Ord. 0009A 1965-01-28ORDINANCE NUMBER 9-A
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
PROVIDING FOR THE REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS ARRESTED AND IS
FOUND GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE OF ARSON WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH RE-
WARD AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That there does not now exist within the City
of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas, a proper and suitable
incentive for the arrest and conviction of persons found guil-
ty of the crime of arson and the City Council has found it ex-
pedient, both as a preventative measure and as a means of
properly rewarding those who will assist law enforcement
agencies of said City in the arrest and conviction of any per-
son or persons found guilty of the offense of arson in said
City and it is deemed to the best interest and general welfare
of said City that a reward be made as a standing offer to all
persons who assist in the arrest and conviction of any person
found guilty of commiting the crime of arson within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas,
and that placards eight by twelve inches be printed and pro-
perly displayed to such effect.
SECTION 2: The City of Pearland, Texas, hereby offers a
reward of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars for the arrest
and conviction of any person or persons found guilty of com-
mitting the crime of ARSON within the corporate limits of said
City of Pearland, Texas. This reward is a standing offer, and
shall be paid out of the General Fund of the City of Pearland,
Texas.
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SECTION 3: The fact that there does not now exist in the
City of Pearland, an Ordinance or provision to properly and
suitably reward those persons assisting in the arrest and con-
viction of persons found guilty of the crime of arson in the
City of Pearland and it having been determined by the Council
that a necessity exists for such offer of such reward consti-
tutes an emergency and the rule requiring that the Ordinances
be read on three separate meetings by and the same is hereby
suspended and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its approval and passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
January, A.D. 1965.
CITY OF PEARLAND1 TEXAS
By:
(Corporate Seal)
ATTEST:
Q' a:-axM- *__ aSecretary
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