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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />37 <br /> <br />ORD INANCE NO. 1974 - 43 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, DESCRIBING THE <br />FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF <br />SHELTER MANAGERS DURING NATIONAL <br />EMERGENCIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; <br />AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. In case of national emergency, Public <br />Shelter Managers duly appointed by the Civil Defense Director, <br />shall open public shelters, take charge of all stocks of food, <br />water, and other supplies stored in said shelter, admit the <br />public according to the city's shelter use plan and take <br />whatever control measures are necessary for the protection <br />and safety of the occupants. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. Shelter Managers are authorized to use <br />reasonable restraint against those who refuse to cooperate <br />with the routine of shelter living under emergency conditions. <br />Refusal to carry out the orders of the Shelter Manager and <br />his appointed staff shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable <br />by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). <br /> <br />SECTION 3. The fact that there is presently no autho- <br />rization of power for Shelter Managers during a national <br />emergency in the City of San Marcos, and the fact that such <br />regulations are needed for the protection of the safety and <br />welfare of the citizens of the City of San Marcos during a <br />national emergency, creates an emergency and an imperative <br />public necessity of the immediate preservation of the public <br />welfare and safety which requires suspension of the rule <br />requiring ordinances to be read on three separate days before <br />the final passage thereof, and such rules are hereby suspended <br />and this ordinance shall be effective from and after its <br />final passage, and it is so ordained. <br /> <br />PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 26th day of August, A.D. <br />1974. <br /> <br />;L~ <br /> <br />L" <br /> <br />t. ---- <br /> <br />Dr. Emmie Craddock <br />Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />c/~o!/~~ <br /> <br />Susan Fritsche <br />Deputy City Secretary <br /> <br />2;L. <br /> <br /> <br />Tom Akins <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />Pub1~shed in the HAYS COUNTY CITIZEN <br />