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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1, j2L2:, AND
ENDING JULY 31, =1 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON THE 29TH DAY
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OF JULY, 1952, AND PRIOR TO THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUMCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IN AUGUST, 1952, 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, 19522 AND ENDING JULY 31, 1953; 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, 19522 TO
JULY 31, 1953;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ON THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1952, AND SUBSEQUENT 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 1219552,
AND ENDING JULY 31, 1953, CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY BE, AND THEY ARE HEREBY APPROPRIAT-
ED 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. THAT THE FACT THAT THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE MUST BE PASSED
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED AND MUST BE PUBLISHED ONCE BEFORE BECOM-
ING EFFECTIVE, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY RE-
QUP,RINQ THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESO-
LUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR,
HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUS-
PENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT-THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE
OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER
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ITS PASSAGE, IT,IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE 29TH DAY OF
JULY, 1952.
p� 6AYOR
HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
ATYA' AS T LE GAL IORM:
O•NEY
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TC TI,'E MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
Corpus Christi, Texas
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For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
.ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion 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,
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest L�C
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman eaw 4
Jack DeForrest_
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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