HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 967 ORDINANCE NO. 967.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND RESCINDING A CERTAIN
ORDINANCE NO. 964, WITH THE ESOLUTION THEREIN
CONTAINED, PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 13TH DAY
OF OCTOBER, 1923, WHEREIN AN ELECTION WAS CALLED
-FOR OCTOBER 23, 1923, TO DETERMINE THE IFSUANCE
OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION OF A MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, AND DIRECT-
ING THAT SAIr ORDER OF ELECTION BE RECALLED AND
ANNULLED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
THAT WHEREAS, under date of October 13, 1923, Ordi-
nance No. 964, with a resolution for its preamble, recorded
in Book , Page at seq. , of the ordinances of
the City of Fort Wort was passed and adopted by the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth, by the terms of
which an election was directed and ordered to be held in the
City of Fort . orth on the 23rd day of October, 1923, to ae-
termine from a vote of the tax-paying property owners who art
qualified voters therein, whether bonds of the government of
the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate amount of One Mil-
lion Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($1,750,000.00) Dollars
should be issued for the purpose of purchasing a site- and the
construction of a municipal auditorium thereon;
AND WHEREAS, it has come to the knowledge of the
City government that many of the voters regard the day set
Z,:r "LCL ele.ation__as t.aa dearest-hand, and the _,ntxv _l cf
time too snort to permit a full and fair discussion of the
merits of the proposition and to enable the people thorough-
ly to consider the mat er of such an important civic improve-
ment;
AND WHEREAS, there is no disposition on the part
of the City government unduly to hasten the submission of
such question to the voting public of the City of Fort -'-orth,
NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
Sec. 1. That Ordinance No. 964, hereinbefore men-
tioned, being the ordinance passed and adopted on October 13,
1023, directing and ordering an election to ascertain the will
of the qualified voters in the City of Fort -'urth who are prop-
erty tax-payers therein, in respect to the issuance of One
Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand ( ,1,750,000.00)Dol-
lars of bonds of the City of Fort . orth, for the purchase of
a site ana the construction of a municipal auditorium thereon,.
be and the same is hereby in all things repealed, rescinded,
canc_.i-ed ar. ., . ._ tna- r11 ac s .__-: ..__ - aken pursuant
to safa ordinance in~furtherance of said election be and the
same are hereby set aside and recallea, ana each and ev-Ty
proclamation and publication in virtue of said ordinance be
and the same is hereby recalled and rescinded to the end that
no such election be hela as contemplatea and directed in said
ordinance.
Sec. 2. The Mayor of the City of Fort "-zrth is au-
thorized, but is not required by the terms hereof, to make
proclamation in such way as he may deem fit of the abrogation
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of the ordinance rescinded herein, and in such event a copy of
this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City
Secretary, shall serve as proper notice herein and hereunder.
Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances and
all resolutions and parts of resolutions and all orders and
directions, in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby
expressly repealed.
Sec. 4. Tnat this ordinance shall take effect and
be and become effective from and after its passage aru it is
so enacted.
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