Ord 1696 11/8/1954p
ORDINANCE NO./
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION,
SALE OR GIFT TO MINORS OF PRINTED MATERIAL, PHONOGRAPH RECORDS,
PICTORIAL MATERIAL OR OBJECTS WHICH ARE OBSCENE, I1,1IORAL, LEtA"}i ,
LASCIVIOUS OR INDECENT; PROHIBITING THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBU-
TION, SALE OR GIFT TO MINORS OF PRINTED MATERIAL CONTAINING
ACCOUNTS OF CRIMINAL DEEDS OF BLOODSHED, LUST OR CRIME; PRO -
VIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall print,
publish, design, prepare, import, distribute, exhibit, display,
sell, possess with intent to sell, offer for sale, loan'or give
away to a minor .a book, pamphlet, magazine, printed paper,
phonograph record, drawing, picture, photograph, figure, image,
article or instrument or other thing which is obscene, immoral,
lewd, lascivious or indecent, tending to incite minors to
-violent, depraved or immoral acts or that otherwise manifestly
tends to the corruption of themorals of minors.
SECTION Z. No person, firm or corporation shall print,
publish, write, import, distribute, exhibit, display, sell, possess
with intent to sell, offer for sale, loan or gave away to'a minor
a book, pamphlet, magazine or other printed paper containing accounts
of criminal deeds or pictures or stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust
or crime by characters depicted either as real or fanciful, human
or inhuman which manifestly tends to incite �iminors to disregard the
law of the land.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, or any part of this
ordinance shall be held.to be unconstitutional or inoperative, such
invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining portions thereof,
it being the express intention of the Board of Aldermen'to enact
constitutional and operative provisions and they would not have
included any unconstitutional or'inoperative provision if they
had known of such invalidity at the time the ordinance was adopted.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation that violates
any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not to
exceed the amount of �M0.00. Each day during which a violation
continues shall be a separate offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after the date of itspassage and publica-
tion as provided by law."
PASSED AND APPROVED This, the day of October, A. D.
1954.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk
City Attorney
Prepared and submitted by -°
Graham 3 . ~°Purcell , Jr.
Attorney at ,Law
Staley Building, Wichita Falls, Texas
111ayor