Appropriating $311.00 from General Fund to Account for Repairs of Buildings, Structures under the Board of Public Works

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-2- among other things that the Colfax Bridge of the City of South Bend showed signs of giving away and a serious danger to the public welfare of South Bend existing said Board made arrangements with Ralph Sollitt & Sons for the rental of shoring material to brace the bridge until it could be repaired and said indebtedness having to be incurred C rr immediately forean appropriation to be asks&, and the funds having been exhausted in the proper account for said purpose the members of this Council do expressly by this ordinance approve the declaration of an emergency and the ordering of the supplies from said Ralph Sollitt & Sons in the sum of One Hundred Thirty -Six Dollars, ($136900), which was needed for the proper maintenance of said bridge, and this Council does further approve the action of said Board of Public Works in August, 1936, in recognizing the emergency that existed in the City Hall, when a heavy rain caused con- siderable damage to the cornice and gutters on the City Hall roof due to deterioration and rust, and which resulted in rain pouring into the building, thus creating a serious emergency, and this Council does approve and ratify the acts of said Board in employing a plumber and a sheet metal worker, to- wit: W. J. Braunsdorf & Son and J. C. Lauber at a total expenditure of One Hundred Seventy -Five Dollars, ($175.00) to repair said condition, there being insufficient time to ask for appropriation for said work to be done and said indebtedness being created strictly by an emergency. SECTION IV - This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, legalpublication, public hearing, signature by the Mayor and approval by the State