HomeMy WebLinkAbout02122 ORD - 07/29/1947AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE
BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1,
1947, AND ENDING juLY 31, 19448; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
29th day of July, 1947, and prior to the first regular meeting of the
City Council in August, 1947, the City Council did, by Ordinance, accept,
approve and adopt the budget of the City of Corpus Christi for the fiscal
year beginning August 1, 1947, and ending July 31, 1948; and
WHEREAS, upon adoption of the Budget, and pursuant to Section 27,
Article V, of the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, the
City Council must at once, by Ordinance, appropriate such sums of money
for each department as provided in the budget for the ensuing fiscal year
from August 1, 1947, to July 31, 1948:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TAE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That on this, the 29th day of July, 1947, and sub-
sequent to and following the passage of the Ordinance accepting, approving
and adopting the budget of the City of Corpus Christi for the fiscal year
beginning August 1, 1947, and ending July 31, 1948, certain sums of money
be, and they are hereby appropriated to cover the sums as provided for
each of the several departments of said City, as said sums do appear in the
said budget already approved by Ordinance by the said City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, and said budget being of record in the archives
of said City.
SECTION 2. The fact that the budget was delayed, and that the
appropriation Ordinance must be immediately passed after the budget is
adopted, and must be published once before becoming effective, creates a
public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule 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, and the Mayor
having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exists,
212.2.
and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended, and that this
Ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take
effect and be in force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY'ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 29th day of July, A. D. 1947.
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM.
City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
July 29, 1947
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative 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 meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that
you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of
the City Council.
Respectfully,
•R
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote.
Wesley E. Beale
George R. Clark, Jr. 0, U
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John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr. � �i
John A. Ferris `"�
R. R. Henry ( -,
Joe T. Dawson