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AN ORDINAiXE AUTHORIZING THE CIT`f MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO AILD EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR TIIE PURCHASE OF OASOLINE AND
OIL FROM THE PHILLIPS PETROLEUI+I COMPADY, FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR
(4) MONTHS FROIA JUNE L5th, 1943, AND PRESCRIBING TIIE TERMS
UNDER WHICH SAID PURCHASE SHALL BE MADE
BE IT ORDAINED B`1 THE BOARD OF COI:IN,I33IONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
That the City IBanager be, and he is hereby authorized to
enter into and execute with the Phillips Petroleum Company a contract
for the purchase b;; the City upon its order the gasoline and
oil required for all governmental operations during a period of
four (4) months from June 15th, 1943, 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 four (4)
months dnom June 15th, 1943, at the following prices
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14¢ Per Gal
First Crade Motor Oil .369 it "
Second Grade Mister Oil .23y " if
"Payment shall be made by the City lot later than the tenth
of each month for the amount of pnoducts sold and delivered during
the preceding month. A discount of to shall be allowed for all oil
purchased Burin,•-, any month if payment is made on or before the 10th
day of the next month.
"In consideration of the Agreement of the City to
purchase of the Company all of the gasoline and motor oil re-
wuired 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•raforesaid period,
the Company's obligation to sell and deliver gasoline and oil
at the aforesaid prices shall remain and continue ihn 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.
SECTION 2.
As the various departments of the city must be immediately
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
its adoption.
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I,layor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, July 6th, 1943
Recorded b-, Rudy Stewart, City Clerk, July 7th, 1943.