Ordinance No. 585• •
• ORDINANCE N0. 585
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THc CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY DE-
PARTMENT AND CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE FUNC-
TIONS AND DUTIES OF SUCH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City Charter of the City of Baytown and the Statutes of
the State of Texas empower the City of Baytown, through its duly acting City
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Council,
to establish a Library
Department and to create
a Board of Trustees
a five - member
to assist
in the functioning of
such Library Department;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown deems it advisable to
create such Department and Board, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That pursuant to the Charter of the City of Baytown, a De-
partment is hereby created within the framework of the governmental organiza-
tion of the City of Baytown, which shall be known as the Library Department
and it shall function according to the laws of the State of Texas, and the
Charter of the City of Baytown.
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Section 2:
There
is also
hereby created
a five - member
Advisory Board
of Trustees which
shall
assist
the proper City
Officials and
the Library De-
partment in the operation of a Free Public Library.
That the City Manager shall appoint said Trustees by and with the appro-
val of the City Council. That such Trustees shall hold office for two year
terms; of the first five-(5) appointments, three (3) shall be appointed for
two (2) years and two (2) shall be appointed for one (1) year; and thereafter
three (3) shall be appointed during even numbered years and two (2) shall be
appointed during odd numbered years for said two (2) year terms.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in-
consistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, how-
0 ever, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and
in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
• Section 4: Savings Clause: If any provision, exception, section, sub - section,.
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same
to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining pro-
visions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circum-
stances and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be sever-
able.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from and after
its passage by the City Council.
IKIRODUCED, READ and PISSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
• Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 10th day of March, 1960.
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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R. H. Pruett, Mayor