Resolution No. 1461
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RESOLUTION , L./. G I
A Resolution of The City Council of the
City of Vernon Authorizing The City Treasur-
er To Draw Funds to Satisfy Fines Levied
Against The City of Vernon and Members of The
City Council in Contempt Proceedings Arising
Out of the Case Entitled, "The People of the
State of California vs. City of Los Angeles, a
Municipal Corporation, Et AI. It, No. 489890, in
the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
wrffiREAS, the City of Vernon and certain members of
the City Council of the City of Vernon have heretofore been
served with an order of the Superior Court of the State of
California, in and for the County of Los Angeles, dated Decem-
ber 5, 1949, entitled, "Order To Show Cause Why Certain Defen-
dants Should Not Be Punished For Cohtempttt, together with the
"Affidavit of John T. Leggett re Contempt of Certain Defendants
in Failing to Obey Judgmentl1; and
WHEREAS, said order required that the City of Vernon
and members of the City Council thereof appear on the 3rd day
of January, 1950, in the aforesaid Superior Court, at the hour
of 9:30 A. M., to show cause why they, and each of them, should
not be punished for contempt in that the said City and members
of the City Council thereof have failed to comply with the terms
and provisions of the judgment of the said superior Court in the
case entitled, "People of the State of California vs. City of
Los Angeles, et a1.", number 489890; and
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WHEREAS, the City o~ Vernon and the members of the
City Council thereo~, appeared by its City Attorney and their
Special Counsel, Edward R. Young, in answer to said Order o~
the Court; and
WHEREAS, the hearing on said charge o~ contempt was
held in Department 20 o~ the Superior Court in the City Hall
o~ the City o~ Los Angeles on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 16th
days of January, 1950, with the Honorable Joseph T. Vickers
presiding; and
VlliEREAS, on the said 16th day of January, 1950, the
Honorable Joseph T. Vickers, in the contempt proceeding afore-
said, pronounced judgment and sentence whereby the City o~
Vernon and each of the members o~ the City Council were adjudg-
ed to be in contempt of court for ~ai1ing within ninety (90)
days o~ the entry o~ the decree in the case of "The People of
the State of California, vs. City of Los Angeles, a municipal
corporation, et a1.", numbered 489890, to complete all arrange-
ments necessary for the ~inancing of the City of Vernon's
proportionate share of the new treatment plant or works at Hy-
perion according to the ga110nage allotted to said City of
Vernon T1so that said share wi11 be availab1e as required", and
sentenced the City of Vernon and each o~ the members of the
City Council to pay a fine of Five Hundred Do11ars ($500.00)
each, and sentenced each of the members of the City Council
to serve a term of five (5) days in the County Jail for con-
tempt of court, and further ordered that the members of the
City Council be confined in the County Jail of Los Angeles
County until the members of said Council shall have complied
with the terms of the judgment above mentioned; and
WHEREAS, a stay o~ execution of said sentence was grant-
ed by the court staying the en~orcement of said sentence to and
including January 31, 1950;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Treasurer of the City of Vernon is
hereby authorized and instructed~; upon being ad-
vised and directed by the City Attorney of the City
of Vernon so to do, to wi thdraw from the General
Fund of the City of Vernon the sum of' Three Thousand
Do11ars ($3,000.00) in cash and to pay the same, or
so much thereof' as the City Attorney shall direct,
to the Clerk of the Superior Court, or such other
authorized person as the City Attorney shall desig-
nate, in satisfaction of the said fines levied against
the City of Vernon and the members of the City Coun-
cil in the contempt proceedings referred to herein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Vernon on the 17th day of January, 1950.
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DEPU~ C ty Clerk.
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