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An Ordinance authorizing the policemen of the City of
Fort Forth to make arrests in certain cases and under certain
circumstances without wa.rr^nts, Rnd prescribing regulations
therefor.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BO J-1) OF COTMUSSIOiT_ITIS OF
TFC CITY GF' FORT 1,i0BTH:
SEC. I. All poliCer.en in the City of Fort Worth in
the exercise of a sound discretion may arrest without a
wprr^nt therefor; any person or persons found in suspicious
pla.ces, or any person or persons found under circumstances
reasonably tending to show that such person or persons have
been guilty cf some felony or breach of the peace, or violation
of some Municipal Ordinance, or about to commit some offense
a-€f�• inst some State Law or a.Eainst some Municipaa Ordinancoe,
Sec, 2._ In 9,11 cases of_a,rres-t without v,—nt made
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under the provision . of this Ordinance,/policeman risking the
arrest shall. immediately take the person arrested before
the nearest magistrate or the one most accessible having
Jurisdiction, where a, complaint may be made, a. Y.,-arrant
issued -nd such other action as is provided by law.
Sec. 3. In all the cases enumeratedp-
under the provisions of this ordinance and under the pro-
ni.sions of Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the Charter of the City
of Fort Vorth , of which said article this ordinance is
declared to be cumulative, arrest may be lawfully made by
said policeman without wparrr�nt, and the policeman ;,.aking -- -
the arrest is justified in adopting and may adopt and use
any and all measures tahich n Shertff might adopt in making
arrest under warrant as provided by the State Statutes,
Sec. 4. This O.rdin<a,nce wha.11 be in force and effect
from and after its passage.
Approved as to Form. I hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Ordinance was duly
Corporation Counsel .
presented and unanimously passod
and adop-ted by the Board of Commisaioners of the City of Fort Worth
at a session of said Boatd held Tueaday,Ma ,16th, 1 16. of