HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 29-JAN 0 RDINAN CE
REPEALING ALL PROCEEDINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES, AND
CANCELING ALL CONTRACTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE PAVING OF AVENUE
E FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF ROYAL STREET TO THE NORTH LINE OF CART-
WRIGHT AVENUE; AND DECLARING AN EbPERGENCY.
WHEREAS,by resolution dated the 11th day of August, 1931'
Avenue E from the South line of Royal Street to the north line
of Cartwright Avenue was ordered paved, and thereafter plans and
specifications were duly approved and bids were advertised for
and received, and a contract was duly awarded to Scott Shambaugh
for the paving thereof, said contract being dated the 8th day of
September, A. D. 1931.
WHEREAS, said paving Company was thereafter unable to se-
cure contracts from a sufficient number of property owners abut-
ting on said streets to justify said paving and it has become
impractical to proceed therewith, and said Scott Shambaugh has
requested that he be relieved from said contract and contractor's
construction and maintenance bonds given thereunder:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That all resolutions, ordinances and proceedings heretofore
enacted or passed with reference to the paving of Avenue E from
the South line of Royal Street to the north line of Cartwright
Avenue be, and the same are hereby repealed insofar as the.same
apply to or affect the paving of said portions of said streets,
and that certain contract between the City of Beaumont and Scott
Shambaugh, dated September 8th, ' 1931, for the paving of said
street, together with contractor's construction and maintenance
bonds executed thereunder, be, and the same are hereby canceled
and annulled insofar as they apply to the above named street, and
are declared to be of no further force and effect.
Section 2.
The fact that the above mentioned paving proceedings have
created an apparent lien on the property abutting the above named
street, and the fact that the paving contractor is desirous of be-
ing relieved from his, obligation under said contract and under
the construction and maintenance bonds exec,ated t}�PrPnnt3Ar
creates an imperative public necessity and emergency -requiring
the suspension of the rule requiring ordinances to be read on
three (3) several days before their passage, and said rule is
hereby suspended and this ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Passed by the affirmative vote of all members of the City
Cormnission, this the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1932.
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iAYORP C ty of Beaumont.