HomeMy WebLinkAbout03430 ORD - 03/10/1953AN ORDINANCE � 3 ✓ o
ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, MISS MARY LYNN HUMBLE, A STUDENT OF W. B. RAY HIGH
SCHOOL, WAS' -THE WINNER IN A DESIGN CONTEST CONDUCTED IN ALL OF THE
JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN RE-
GARD TO A NEW SEAL FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1952; AND,
WHEREAS, SAID CONTEST WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMEMORATING
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI'S ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AS A CORPORA7ED
CITY, HAVING BEEN INCORPORATED IN 1852; AND,
WHEREAS, SUCH SEAL DESIGNED BY MISS MARY LYNN HUMBLE IS SYM-
BOLIC OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN THAT IT INCLUDES THE DATE 1852,
THE YEAR THAT THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WAS GRANTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, /ISND INCLUDES A FISH IN THE
FOREGROUND REPRESENTING ONE OF CORPUS CHRISTI'S MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND
ITS TOURIST TRADE AND INCLUDES A SHIP REPRESENTING ONE OF ITS IMPORTANT
ASSETS - -, AND INCLUDES A DERRICK IN THE BACKGROUND REPRESENTING THE
LARGEST INDUSTRY OF THIS AREA - -THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND INCLUDES
FACTORIES SYMBOLIZING OUR OTHER INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, GRAIN,
METAL AND ORE REFINING; NO,
WHEREAS, SUCH
EA ACCURATELY DEPICTS THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF
PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND IS A FORE-
TELLER OF THE GREATER DESTINY OUTSTANDING FOR SUCH CITY. -
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. THAT THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
FROM WHICH THE FACSIMILE SEAL SHALL BEREPRODUCED,IS IMPRESSED HEREWITH:
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SECTION 2: THAT THE NECESSITY FOR AN OFFICIAL SEAL FOR THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BEING OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO PUBLIC
SAFETY, HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND
AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING 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 RESOLUTION SHALL
BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR
DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED
THE SUSPENSION 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 ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED
AND APPROVED THIS THE 1O DAY OF MARCH 1953•
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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MAYOR
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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GENTLeMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE JUSPEN-
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 -RE-
SOLUTION 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,
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS i7
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUS- PENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
LESLIE WASSERMAN
FRANK E. WILLIAM.SON
JACK DEFORREST
GEORGE L. 'LOWMA*
MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
LESLIE WASSERMAN
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FRANK E. WILLIAMSON
JACK DEFORR£ST
GEORGE L. LOWMAN
MIKE A. NEEOHAM, JR
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