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ORDINANCE IJC. 522
AN URDIAIAbICE OF THE CITY OF LYTdVir00D A?~RENDING
ORDINANCE N0. 316 OF THE CI1^Y OF LYPrIF,rpGp By
ADDING A TdEYV SECTION THERETO ^1G BE DESIGTIATED
5ECTIGId 25a.
The City Council of the City of Lynvaood does ordain as
follows:
Section l: Ordinance No. 31f, of said City is amended by
adding thereto a neva section to be designated Section 25a and to read
as follows:
"Section 25a; The City Judge shall have authority to estab-
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lish a bail schedule for violations of this ordinance and the Clerk of
the City Court is authorized to accept such bail in the cases provided.
"As an alternative to any other procedure, a notice to appear
may be given to any person allegedly violating any of the terms of this
ordinance, as follov:~s:
"Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of a.ny pro-
vision or provisions oP this ordinance, the arresting officer may pre-
pare, in duplicate, a varitten.notice to appear in Court, which notice
shall contain the name and address of such person, the offense charged
under this ordinance, and the tune and place when and vahere such person
shall appear in Court. The tine specified. in said notice to appear
must be at least five (5) days after such arrest. The place specified
in such notice to appear shall be before the City Judge of the City of
Lynwood. Said officer shall deliver one copy of such notice to the
arrested person, and said arrested person, in order to secure release,
must give his written promise to appear in Court by signing the dupli-
cate notice which shall be retained by said officer;' thereupon, the
arresting officer shall release the person arrested from custody.
°Sa.id officer shall, as soon as practicable, file said dupli-
Cate notice vaith the City Judge of the City of Lynwood. The defendant
may, prior to t_he date upon vahich he promised to appear in Court,
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deposit with the City Judge or officer authorized by such Judge to re-
ceive a deposit of bail, the amount cf bail thus set as prescribed in
said bail schedule. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for
arraignment before the City Judge, if the defendant shall not appear
either in person or by counsel, the Judge may declare the bail forfeited
and may, in his discretion, order that no further proceedings shall be
had in the case.
°Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be
had,-all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the City
Treasury of said City.
"njo warrant shall issue on such charge for the arrest of a. per-
son vaho had given such written promise to appear in Court unless and un-
til he has violated- such promise or has failed to deposit bail, to appear.
for arraignment, trial, or judgment, or to comply with the terms and
provisions of the judgment, as rewired by law, or unless in the dis-
cretion of the City Judge such person should be re4uired to appear be-
fore such Judge.
"~Nhenever written notice to appear has been prepared, delivered.,
and filed with the court, as provided in this ordinance, an exact and
legible duplicate copy of said- notice when filed with the judge specified
herein shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1426 of the
Penal Code, constitute a complaint to which the defendant may plead.
"Guilty".
"If, however, tree defendant shall violate his promise to
appear in court or shall not deposit lav~ful bail, or plead other than
"Guilty" to the offense ch~.rged, a complaint shall be filed vrhich shall
conform to the provisions of Section 1426, Penal Code, and. which shall
be deemed to be an original complaint, and thereafter proceeding shall
be had as provided by law."
Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption oi'this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once
in the Ly muood Press, a vaeekly newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published, and circulated vrithin the City of Lynvaood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 17th day of January , 1950, and finally
adopted and ordered pulil!i'eh8d at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 7th day of February , 1950, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Bruner Stroh Willard
Williams. '
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN
ATTEST'
ITY LERK, _ F LYNS900D
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I, the unde'rsi~ned, City Clerk of the City
of Lynn>rood, and e:;-officio clerk of t;ae Council of said
G5.'i,~', c_o hereby certify that the above is a true and
correct copy of 0_rdi.nance ido. K22 adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lyni~ood and that sa;ie oTas
passed or. the date and by the note therein stated.
rated this 9th day of February , 19 $0,
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CITY CLERK 0 ~'f:E CITY Or LYN''?OOD