;
and the rules requiring the reading of the ordinances on three several days is hereby
suspended and this ordinance shall take of ect imam diately upon its passage and approval.
7 PASSED AND APPROVED, this the�y day of A. D. 1947.
Mayor Pro Teaot
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK