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li AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
I INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AND
OIL FROM THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY, FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY (90)
DAYS FROM NOVEMBER 11TH, 1942, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS UNDER
WHICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COIRAISSIONERS OF' THE
UITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
i, That the City Manager be, and he is hereby authorized to
enter into and execute with the Standard Oil Company a contract
for the purchase by the City upon its order the gasoline and
oil requirement for all governmental operations during a period of
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ninety (90) days from November 11th, 1942, said contract to contain
the following terms, conditions and covenants: -
"The Company hereby agrees to sell and deliver to
the City upon its order the gasoline and motor oil required
for all governmental operations during a period of ninety (90)
days from November 11th, 1942, at the following prices: -
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13¢ per gallon
First Grade Motor Oil (Essolube) . . . . . . . 42¢ per gallon
Second Grade Motor Oil (Kyso) . . . . . . . . 28¢ per gallon
Subject to deposit on drums of
$10.00 Heavy Iron Barrells
4.00 Light Iron Barrells
"Payment shall be made by the City on or about the
first of each month for the amount of products sold and delivered
during the preeeding month.
"In consideration of the Agreement of the City jo
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purchase of the Company/of bhe gasoline and motor oil re-
quired for use during the aforesaid period, the Company agrees
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that in the event of a general advance in the retail price of
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gasoline or motor oil at any time during the aforesaid period,
IIthe Company's obligation to sell and deliver gasoline and oil
at the aforesaid
prices shall remain and continue in full force
and effect, but in the event of a decline in the retail price of
either of said products, the City shall be given the benefit of
the reduction in price."
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SECTION 2. 1
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As the various departments of the city must be immediately
j supplied with gasoline and oil for the protection of the public
health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
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this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
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I� its adoption.
mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, December 1, 1942
Recorded by Rudy atetivart, City Clerk, December 2, 1942.