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ORDINANCE NO. 2731
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, "PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS,"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BY
DEFINING CHARITABLE SOLICITOR; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF UP TO $200.00; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 22, "Peddlers and Solicitors,"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby
amended by the repeal of Sec. 22 -21, Definitions, as presently
constituted, and by the adoption of a new Sec. 22 -21 that
shall read as follows:
Sec. 22 -21. Definitions.
A "charitable solicitor" is any person, group or organization
intending to solicit funds for some charitable, scientific,
religious or educational purpose, or the selling or taking
orders or offering to sell or take orders for any goods,
wares, merchandise, services, photographs or magazines with
the representation that some or part of the solicited funds
will remain available for charitable, scientific, religious
or educational purposes.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance 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® repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only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.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, 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 valid-
ity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
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Section 4: Any person who shall violate any provision
® or provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Each day of
the continuance of such violation shall be considered a
separate offene.
Section 5: 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
0 within ten (10) days after its passage.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 27th
day of September 1979.
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ATTEST
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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