Ordinance No. 973s E61
ORDINANCE NO. 973
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN OR-
DINANCE CREATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE OFFICE OF
REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS, REQUIRING THE RE-
GISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS, PROVIDING FOR
APPOINTMENT OF SUCH OFFICER AND FIXING THE COM-
PENSATION, PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF RECORDS,
RECORDING AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND THE
FEE THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIO-
LATION HEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.",
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOOSE
CREEK, NOW BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ON THE 29TH DAY OF
JULY, 1940, BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION X THEREOF,
SO AS TO INCREASE THE FEE FROM $.50 PER COPY TO
$1.50 PER COPY FOR CERTIFIED COPIES OF RECORDS
MAINTAINED BY THE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance adopted by the City of Goose
Creek, now Baytown, Texas, on the 29th day of July, 1940, the
office of Registrar of Vital Statistics for the City of Baytown
was created, and the duties of said office and the fees to be
charged in providing certified copies of the records main-
tained by said office were provided for; and
WHEREAS, the said Ordinance provided for a fee of
$.50 for each certified copy of any record maintained by the
said Registrar; and
WHEREAS, the said fee of $.50 per copy is now
inadequate to fairly reimburse the City for the administra-
tive cost required in providing this service; NOW THEREFORE,
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That said Ordinance passed by the City
Council of the City of Goose Creek, now Baytown, Texas, on the
29th day of July, 1940, be, and the same is hereby, amended
by the amendment of Section X thereof, so as to read as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Section X: The Registrar of Vital Statistics
shall, upon the payment of $1.50, issue a certified
copy of any record within his keeping except such as
forbidden by Rule 47a, Article 4477, R.C.S. of Texas.
Section 2: Except as amended herein, the said
Ordinance above mentioned shall continue in full force and
effect.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances, inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such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 mat-
ter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: Savings Clause: If any provision, ex-
ception, section, subsection, 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 provisions of this or-
dinance or their application to other persons or sets of cir-
c,umstances and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
become effective from and after passage by the City Council.
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this 7th day
of May, 1969.
Glen Walker, Mayor
ATTFST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
A P P RO)ED :
William R. Laughlin, City 4ttorney
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