12/05/1955-CC-Minutes-RegularDecember 5, 1955
The City Council met in regular sessioe6 on the above date
those presents were Mayor Pro®Tem Acker, ouncilmen Johnson,
Spratt, Seely, and Cooper. Mayor Filson being absent.
The minutes of the previous meeting was read and approved.
The monthly bills totaling $10112.86 was read and a motion
by Cooper seconded by Seely to pay these bills, motion carried.
Seely madea motion to buy two Good Year tires from LeGear &
Cooper for the pick®UP 4 ply tires, Double Eagles for 036,76,
seconded by Spratt, motion carried.
H .bert Schertz .met with the. council in regard to taking .is
personal property tax off as he had sold this equipment by
January 1, ,1955• The Louncil informed Mr. Schertz to produce
bill of sale or the person 'he sold this equipment to Foom and
address so the City bould inform the other City or Gounty of
these tax's and they could collect the tax's from the individual
whom Mr. Schertz sold this equipment too' and the City would
remove this tax, but until he did this the tax was in effect.
The Council decided to hire Mr. H. G. Harris to assess the
City Tax's for 1956 Md Mr. Harris would be payed only for the
x,endition sheets that had been signed by the Property owner himm
self. And any person owning more than one piece of property
would be put on the same rendition sheet instead of putting
on several sbperate sheets. A fee of .35 per sheet wuibuld be
payed for assessing these tax's if they came under the rules
set out.
The"ordinance: Passed reads as follotArss
AN ORDIANCE PROHIBITING 'THE SALE OR'
OFFERING FOR SALE OF A IY FIREWORKS WIHIN THT' CITY
OF SANGER., TEXAS: PROHIBITING THE DISCITARGE OF ANY
FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF SANGER 9 TEXAS: DEFINING THE
TERM FIREWORKS: PROVIDING FOR AN E XCEPTION OF SAID
ORDINANCE: BROVTDIUG A PENALTY: AND DECLARING AN
FIMTR GENCY.
BE IT ORDANINF{,D B`.L THE CITY COiNISTSSTON OF THE
CITY OF SANG , TE_ AS.
SECTIONI.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
company, or partnership to sell, offer for sale , either
directly or indirectly, any type of fireworks or other similar
thing as that term is hereinafter defined, within the corporate
limits of the Oity of Sanger, Texas, and arty person, firm,
corporation., company, or partnership who shall sell or offer to
sell any fireworks or other similar thing within the corporate
limits of the City of S m ger, Texas, shall be fined as
hereinafter 15rovided.
(FIRYJWORKS ORDINl1NC +r CONTINUED FROM PAGE 158)
.Any person who discharges or causes to b e discharged any fire
works as that berm is hereinafter defined, or other similar thing
within the City limits of the City of Sanger, Texas, shall be fined
as hereinafter provided.
The term "fireworksP� shall mean any firecracker, torpedo,
sky -rocket, roman -candle, sparkler, spit®devil, or other similar thing.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so a s to prohibit
the celebration of certain events with the use of fireworks under
the direction and supervision of the Fire Marshall of the City of
Sanger, `texas, It shall be within the discretion of the City
Commission of the City of Sanger, Texas as to when and what
celebrations with the use of fireworks will be allowed.
S�cTION 5
Any p®r�on, -firm, corporation, company, or partnersb.ip vi�1a®
Ling any of the provision of this Ordinance, shall upon conviction,
be fined in any sum not less than Fire Dollars ($5.00) nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
A�1y Ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hGreky expressly repealed.
rJTTWP
E,AS, the City of S� ger, Texas, now has no adequate
ordinar�ee regulating the sale and discharge of fireworks and the
fact that the discharge of such fireworks con.stitues a serious
fire hazard to the property of the citizens of Sang, Texas, and
also constitutes a serious hazard to regard to life and limb of
its citizens, creates an emergency and am imperative public
necessity requiring that the rule providing that such ordinances
shall be read an three several occasions be and the same is hereby
suspended and the same shall be in full force and effebt from and
after the date of its passage and publicationas provided by law.
A`��TEST:
City
No further
and passed.
retr d yrr
Sanger, Texas City of Sanger, Texas
business a motion to adjounn was made, seconded,