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ORDINANCE NO. /.7 /
AN ORDINANCE OFFERING A REWARD OF $250.00 FOR THE ARREST AND
CONVICTION OF ANY PERSON GUILTY OF ARSON IN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, DEFINING ARSON, PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF SUCH REWARD, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMJ;SSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
THAT:
THERE BE AND THERE IS HEREBY OFFERED to any person or persons
who shall be responsible for, or who shall furnish information leading to the
arrest and conviction of any person guilty of arson committed within the cor-
porate limits of the City of La Porte, a reward in the sum of $250.00, the
same to be paid to such person or persons by the City Treasurer of the City
of La Porte out of the general funds of said city upon proof to the City Com-
mission of the City of La Porte that such person or persons are in fact responsi -
ble for, or have furnished information leading to, the arrest and conviction of
such criminal, and after resolution duly passed by such City Commission find-
ing such facts and authorizing such payment.
By the term "Arson" as used herein is meant the willful burning of any
house; and by the word "house" is meant any building, edifice, or structure en-
closed within walls and covered, whatever may be the material used for build-
ing. The offense of arson authorizing the payment of the reward aforesaid shall
be deemed complete when the fire has actually been communicated to a house,
though it may be neither destroyed nor seriously injured.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with terms and provisions
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
P4SSEQ and APPROVED this the l'l~ay of April, 1963.
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I Clov~s D. Mann, Cfty Clerk ~f the City of La Por~e, TtJARS hereb)'
cm'l.ity that aU l'IlCfUiren1(~nls of the Cily CharIer' of the Ci y ;if
La Porte have been complied with in the promulgation and/or
issuan~ of t]lfa 9rdinance. (No...:....~.A..2,'--...........) as follows:
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