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✓ A RESOLUTION AUTHORISING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
WITH E.. W. KELLY,. CONTRACTOR,. FOR. THE LAYING OF A
SUBMARINE CABLE. ACROSS. THE SHIP. CHANNEL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI,. AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.;.
SECTION 1: That the Mayor of said City of Corpus Christi be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to, enter into an agreement with E. W. Kelly, Contractor, for the
laying of a submarine cable across the Ship Channel of the City of Corpus Christi, a copy
of which agreement is attached hereto and reads as follows, to -wit:
STATE OF TEXAS 1
COUNTY OF NUECES
This agreement made and entered into this the 20th day of December, A. D., 1937
by and between the City of Corpus Christi, a Municipal Corporation, Party of the First
Part and E. W. Kelly, Contractor, Party of the Second Part;
WITNESSETH:
That for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred, Seventy -Five ($175.00)
Dollars, the Party of the Second Part hereby agrees to commence and complete the laying of
a submarine cable across the ship channel of the City of Corpus Christi according to the
plans and specifications attached hereto.
The Party of the Second Part at his own proper cost and expense agrees to
furnish all the equipment, superintendent, labor and other services necessary to complete the
laying of said line.
The Party of the Second Part agrees to complete the laying of said cable on or
before the 31st day of December, A. D. 1937.
The plans and specifications attached hereto and made a part hereof, are to be
considered as much a part of this agreement as though copied verbatim herein.
The Party of the First Part agrees to pay the Party of the Second Part in
current funds for the performance of the contract at the time of the completion and
acceptance thereof by the City Engineer.and City Electrician of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas; and all work performed under such contract shall be under the direct supervision of the
City Electrician of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Party of the First Part
BY: A. C. McCaughan (Sgd.)
Mayor
BY: Jos. Mireur (Sgd.)
Finance Commissioner
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM;.
City Attorney PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
BY: E. W. Ke11yr. (S1-si..)
Contractor.
SECTION 2: The public importance of this Resolution creates a public emergency
and a public imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter Rule providing
that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and
that such Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three *meetings of the -City Council, and
that the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exists,
and requests that said Charter rule be suspended, and that this Resolution take effect and
be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21 day of December, A. D. 1937.
A. C. McCaughan
MAYOR, City of Corpus Christi, T E X A S.
ATTEST:
T. R. Kring
City Secretary.
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
R. Briscoe King
City Attorney.
Corpus Christi, Texas.
December 21, 1937.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set.forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing Resolution,
a public emergency and an imperative public necessity exists for the suspension of the
Charter Rule or requirement that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be passed finally on the
date it is introduced, and that such Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three several
meetings of the City Council, I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter
Rule or requirement and pass this Resolution finally on the date it is introduced, or at
the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
A. C. McCaughan
Mayor, City of Corpus Christi; Texas.
The Charter.Rule was suspended by the following vote:
A. C. McCaughan Aye
Joe Mireur Aye
C. 0. Watson Aye
D. A. Segrest Aye
Thos. R. rric'ee Aye
The above Resolution was passed by the following vote:
A. C. McCaughan Aye
Joe Mireur Aye
C. 0. Watson Aye
D. A. Segrest Aye
Thos. R. McGee Aye