Ordinance No. 1,047ORDINANCE NO. 1047
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER
17, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND OFFENSES, BY THE
ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION, SECTION 17 -17, ENTITLED
"FEMALE SOLICITING TO HAVE INTERCOURSE FOR COMPENSA-
TION", SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY FEMALE PER-
SON TO OFFER TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH ANY
MALE PERSON IN RETURN FOR COMPENSATION; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 17,
Miscellaneous Provisions and Offenses, by the addition of a
new section, which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 17 -17. Female soliciting to have intercourse
for compensation.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any female per-
son, by word, sign or action, on the streets or in
any public place, or at the door or window of any
house or room, or upon the porch or steps of any
house or room, or upon the driveway, walk or ap-
proach to any house or room, or upon the yard or
premises upon which any house or room is situated,
or in or upon any building or room or part thereof
appurtenant to any house or premises within the
corporate limits of the City, to seek to have, or
offer to have sexual intercourse with any male per-
son in return for compensation or remuneration by
such male person.
(b) Any person found guilty of violating the
terms of this section shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred ($200.00)
dollars.
Section 2: 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dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such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 matter
covered by this ordinance.
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Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, sec-
tion, exception, 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 ordi-
nance or their application to other persons or sets of cir-
cumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after ten (10) days after its passage
by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 8th day
of October, 1970.
C. GLEN WALKER,
ATTEST:
E-bNA OLIVER, City Clerk
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WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, CV,'ty Attorney
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