HomeMy WebLinkAbout1439 ORDINANCE NO. 1439
AN ORDINANCE declaring an emergency to exist on account of the urgent
necessity of quartering troops on Roosevelt Field and the cancellation of
the lease of the Bremerton Baseball Club, Inc., a corporation, and appropriat-
ing funds to meet such emergency.
THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a public emergency exists in the City of Bremerton
which could not have been foreseen at the time of making the budget for the
year 1942, and that the state of war now existing between the United States
of America and the Axis Powers has made it necessary to provide appropriate
areas for quartering troops and in placement of anti-aircraft guns of the
United States Army, and the City Commission of the City of Bremerton has
granted permission to the United States A~ny to use Roosevelt Field for
purposes of national defense.
Section 2. That the Bremerton Baseball Club, Inc., is the lessee under
the terms of a lease whereby the City of Bremerton granted said corporation
the right to use the said Roosevelt Field in return for a percentage of the
gate receipts and the installation of lights for athletic events to be played
at night; that the damage to the said corporation, by reason of cancellation
of said lease by 'the City of Bremerton, will be Fifty-five Hundred (~5500.00)
Dollars, which the said corporation has agreed to accept in full settlement
and the sum of $3,000.00 and no more has been budgeted during the year 1942
and is available for such purposes.
Section 3. That the said public emergency will require an expenditure
of Twenty-five Hundred (~2500.00) Dollars, in addition to the amount avail-
able from the Parks and Playgrounds budget for the year 1942, and there is
hereby appropriated the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2500.00) Dollars, and
the City Clerk is hereby authorized to issue an emergency warrant or warrants
not exceeding said su~ in favor of the Bremerton Baseball Club, Inc., in
full settlement of all claims of the said Bremerton Baseball Club, Inc.,
against the City of Bremerton, by reason of cancellation of said lease.
Section 4. That an emergency exists affecting tt~e public peace, health
and safety ~d this ordinance shall become effective immediately following
passage and publication.
APPROVED unanimously on first reading by the City Commission of the
City of Bremerton, this 9th day of January, 1942.
PASSED unanimously by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton,
on final reading, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in
authentic~tion of such passage this 14th day of January, 1942.
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