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ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, 1950, ADOPTED UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 2870, BY
ADDING TO THE SAID CHAPTER 26 A SECTION DESIGNATED AS
"SECTION 38, ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT"; PROVIDING FOR THE
ARREST OF PERSONS FOUND IN SUSPICIOUS PLACES AND UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT WARRANT; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE IN-THE EVENT THAT ANY PART OF THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,TE%AS:
SECTION 1
That Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, 1950, be
amended by adding thereto an additional section designated as "Section 38,
Arrest Without Warrant", reading as follows:
SECTION 38
ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT
It shall be the duty of all policemen to arrest without
warrant all persons found in suspicious places and under
circumstances which reasonably show that they have been
guilty of some felony or breach of the peace, or who threaten
to or are about to commit some offense against the laws.
SECTION 2
Should any part, section, sub-section, paragraph, sentence, elause or
phrase contained in this ordinance be held to be unconstitutional, such hold-
ing shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the ordinance,
but in all respects said remaining portion shall be and remain in full force
and effect; and the City Council hereby declares that it would not have passed
the unconstitutional part had it known it was invalid and that it would have
passed the remaining part tha£ is no v .-"-
SECTION 3
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all providions of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, 1950, said Code having been adopted under Ordinance
No. 2870, and any other ordinance of the City of Fort Worth relating to offenses
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and arrest without warrant except in those instances wherein the provisions
of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances, in which
instances said conflicting provisions of other ordinances and the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, 1950, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect
as of the date of its passage by the Council.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Assistant City Attorney
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