635 RES WATER CONSUMING CUSTOMERS AND CITIZENS OF COP ARE DEMANDING AND USING WATER AT A RATE WHICH EXCEEDS PUMPING, ETC OF COP

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• RESOLUTION N0. 63 5 . 4VHEREAS, the water consuming customers and citizens of the C:ity of Paris are presently demanding and using water at a rate which exceeds the pumping, storage and distributing capacities of the City of Pari:s; and, WHEREAS, such excessive use has created an urgent and serious condition in that the water storage facilities of the City of Paris :nave been seriously depleted and reduced below a point considered safe fo:r fire-fightina purposes during the current and continued drought cond:i- tion; andp VdHEREAS9 it is the considered opinion af the Governing Body of the City of Paris that immediate, necessary, and drastic steps must ;oe taken to curtail the use of water during certain critical hours of the day in order to keep aconstant and adequate supply of water on storage for fire-fighting purposes; NOW, T1-IEREFOREt BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY ODUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, Tha-t the use of water for lawnp garden and shrubbery watering purposes be- tween the hours of 8:00 otclock A. M. and 6:00 o*Clock P. M. on each day of the week, except Sunday, beg and the same is hereby immediately prohibited, and such prohibition shall continue until the present urgent condition is relieved and until further action by the City Council. That all resolutions and motions heretofore passed by the Cii;y Council of the City of Paris with reference to the restricted use of water during the present emergency, which are in conflict herewith, be, and they are hereby repealed. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Paris :in special session convened on this the 17th day of August, A. D.) 1950. , s 9 yor, City of Parisg Texas ATTESTs City Clerk. APPROVED A,S TO FORiv`i: City Atto ey.