Ord 1706 11/22/1954ORD INANCE NO .r I�
AN ORDINANCE CREA7ING A BOARD OF LITERARY REVIEW TO
BE KNOWN AS THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR JUVENILE READERS;
PROVIDING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, THEIR ELIGIBILITY
AND METHOD OF APPOINTMENT; PROVIDING THE DUTIES AND
AREAS IN WHICH THE BOARD SHALL NOT ACT; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a board. of literary re--
view for the City of Wichita Falls which shall be known and desig-
nated officially as'The Board of Review for Juvenile Literature and
Entertainment."
SECTION 2. The Board of ,Review shall consist of nine (9)
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members, each of whom shall be a resident citizen of the City of
Wichita Falls. The members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with
the approval of the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor shall designate
one of the members as Chairman and one as Vice Chairman and one as
Secretary upon the appointment, the same to be with the approval
..of the Board of Aldermen. Members serv.e.. for..a _period of - two (2)
years unless removed for a cause. All vacancies shall be filled
by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen as herein-
before provided. In addition there shall be three (3) ex officie
members of the Board of Review, as follows: a member of the Legal
Department of the City of Wichita Falls, to be selected by the
City Attorney; a representative of the Police Department of the
City of Wichita Falls, to be designated by the Chief of Police;
a member of the Board of Aldermen to be appointed by the Mayor
with the approval of the majority of the Board of Aldermen.
SECTION 3. Promptly after the passage of this ordinance and
the appointment of the Board of Review, the Chairman shall call
a meeting of such board and the board shall make such rules and
regulations for the orderly conduct of its affairs as it may see
fit, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. It shall -�be the duty of the Board of Review to
keep informed of the contents of literary and pictorial publications
found in the City of the nature described in Ordinance No.
and call to the- ._attention of the proper prosecuting authorities
any literary ox-pictorial publication which the Board believes
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should be investigated by the prosecutor to determine whether
or not it tends to the corruption of the morals of minors or to
incite minors to disregard the law of the land. The board shall
have the right to express its views as to the propriety or legality
of any publication read by minors, but the board shall not have
the right to enforce its views by any direct or indirect threats
to prosecute any persons who disagree with the board, whether such
threats are made openly or covertly to the publishing, distributing
or retailing trade.. The board may take whatever means it believes
necessary to suppress any literature which it believes detrimental
to minors.
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 ox inoperative provision
if they had known of such invalidity at the time the ordinance
was adopted.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect and is fully
existent with Ordinance No. l 0 this date passed by th Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls. `]�
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PASSED AND APPROVED this, the?'Y day of fix, A.D. 1954.
e_ Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
�W!� "'s ��.
Cityl Attorney
Prepared and presented by
Hon. Graham B. Purcell, Jr.
Staley Building, Wichita Falls, Texas