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AN ORDINANCE NO. 3625
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE BY PRESCRIBING
CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH IN
THE KEEPING OF DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS SUSCEPTIBLE OF
CONTRACTING RABIES AND HYDROPHOBIA, INCLUDING REGULATIONS
DEFINING DUTIES OF THE HUMANE DEPARTMENT, REQUIRING PRO-
CUREMENT OF LICENSES AND LICENSE TAGS FOR DOGS, SPECIFYING
CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN IT SHALL BE ILLEGAL FOR DOGS TO RUN AT
LARGE, PRESCRIBING RULES WITH RESPECT TO IMPOUNDING OF
ANIMALS AND REDEMPTION THEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY ", AND BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2079 PASSED AND
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 1947,
BY AMENDING THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH (A,) OF SECTION
2 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE OFFICER IN
CHARGE BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE; PROVIDING THAT THIS AMEND-
MENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH .(A) OF SECTION 2 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2079, PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 1947 AND ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE BY PRESCRIBING
CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH IN THE KEEPING OF DOGS
AND OTHER ANIMALS SUSCEPTIBLE OF CONTRACTING RABIES AND HYDROPHOBIA, INCLUDING
REGULATIONS DEFINING DUTIES OF THE HUMANE DEPARTMENT, REQUIRING PROCUREMENT
OF LICENSES AND LICENSE TAGS FOR DOGS, SPECIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN IT SHALL
BE ILLEGAL FOR DOGS TO RUN AT LARGE, PRESCRIBING RULES WITH RESPECT TO IMPOUNDING
OF ANIMALS AND REDEMPTION THEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ", BE AMENDED SO AS TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 2. HUMANE DEPARTMENT.
"(A) THE HUMANE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE A UNIT OF THE POLICE
DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SHALL BE IN
CHARGE OF A PERSON, HAVING SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS, AND DESIG-
NATED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.7'
SECTION 2. THAT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 2079 SHALL
REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
SECTION 3. THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
UPON ITS ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECTION 4. THE FACT THAT THIS AMENDED ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE PROVIDING THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND THE MAYOR, HAVING D- ECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE
NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SAID CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED,
AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT, AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT, FROM
AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF DECEMBER 1953•
MAYOR
THE CITY CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECETARY Y`
APPR VED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tr7AS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH \N THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EME- RGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS
INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST
THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CO 5 CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELI-Roy KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES 4. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE(
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE::
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING ,
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES V. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE I J
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