Ordinance 1985-09
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 74-12; 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 CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
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That Ordinance No.. 74-12 is hereby repealed:
SECTION 2. 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;
SECTION 3.. 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;
SECTION 4. That every person who shall willfully or
wantonly cut, mutilate, mark, tear, write upon, deface or
otherwise destroy or injury 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 injury 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 inJury the Wylie
Public Library or any part thereof, or any fixtures therein
or appurtaining thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a
mi sdemE.'anor;
SECTION 5: That every person who is assessed a penalty for
failure to timely return any item lent them by the Wylie
Public Library and who refuses to pay the penalty shall be
deemed guilty of a misdeamenor;
SECTION 6: That any person who violates any provision of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and
upon conviction therefore shall be fined any sum not
exceeding the limit provided by State Law. Each day the
violation continues shall be considered a separate offense;
SECTION 7: That if any section, sub-section, paragraph,
sentence, phrase or clause of this ordinance shall be
declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decision
shall not effect the remaining portions of this ordinance
which shall remain in full force and effect; and to this end
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be
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:3ECTION 8: The caption of this ordinance shall be
published one (I) time in a newspaper having general
circulation in the City of Wylie and shall be effective
immediately upon its passage and publication.
DULY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS
ON THE ..Lci.7~___.._. DAY OF _':22l.t2dct!:Lf:L________.____._,
1985.
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JOHN W. AKIN, MAYOR
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