ORDINANCE NO. 86
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROHIBITING THE RUNNING
AT LARGE OF HORSES, MULES, ASSES, HOGS, GOATS, SHEEP, COWS OR OTHER
DOMESTIC ANIMALS OR FOWLS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN $ ). do, " II
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, DEFINING AN OFFENSE, REPEALLING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH AND PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. It shall be unawful for any person to turn loose or
allow to run at large or for any person, firm or corporation to kno~
ingly or willfully allow any person in their employ or under their
direction to turn loose or allow to run at large upon the streets,
alleys or other public places of this City or upon property not their
own, any horse, mule, ass, hpg, goat, sheep, cow or other domestic fowl
or animal which is tim- his or their actual possession at the time.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to tie, stake or
fasten, or for any person, firm or corporation to knowingly or willfully
allow any person in their employ or under their direction to tie, stake
or fasten upon any public street, alley, square or sidewalk or any
property not their own, without the consent of the person in possession
thereof within the corporate limits of this City, any horse, mule, ass,
goat, sheep, cow or other domestic animal for the purpofE of permitting SlJ"" e.
to graze or in any manner calculated to allow such horse, mule, ass,
goat, sheep, cow or ether domestic animal to graze, and the owner or
person in actual possession of any such horse, mule, ass, goat, sheep,
C0W or other domestic animal, who shall cause or knowingly permit same
to be so tied, staked, or fastened, shall be deemed guilty of a vio-
lation hereof.
SECTION 3. Any corporation, firm, agent or person violating any
section or sections of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and subject to a fine in any sum not to exceed $200.00; each,
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day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 4. If any article, subdivision , paragraph, clause, phrase
or sentence of this ordinance, or the application of same to a parti-
cular set of persons or circumstances should for any reason, be held
invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance and to such end the various pro-
visions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
or conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed.
This ordinance shall become effective upon passage, approval
and publication as requined by law.
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If - day of April, 1963.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this
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Mayor
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Secretary
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