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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ALL POLICEMEN OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, IN THE EXERCISE OF A SOUND DISCRETION, TO ARREST WITHOUT
A WARRANT THEREFOR, ANY PERSON FOUND IN A SUSPICIOUS PLACE, OR
ANY PERSON FOUND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES REASONABLY TENDING TO SHOW
THAT SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN GUILTY OF SOME FELONY 'OR BREACH OF THE
PEACE, OR VIOLATION OF SOME MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE, OR ABOUT TO
COMMIT SOME OFFENSE AGAINST SOME STATE LAW OR AGAINST SOME
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. This Ordinance shall be known and may be
cited as the "City of La Porte Suspicious Persons Ordinance."
Section 2. All policemen of the City are hereby
authorized and empowered in the exercise of a sound discretion,
to arrest without a warrant therefor, any person found in a
suspicious place, or any person found under circumstances reason-
ably tending to show that such person has been guilty of some
felony or breach of the peace, or violation of some municipal
ordinance, or about to commit some offense against some State
law or against some municipal ordinance.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and APPROVED, this the ,..?....d/ day of
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ATTEST:
Porte, Texas
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City Clerk, City of La por~~, Texas
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City Attorney, City of La Porte,Texas