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<br /> <br /> <br />133 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE 1988-46 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br />MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF THE SAN MARCOS <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A PROVISION RELATED TO THE <br />OFFENSE OF COMMITTING ACTS OF CRUELTY OR HARASSMENT <br />DIRECTED AT HORSES OF THE MOUNTED POLICE~ AND <br />ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. That Chapter 3 of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances is <br />amended by the addition of Section 3-55 as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 3-55. <br /> <br />Acts of Cruelty or Harassrnent Directed at Horses of <br />the Mounted Police Prohibited. <br /> <br />It is unlawful for any person to intentionally, knowingly, or <br />recklessly strike, prod, or injure by physical contact, <br />threaten with imminent harm or frighten, disturb or <br />irritate in any manner, a horse, whether mounted or unmounted, <br />which is in use on official duties by an officer of the San <br />Marcos Police Mounted Patrol. Any physcial action by a Mounted <br />Patrol officer to use, direct, or control his mount shall <br />not be an offense under this section. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall be in effect ten (10) days <br />from and after its passage, and it shall be published in a newspaper of <br />general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City <br />of San Marcos, Texas. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading <br /> <br />May 9, 1988 <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading May 23, 1988. <br /> <br />PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED <br /> <br /> <br />1988. \ <br /> <br />/kryw) <br /> <br />rris <br /> <br />Attest: L/~ I <br />~t)J)1A~rgf ¿}}~;J <br /> <br />Jt/ti~ K~ Womack <br />Ci ty Secretary <br /> <br />Approved: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lamar W. Hankins <br />Ci ty At torney <br /> <br />Published in the SAN MARCOS NEWS June 16, 1988. <br />