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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING SONS OF MONEY FOR THE BUDGET
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEYAS, FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1, 19416
AND ENDING JULY 31. 1945. AND DECLARING'AN
EMERGENCY.
11RERRAB, at a special meeting of the City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, held at 10.00 o'clock A.M. on the 31st
day of July, 1944. and prior to the first regular meeting of the
City - Council in Auguste 1944, the City Council did, by ordinance,
authorise, accept, approve, and adopt the budget of the City of
Corpus Christi for the fiscal year commencing August 1, 1944, and
ending July 31, 19451 and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 10 of Article VII of
the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Tema, it is
necessary that at the first regular meeting in August of every
year the City Council appropriate such sums of money for each of
the departments of the City as may have been provided in the budgets
and
WHEREAS* the first regular meeting of the City Council, to
be held in the month of August 1944, has been called at 5SOO o9clock
P.M. on the let day of August, 19441
NDW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ,
SECTION I* That on this, the let day of August, 1944, at
thin, the first regular meeting of the City Council of Corpus Christi,
Texas, in the month of August 1944, certain sums of money be, and are
hereby appropriated to cover the sums an provided for each of the
several departments of said City* as said sum do appear in the said
budget already approved by ordinance by the said.City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, and of record in the archives of said City*
City of Corpus Christi, TeW
August 1, a 1944
TO THE CBS OF THE CITY CODBCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Gentlemsns
For the reaeous set forth in the emergency clause
of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and an impera-
tive necessity exist 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 ordinance fin-
ally on the date it is introduoed, or at the present meeting
of the City Council.
Respectfully
MKYCR* .City of orpue Christi*
Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following voter
A. C. McCaughan _
Jos. Mireur
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Segrest
B. G. Moffett
The above ordinance was passed by t following votes
A. C. McCaughan
Joe. Mireur
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Begrest
B. G. Moffett
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SECTION 2. The fact that the budget was delayed in its
adoption and the appropriations for said budget must be made on
the first regular meeting of the City Council in the month of
August, creates a public emergency and an imperative public nec-
essity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing
that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally an the
date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall
be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Ikyor
having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity
exist, and having requested that said Charter rule be suspended
and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after its passage. IT IS. ACCORDINGLY, SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROM THIS the lot day of August, 1944.
MAYORS City of Corpus Christi.
T a x a s.
ATTESTr
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL Xs
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