Ordinance 1974-12
ORDINANCE NO. 74-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING
RULES OF THE WYLIE PUBLIC LIBRARY~ PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR FAILURE
TO RETURN BOOKS ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE WYLIE PUBLIC
LIBRARY~ MAKING IT AN OFFENSE AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR DEFACING
PROPERTY OF THE WYLIE PUBLIC LIBRARY~ PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE~ PROVIDING A PENALTY BY FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
$200.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE~ AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That every person who shall take from the Wylie Public
Library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper or other property,
except in accordance with the rules of such library, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00
for each offense.
SECTION 2. That every person who shall take or borrow from the
Wylie Public Library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper or
other property and neglect, refuse or fail to return the same
within two weeks of the date of mailing a notice by registered
mail with return receipt requested to his address, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00
for each offense.
SECTION 3. That every person who shall willfully or wantonly cut,
mutilate, mark, tear, write upon, deface or otherwise destroy or
injure in whole or in part, any book, pamphlet, periodical, map
or document, picture, or written or engraved or printed paper
belonging to the Wylie Public Library, or shall suffer any such
injury to be inflicted while such property is in his custody, or
shall willfully or wantonly injure any of the furniture or
property in the building of the Wylie Public Library, or shall
willfully or wantonly mark or deface or in any way injure the
Wylie Public Library or any part thereof, or any fixtures therein
or appurtaining thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.
SECTION 4. That should any word, phrase, sentence, paragraph,
section or portion of this ordinance be held to be void and
unenforcible, the remaining provisions of said ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. That any person who violates any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be subject to the penalties as provided
for herein, and where the amount of the penalty is not specifically
provided for herein, any person guilty of violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed the sum of $200.00 for each offense.
SECTION 6. The fact that there presently exists no ordinance
of the City of Wylie providing for punishment for the violation
of the Library rules, or for the neglect, refusal or failure to
return books to the library, or for defacing or damaging library
property, creates an urgency and an emergency in the preservation
of the public health, safety, and welfare and requires that this
ordinance shall take effect inunediately from and after its passagr:
and the publication of the caption of such ordinance as the law in
such cases provides.
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DULY PASSED by the governing body of the City of Wylie on the
8th day of October, 1974.
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Donald R. Tfiomas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Oneida Gallagher,