The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
ORDNANCE za isls

ORDINANCE ~ 1875
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN
NEYs 70 REPRESENT THE CRY OF
PASGAG9q IN THE UNITED EDS s4ATEs
DISTRICT COURT AND THE UNIT
ED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE FI F,rH pIsl EpN.
TRAcTING CO, INC, FIXING THEIR
COMPENSATION AND PROVIDING
FOR PAYMENT THEREOF FROM THE
GAS SYSTEM OPERATING FUND,
AND FOR OTHER RELATED PuK-
Be TT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
| OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
THE CITY OF PASCAGoULA. MIS-
SISSIPPI:
SECTION l. The prior action of the
Board Of Mayor and Counciimen OF
the City of ~P9scagoula in employing
the law firms of Heidelberg and Watts.
! and Mize, Thompson and Mize TO rep
resent the CITY of P~ascagoula in the
United States District Court, Southern
District, Southern Division, in the
Case styled Littrell Contracting 60,
Inc, VS. The City of Pascagoula, Civil
Action No. 500, and fixing their com
pensation at the sum of Seven lhou-
sand. Five Hundred Dollars, ST5oo .0Ol'
payable out of the Gas Distribution
system Operating Fund, Is hereby rat
flied and confirmed and the City CLERK
is hereby authorized and directed TO
issue a warrant payable to SAID law
firms In the amount of Three Thou-
sand. Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars
(s3. $50. 00l, representing payment IN
full for services rendered in the said
United States District Court.
SECTION 2. The law firm OF MIC,
Thompson and Mize is hereby retained
and employed by the City of Pasca-
goula to defend the pending appeal III
the United States Circuit Court oil Ap-
peals for the Fifth Circuit from the
Judgment rendered in favor OF TINS
City of ~Pascagoula in said uniteo
States District Court. and to represent
the CITY of Pascagoula in the even,
of anv appeal to the Supreme Court Of
the United States. the compensation
TO be paid said law firm to be the sun
of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dol,
lars. 1872, 500. 001, payable on the ma
termination of such litigation IN the
Circuit Court of Appeals or in the
Supreme Court of the United States.
SECTION 3. In the event that the
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
for the Fifth Circuit shall reverse me
Judgment rendered in favor of the
City of P~ascagoula, and a new triai
shall be had in the United States DIS
trict Court. said law firm shall repre-
sent the City of Pascagoula on such
~retrial. as well as in any subsequenl
appeal to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, or to the Supreme
Court of the United States, or any
subsequent retrial in the United stare
District Court. and shall represent the
CITY of P~ascagoula until the final ter
mination of such suit. In that even
said law firm shall be paid the addl-
tional sum of Two Five
Hundred Dollars, y, ooOoOt 70 pc pa'o
on the final disposition OF sucn sull.
SECTION 4. The compensation here.
by agreed to be paid shall be paio
out of the Gas Distribution system
Operating Fund. and shall constitute
the entire compensation TO be pale
said law firm for such services, excep
the City of Pascagoula Will pay tht
printers cost or charges for printini
any griefs required to be filed on be
half of the City of Pascagoula durint
the course of said litigation, and shall
furnish certified copies of any lnstru
ments, minutes. or papers that may D'
required therein.
The above and foregoing Ordinance
was introduced in writing at the reg
ular meeting of the Board of Mayo
and Councilmen of the City OF Pasca
goula, Mississippi. held on FRIDAY. Au
gust &c. 1919. by Councilman Ezell ant
the same having been numbered am
marked introduced and filed by tn
Clerk. and having been read, discussed
and considered, was on motion mad
and duly carried, allowed 10 remaf
on file with the Clerk for public I'm
spection for at least two weeks, AM
at this a regular meeting held on tn
9th day of September, 1919, the SAT-
Ordinance was again read. considere
and adopted. paragraph by paragraph
section by section and the as a whole
by the following vote. to-wit:
EZELL. Aye
DeJEAN. Aye
CAVITY, Aye
APPROVED;
(signed) F. s. CAVITY. Mayor
ATTEST:
(Signed) V. p. DeJEAN. City Clerl
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF JACKSON
|. V. p. DeJean. Clerk of the City o
Pascagoula. Mississippi. do hereby Ger
tifv that the above and foregoing is