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1-Jlc: ~1 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING POLICE OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, TO ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS PERSONS WHO ARE FOUND IN SUSPICIOUS PLACES, UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WHO Ti-REATEN OR ARE ABOUT TO COMMIT ANY OFFENSE PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. I WHEREAS, the mu nicipal authorit.ies of towns and cities have the authority to establish rules authorizing arrest without a warrant of certain persons under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, it is deemed in the public interest that the City of San Marcos avai I i tsel f of th is authori ty. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TrE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: Section I that; any police officer of the City of San Marcos, Texas, in the exercise of sound discretion, any arrest without a warrant, therefor, within the territorial limits of said city, any person or persons found in suspicous places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons or person have been guilty of some felony or breach of the peace, or threaten, or about to commit some offense against the laws. I Section 2 The City of San Marcos, Texas, having no ordinance making provision for arrests without warrants, as authorized by Article 214 of the Code of Criminol Procedure and of the State of Texas as amended, and a public necessity therefore, creates an emergency requiring that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon and after its passage and legal publication. Section 3 Any word, phrase, clause, sentence or section of this ordinance which may be found to be "invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then it shall in no way invalidate the remainder of the ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9th day of October, A.D., 1962. - /', / ('" j-7" - J " ~ C', c- II < '-/ I \ ",({; !<fJ.~J/ C.M. Allen;-Mayor ATTEST: I ~