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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
SECTION 37-4 TO PROHIBIT REMOVAL OR REDEMPTION OF PAWNED
ITEMS FROM PAWNBROKERS OR SECONDHAND DEALERS FOR
SEVENTY-TWO HOURS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That Chapter 37 of the Code of Ordinances be amended by
amending Section 37-4 so as to prohibit removal, redemption, or sale of
pawned items for a period of seventy-two (72) hours after the close of
business on the date such item shall have been received, by amending the
caption and the first and last sentences of said section, said section to
hereafter read as follows:
Sec. 37-4, Personal property not to be removed etc.
until seventy-two hours after date of
purchase; exception
No personal property received by a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer
on deposit or pledge or by purchase shall be permitted to be redeemed or
removed from the place of business of such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer or
from the City of Corpus Christi for a period of seventy-two (72) hours after
the close of business on the date such item shall have been received by such
pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, nor shall any such property be altered in
any way or have any identifying markings, names or numbers altered or
obliterated during such time. Where any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer
finds that such period will work a hardship or constitute an undue burden, he
may so notify the chief of police or his designated representative in writing
of his need to act and that the item or items are available for inspection.
Upon inspection and release of the item or items by an officer of the police
division or the lapse of twelve (12) hours from the receipt by the chief of
police or his designated representative of the required notification, the
seventy-two hour waiting period shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating
in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
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That the foregoing ordinance was ead for � !
e first time and
following vote:
second reading on this the day of y4+ -r Passed to its
191(2— 2 by the
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
That the 'foregoing ordinanc w s read for
following vote:
third reading on this the
_daY of
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles N. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
second timi9aassed to its
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That the fore of
on this the day of
gy' ordinance read for the th'rd time and passed finally
Luther J ,/ g , by the following vote:
ones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles N. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the day of
ATTEST_
APPROVED:
OF
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J. BRUCE AYCOCK,,ITY ATJORNEY
By
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
17855
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces. }ss'
Before me, the underai 1 c, 3 5
iine d, a Notary Public, this day personally came. ....... _.
ANNA GARZA
......................... ..... _._. who being emg first duly sworn, according to law, an that be is the
_......__-ACCOUNTING CLERK_.
................. of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the tion of
NOTI_CE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO Publication of
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of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ___. CORPUS HRISTI CALLER -TIMES
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