Appropriating $3,000.00 from General Fund to Board of Public Works for Repair of Fire Stations to #2 Fire Station

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� o a_ 4 ORDINANCE # 3,763 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BENT; TO ACCOUNT UNDER THE BOARD OF PT?BLIC WORKS FOR REPAIR OF FIFE STATIOP ?S, THIS SUM BEING THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO MEET THE BIDS OF THE PROPOSED IMPROV-TENT TO #2 FIRE STATION IN EXCESS OF THE NINETY- ;FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS APPROPRIATED IN THE 1937 BUDGET. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: Section I., That the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the City of South Bend to the account under the Board of Public Yorks for the repair of fire stations, it being the intention of this ordinance to supplement the sum of Ninety -Five Hundred Dollars ($9500.00) appropriated in the 1937 Budget for the purpose of improving #2 Fire Station, and it appearing to the Council that the-low bids for the improvement necessary for said fire station show a deficit of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) of the fund allowed for this purpose and thus creating an 'emergency,if the work is to be performed for this station, and it farther appearing to the Council that the labor, costsare an the increase and the City of South Bend will be without a fire station within a very short time for this section of the City, unless this sum is appropriated, this Council b7T this ordinance finds that an emergency exists for the appropriation of this additional amount and is made with the idea in mind of enabling the Board of Public works and Safety to confirm the low bids on the ..improvement of said #2 Fire Station when this appropriation has been officially approved by the State Tax Board.