HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 06.11.1928 - Amending Gas Franchise OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE 2 2NDING ST]CTION 1V, Ci' THE GAS +F'�NC !IT.
ORDI:tJCTCE, BEI'TG 6R3IIT_4ITCE NO. , PASSED AND APPROVED
ON APRIL 19, 19289 GRANTING TO THE COTI ITY NATURAL GAS
COIrLPA:TX, ITS SUCCE'3SORS Al`dD ASSIGNS, A FRAITCHISE POR THE CON-
STRUCTION AYD OPERATION OF A GAS DISTRIB JT ILTG PLANT OF SYSTEM
IN Tom' CITY 01' G7.ORGETO77J , TEXA3: :_:" PROVIDING THAT A DISCOUNT
OF 10 % ON THE GROSS ALTO= OF TICE --'C: 73TIC COITS09ER' S BILL
SHALL BE ]KADE IF PAYMENT' IS HADE ",7IT'TIN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF THE 1"ON=1 BILLING.
BE IT O TDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown;
Section 1. That section 1V of the Gas Franchise ordinance,
being ordinance No , passed and approve on April 19,1928,
granting to the Community Natural Gas Company a Franchise for
the construction and operation of a gas distributing plant
or system in the City of Georgetown, Texas, be and is hereby
amended so as to read as followss
"Section 1V. The rate to be charged by Grantee for
natural gas sold under this ordinance, is hereby
fixed as follows:
The sum of seventy-five (75) cents gross
per thousand cubic feet for natural gas
for domestic purposes; PROVIDED, that this
rate shall be subject to a discount of ten
per cent (10%) if payment is made within
ten .(10) days from the date of the monthly
billing.
The rate herein provided, however, shall be
subject to revision and change by the City Council in
the manner provided by law."
Section 11. The fact that there is some confusion as to
the period of time to which the discount privilege applies
under Section 1V of the aforesaid Franchise Ordinance, creates
a public necessity and an emergency requiring the suspension
of the rules, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
ArPROVE'D this the llth, day of June, 1928.
Marsh Smith,
Mayor.
ATTEST: T.L. Cates
City UNT7.
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