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ORD IN~I CE NO. 359
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTriOR I ZE LEVYING OF ADDITIONAL
COSTS IN CONVICTIONS FUR PUBLIC DRUNKENfJESS AND
DRIVING UNDEk -l~F-iE INFLUENCE OF li~TOXiCANTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WES7 MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That under the authority of Section 6 and
Section 15 of Act 60 of the 1927 Acts of the General Assembly
of Arkansas, as amended by Act 275 of the 1951 Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, there shall be after
the passage of this ordinance assessed and taxed as costs,
in addition to such costs as now are or may hereafter be provided
by law, in the Municipal Court of West Memphis, Arkansas, against
all persons who are convicted on a charge of public drunkenness,
$1.00; and against all persons convicted on a charge of driving
while under the influence of intoxicants, $5.00.
SECTION 2. The Municipal Court of '~;~lest Memphis is directed
to tax said costs in all such cases arising under violation of
City Ordinances or State Laws, and costs so collected shall be
kept in a separate account by the Municipal Court Clerk and City
Treasurer and accounted for at the same time and in the same
manner as other Court costs.
SECTION 3. Costs collected under this Ordinance shall b¢
paid into a fund to be used in the purchase, maintenance, and
operation of equipment designed to test the fact and degree of
intoxication of persons arrested on charges of public druhkenness
or driving while under the influence of intoxica~hts.
The surplus, if any, after accomplishment of the above
purpose, may be used in defraying any other legitimate adminis-
trative expense of the Court.
SECTION 4. It is the finding of the City Council of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, that some scientific means of
determination of the fact and degree of intoxication is necessary
to the administration of justice in cases where drunkenness is
an element of the offense, and such cases have increased
appreciably in the recent past and this Ordinance is necessary
to the administration of justice and for the preservation of
the public safety and welfare.
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SECTION 5. ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH REPEALED:
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict her¢with are
hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 20TH1~,Y OF NOVEMBER, 1958.
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