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ORDINANCE NO.5.
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AN ORDINANCE CREATING TB."E CORPORATION COURT Oli' THE Crry OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE, PROVIDING RULES FOR res REGTJIJA~~ION, NAMING
THEOFPIGERS THEREOF, REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES, l\ND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVl1:RSITY PLACE:
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Section 1$
That there is hereby created. a corporation court in and.
for said City.
Section 2.
That the mayor of said. City shall be ex-officio judge
of sai d. court; the city clerk shall be ex-officio clerk of
said court, and the city marshal shall be ex-officio bailiff
of said. court. '
Section 3.
'In all cases which may be tried in said court, the
rules of practice prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas
for the government of courts of Justices of ~he Peace, in the
trial of criminal cases, shall be applied and shall be the
rules of the said corpora.tion court.
Section 4.
The officers of said court shall receive, as their
compensation as su~,b officers,' such fees as are allowed by' the
laws of this Stat.s to like officers in the courts of Justices
of~ the Peace, unless the fees of office of such officers be
fixed by city ordinance.
Secti on 5,.
All cases in said court shall be prosecuted in t4e
name and by the authority of the State of Tax8s, and the
c:Lt~r attorp87f S}lH.:Ll J7epreseTlt tIle said :3tate in t~he Pl'iO;:iGC-qt 10n
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of such cases.
Section 6.
That all prior ordinances covering the subject-matter
of this ordinance and all prior ordinances or any parts thereof
that are in conflict herewith, be and the same are'hereby repealed.
Section 7.
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The fact that certain original city ordinances are lost
or misplaced and/or there is conflict between ordinances and
, confusion concerning ordinance.s, creates an emergency and an
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imperative public necessity, wherefore the second and thibd
readings of this ordinance are hereby suspended and this ordinance
shall become effective immediately upon its passage, approval
and publication as required by law. ,~
Passed and approved this ~d? d;; of February, 1929.
City Clerk.