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IAN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TIIE CITY 14ANAGER TO ENTER
INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AIM
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OIL I ROM THE PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPAITY, FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR
(4) MONTHS FROTA FEBRUARY" 15TH, 1943, AND PRESCRIBING THE TER TAS
UNDER WHICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIE BOARD OF COMEII35IONERS OF THE CITY
OFPADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SEC TION 1.
That the City h4anager be, and he is hereby authorized to
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enter into and execute with the Phillips Petroleum Company a contract
for the purchase by the City upon its order the gasoline and
oil required for all governmental operations during a period of
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four (4) months from F'ebrua'ry 15th, 1943, said contract to contain)
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the following terms, conditions and covenants: -
"The Company hereby agrees to sell and deliver to
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the City upon its order the gasoline and motor oil required
for all governmental operations during a ooriod of four (4)
months from February 15th, 1943, at the following process
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Gasoline . . . . . ..14� per gallon
First Grade I;otor Oil- .40p per gallon
Second Grade Motor Cil . . . . . .26� per gallon
"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 preceding month.
"in consideration of the Agreement of the City to
purchase of the Company all of the gasoline and motor oil re-
quired for use during the aforesaid period, the Company agrees
that in the event of a general advance in the retail price of
gasoline or motor oil at any time during the aforesaid period,
the Company's obligation to sell and deliver gasoline and oil
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at the aforesaid prices shall remain and continue in full force
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and effect, but in the event of a decline in the retail price of
either of said products, the City shall be Eiven the benefit of
the reduction in price."
SECTION 2.
As the various departments of the city must be immediately
supplied with rasoline and oil for the protection of the public
health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption. j
P.4ayor
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Passed by the Uoard of Commissioners, February 16th, 1943. ;
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Recorded by Rudy Stewart, City Clerk, February 17th, 1943.