HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 299 PROVIDI.~.G A PENALTY THEREFOR.
BE IT O~AII~D BM T~ COUNCIL OF T~ CITY OF B~RSFI~D, as
fellows:
~CT ION l:
In all proceedings before the Council in which retorters are
to be heard and dete~lned from evidence~ witnesses ~y be subpoenaed
te appear before the Council in the Council Ch~ber in the City Hall
at a given t~e ~e give testimony with relation to the ~ttere te be
heard by said Council, and the City C~k is hereby authorized to
issue a subpeens~ er subpoenas at the request of any person in interest,
requiring the attendance ef any witness er witnesses before the said
Council.
Said subpeenm shall be substantially in the following form:
EFO~ T~ CO~CIL OF
T~ CITY OF B~R~I~.~.
~N T~ ~TER OF )
SUBPOENA.
THE PEOPLE OF T~E CITY' OF BAKERSFIELD SEND GREETING TO
WE CO.AND YOU, that all and singular, business and excuses being
laid aside, you appear and attend before the Council of the City of
Bakersfield, at the Council Chamber in the City Hall in said city, on
the ....... day of 191__, at o'clock ,,, m., then and
there to testify in the above entitled matter pending before the said
Council, and disobedience will be punished in accordance with law and
ordinances.
AND YOU ARE REQUIRED, also, to bring with you the following:
Witness, the Council of the City of Bakersfield
and the seal of said City, this day of
~ 191__._..
ATTEST my hand and Baal of the said City,
the day and year last above written.
City 'ble'~'k "sJr[d ex-officio clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield.
SECTION 2:
The foregoing subpoena may be served by any person over
the age of 18 years, by showing the original and delivering a copy
to the person served.
SECTION 3:
Any person subpoenaed as above provided, that fails to
appear and testify before the Council at the time and place designated
in said subpoena, shall be deenled guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars, or by imprisomment in the County Jail for not
more than ten days, or' by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 4:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after thirty days from the date of its 'passage.
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at its meeting on the ?th
day of February, 1916, by the following vote:
NAYES: - ~/~-~ /
~iSy Clerk and ex-off-~fCio-'clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfiekl.
Approved this ?th day o~f Fe~~,//~gl6.
-- Mayor o~~y of Bakersfield.
~,lale ul (gaiifurnia I ss.
(~ouuty of ~ern
~ · being first duly sworn
~deposes and says: I am ovec the age of ~wen~y-one years -~ o~x~c~ r~ov~.~
ORDLNANCE NO. 299,
AND AUT~IORIZJ~ . T~ C.1T¥
and am now and have been during all of the times here- ~ ,~,~m~ TO ~SSU~
in mentioned the chief clerk of the Echo Publishing ' ~.~'- ~m~ r.~v~
t TEND UNDER SAID~ S~B~OENA
~ glrSDEMEANOR AND PROVID~O-
Company, and as su. eh chief clerk I have at all the times :.~ PE~A~rv T~mn~OS ....
BE 1T ORDAINED Bk'
here~n mentioned had control and management of all c~ o~? u,~s c~v~ o~
Fll~]LD, as fo/lows:
the advertisements ~hat have appeared during said time
S~CTION ~. in all proceedings be-
fore the Council in which matters are
in THE MOR~INO ECHO; that the MORNING ECHO ~o be heard and determined from e'ui-
deuce, witnesses nlay be subpoenaed to
is a newspaper published daily (except Monday) appear before the Coun~it in the Coun-
cil Chamber in the City Hgllat g given
in the City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, State of Oal- : time to give testimo.ny wi~h ~%l~tion to
matters to be heard by. sgiR Council}
ifornia, by the Echo Publishing Company; that said pa- and the City Clerk is hereby gu[h0~iz-
~ ed to issue a subpoena or su~pbenas at
the request of any person in i~teresr
per is published for the dissemination of local and tele- ,
. requiring the-attendance of' ~ny wit-
ness or witnesses before the said
graphic news and intelligeaee of a general character and Con~.
Said subpoena shall be substantial
has a bona fide subsehption list of paying subscribers. ~n ~ho fono,~g fo~m:
S~O~ U~a~ COU~Cm O~
Said newspaper has been established and published in ~-~ ~'-,~,vm~ o~l
the said City, County and State for more than one year i~
last past; said paper is not devoted to the interest nor ~ ~opL~ o~ rn~
published for the entertainment of any particular class, '.'q,;k' 56iihX~5"~6~','
smgular, business and excuses being
profession, trade or calling, race or denomination, or la~a-asiae,you appear andattend be-
forethe Council of the City. of Bak-
any number thereof; that a notice of which the annexed ~r~,~, at the Council Chamber in"the
City Hall in said City, on tM ....
printed slip is a true copy was published in said paper of ....~..; ~t ......o,~,oCk . ~.;
then and there to testify in t~e above
in each and every issue thereof on the following dates, entitled matter pc.ding before the said
Council, and disobedience will be pun-
to-wit: ished in accordance with law and or-
dinances.
bring with you the following:
.... I..%..t .q ........ '
' (~ ....................... Bakersfield and the seal pi said 'city,
this ..... day of .......... 191 .....
~Attest my hand and seal of the said
city, t ~e day and Year last above writ-
........................... l ten. - .
punch of the City of B~RbrS'fl~'d~
· SECTIDX 2. The fo'reaPing subpOe~
/may be served by any person Over the
tage of 18 Years, by shOWing the 'o'rigin-
~al and delivering- a copy to tile. person
served.
~ SECTION 3.~ ~y person subpoena.
................................................... as a~ove p~ov~0fl,~'that fails to appe~
Itc testify before the Council at the
time and place designated i~ said sub-
and was published on each of said dates in the full and ;~o~,shall be deemed guilty of a
entire issue of said paper and in the newspaper proper 0~mea~o~ and upon eonvieti0n thereof
shall be punished by a' fi~o:~
no't exceeding One
by immqs0n~~i. ~'
and not at any time a supplement thereto. ~o~ ~o~ ~h ,
.~~~~ SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect from a~ after
~ -~ . thirty days from the date of its pas-
I hereby certify that'tbe foregoing
ordinanFe .was' adopted by the Council
of the City o'~ Bakersfield, at its meet-:
.nd sworn to before me this ~,gon th; 7thSay ofFebruary 1916,
bv the followh~g vote:
Smith, Taylor, ~¥illow.
day 6f-. ........ 191. x~y~; 'Xon~
' : ............. Absent: Noue.
' ~ ~. G. BALLAGH
~W~~~7 , City Clerk"and ex om~. ~, ,., . '
~ * -- ......... or~ o. the
¢ ~Council of the City of Bake'r~eld'.
.'~ r ~' , Approved thi~ 7th day of
ty of Ke~, State of CaHfo~a. , , -, z ...... ,~?~ ~ .