HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 75-54ORDINANCE NO. 15- 5)
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAU-
MONT, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE A NEW SECTION 18-9,
PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF LIBRARY CARDS TO
NON-RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; PRO-
VIDING FEES THEREFORE; PROVIDING FOR AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR CANCELLATION OF
EXISTING LIBRARY CARDS HELD BY NON-RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED.BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances to the City of Beau-
mont, Texas, be and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new Section
18-9 to read as follows:
Section 18-9: Fees for Non -Resident Library
Cards.
It shall be unlawful for a non-resident of
the City of Beaumont to check out any item
from the Beaumont Public Library unless he
is the holder of a Non -Resident Library Card
issued under the following terms and condi-
tions:
A. A non-resident individual card at a cost
of $15.00 per year will entitle the holder
to check out a maximum of four items at any
one time if otherwise allowed by existing
library rules for each item.
B. A non-resident family card at a cost of
$25.00 per year will entitle the holder to
check out a maximum of eight items if other-
wise allowed by existing library rules for
each item.
This section shall become effective from and
after October'l, 1975, upon which date all
existing library cards issued to and held by
non-residents of the City of Beaumont shall
become void and have no further force and
effect.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons
or circumstances, should for. any reason. be held- to';b"e-- invalid, such in-
validity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance,
and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section '3.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
Section A.
Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished as
provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances.
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PASSED
BY
THE CInTY
COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
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day of
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1975.
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