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Charter and revised code of ordinances, February 7, 1911.

Tex Beaumont · 1911 · Scanned text · Free in the US

297,358 words · about 20 h 49 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Tex Beaumont
Language
English
Published
1911
Length
297,358 words · about 20 h 49 min
Sections
163 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (163)
  1. Front matter about 4 min
  2. Part 2. CIVIL AND PENAL ORDINANCES about 1 min
  3. Part 4. FRANCHISES AND CONTRACTS about 1 min
  4. Part 5. BOND ISSUES under 1 min
  5. Part I * about 2 h 45 min
  6. Index To Charter about 18 min
  7. Index To Charter And Ordinances about 2 min
  8. Index To Charter And Ordinances. 153 about 2 min
  9. Index To Charter And Ordinances. 155 about 47 min
  10. Chapter I. Rules Of Order about 6 min
  11. Chapter II. Definitions about 1 min
  12. Chapter III. Officers And Their Election about 2 min
  13. Chapter IV. The Mayor about 2 min
  14. Chapter V. The City Attorney about 1 min
  15. Chapter VI. Assessor And Collector about 1 min
  16. Chapter VII. City Treasurer about 21 min
  17. Chapter IX. City Secretary about 2 min
  18. Chapter X. Street Commissioner about 2 min
  19. Chapter XI. City Engineer about 7 min
  20. Chapter XII. Health Officer about 44 min
  21. Chapter XIII. City Sanitary Commissioner about 5 min
  22. Chapter XIV. Health Inspector about 2 min
  23. Chapter XV. City Scavenger about 5 min
  24. Chapter XVI. City Electrician about 10 min
  25. Chapter XVII. Stock Policemen about 2 min
  26. Chapter XVIII. City Purchasing Agent about 2 min
  27. Chapter XIX. Building Inspector about 1 min
  28. Chapter XX. Fire Marshal about 5 min
  29. Chapter XXI. Water And Gas Meter Inspector about 2 min
  30. Chapter XXII. General Duties Of Officers about 4 min
  31. Chapter XXIII about 3 min
  32. Chapter XXIV. Division Of The City Into Wards about 2 min
  33. Chapter XXV. Corporation Court about 12 min
  34. Chapter XXVI. Fire Department about 10 min
  35. Chapter XXVII. Public Parks about 2 min
  36. Chapter XXVIII. City Finances about 29 min
  37. Chapter XXIX. Public Schools about 2 min
  38. Chapter XXX. Taxation about 46 min
  39. Chapter XXXI. Sewer District about 5 min
  40. Chapter XXXII. Fire District And Brick, Stone And Corru- Gated Iron Limits about 3 min
  41. Chapter XXXIII. Building Regulations about 59 min
  42. Chapter XXXV. Sidewalks And Streets about 45 min
  43. Chapter XXXVI. Railways about 17 min
  44. Chapter XXXVII. Street Railways about 25 min
  45. Chapter Xxxviii. Hacks, Carriages And Drays about 14 min
  46. Chapter XXXIX about 16 min
  47. Chapter XL. Animals And Birds about 12 min
  48. Chapter XLI. Explosives, Storage Of Cotton, Etc about 4 min
  49. Chapter XLII. Water Company about 4 min
  50. Chapter XLIII. Underground Pipes about 4 min
  51. Chapter XLIV. Pawnbrokers, Etc about 6 min
  52. Chapter XLV. Fire Escapes— For Hotels, Etc about 52 min
  53. Index To Civil And Penal Ordinances about 2 min
  54. VI Index To Civil And Penal Ordinances about 56 min
  55. Chapter I. Texas And New Orleans Railroad Company about 24 min
  56. Chapter II. Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company about 16 min
  57. Chapter III. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Com- Pany about 5 min
  58. Chapter IV. Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company about 1 min
  59. Chapter V. Gulf And Interstate Railway Company about 2 min
  60. Chapter VI. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Com- Pany about 12 min
  61. Chapter VII. Beaumont Wharf And Terminal Company about 21 min
  62. Chapter VIII about 8 min
  63. Chapter IX. Neches Lumber Company about 2 min
  64. Chapter X. Beaumont Ice, Light And Refrigerating ' Company about 9 min
  65. Section I. Repealing And Substituting about 1 min
  66. Section II. Grant And Duration under 1 min
  67. Section III. Streets Covered By Franchise about 1 min
  68. Section IV. Single And Double Tracks And Switches about 1 min
  69. Section V. Annual Payment To City about 1 min
  70. Section VI. Change Of Grade, Improvements Of Streets, Etc about 2 min
  71. Section VII. Concrete Foundations about 1 min
  72. Section VIII. Sprinkling Cars about 1 min
  73. Section IX. Care Of Streets, Etc about 1 min
  74. Section X. Temporary Suspension about 2 min
  75. Section XII. Fares And Transfers about 1 min
  76. Section XIII. Bonding Of Rails And Returning Current about 1 min
  77. Section XIV. Repairs, Etc about 1 min
  78. Section XV. Rails about 1 min
  79. Section XVI. Abandonment under 1 min
  80. Section XVII. Use Of Tracks Bt Other Companies about 2 min
  81. Section XVIII. Guage And Location Of Tracts under 1 min
  82. Section XIX. Recovery Of Expenditure By City about 1 min
  83. Section XX. Lien Of City about 1 min
  84. Section XXI. Annual Reports about 1 min
  85. Section XXII. Successors And Assigns under 1 min
  86. Section XXIII. Extension Of Lines about 1 min
  87. Section XXIV. Terminations And Forfeitures about 2 min
  88. Section XXV. Penalties For Failure Of Schedules about 12 min
  89. Chapter XII. Southwestern Telegraph And Telephone Company about 9 min
  90. Chapter XIV about 5 min
  91. Chapter XV. Beaumont Water Works Company about 21 min
  92. Chapter XVI. Beaumont Gas Company about 5 min
  93. Chapter XVII. Higgins Oil And Fuel Company about 2 min
  94. Chapter XVIII about 2 min
  95. Chapter XIX about 1 min
  96. Chapter XX about 1 min
  97. Chapter XXI. Gulf Refining Company about 1 min
  98. Chapter XXII. Sanitary Receptacle Company about 3 min
  99. Chapter XXIII. Tom Robinson— Pipe Line about 2 min
  100. Index to Franchises and Contracts about 1 h 17 min
  101. Chapter I. Bond Issues about 6 min
  102. Chapter II. Water Works System— Bonds about 2 min
  103. Chapter III. Wharf Bonds about 5 min
  104. Chapter IV. Market House And Fire Station Bonds about 6 min
  105. Chapter V. Fire Station And City Hall Bonds about 6 min
  106. Chapter VI. Public Improvement Bonds about 3 min
  107. Chapter VII. Paving Bonds about 43 min
  108. Chapter IX. School Building And Repair Bonds about 28 min
  109. Appendix about 1 min
  110. Section I about 1 min
  111. Section II under 1 min
  112. Section IV under 1 min
  113. SECTION I. That Chapter 30, Article 384, Section 2, Revised Code m about 1 min
  114. Section II about 6 min
  115. Section III under 1 min
  116. SECTION IV. That said Railway Company shall be further re under 1 min
  117. Section V about 1 min
  118. Section VI under 1 min
  119. Section VII about 1 min
  120. Section VIII about 1 min
  121. Section I about 1 min
  122. Section II under 1 min
  123. Section III about 1 min
  124. Section IV about 1 min
  125. Section V under 1 min
  126. Section VI about 1 min
  127. Section I about 35 min
  128. Section II under 1 min
  129. Section III under 1 min
  130. Section IV about 1 min
  131. Section VI about 1 min
  132. Section VII about 1 min
  133. Section VIII about 1 min
  134. Section I under 1 min
  135. Section II under 1 min
  136. Section IV under 1 min
  137. Section I about 1 min
  138. Section III about 1 min
  139. Section IV under 1 min
  140. Section V under 1 min
  141. Section VI under 1 min
  142. Section VII under 1 min
  143. SECTION VIII. That said e^ction shall be held at the following places, to-wit under 1 min
  144. Section IX under 1 min
  145. Section X about 1 min
  146. Section XI under 1 min
  147. Section XII under 1 min
  148. Section I about 10 min
  149. Section II under 1 min
  150. Section IV under 1 min
  151. Section I about 1 min
  152. Section III about 1 min
  153. Section V under 1 min
  154. Section I about 1 min
  155. Section III under 1 min
  156. Section IV about 1 min
  157. Section I about 2 min
  158. Section II under 1 min
  159. Section III about 1 min
  160. Section IV under 1 min
  161. Section V about 3 min
  162. VII about 4 min
  163. Index To Bond Issues under 1 min
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Front matter

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Part 2. CIVIL AND PENAL ORDINANCES

Chapter

1 Rules of Order.

2 Definitions.

3 Officers and Their Election.

4 The Mayor.

5 The City Attorney.

6 Assessor and Collector.

7 City Treasurer.

11 City Engineer.

12 Health Officer.

13 City Sanitary Commissioner.

14 Health Inspector.

15 City Scavenger.

16 City Electrician.

17 Stock Policemen.

18 City Purchasing Agent.

19 Building Inspector.

20 Fire Marshal.

21 Water and Gas Meter Inspector.

22 General Duties of Officers.

23 Fixing Salaries of Officers of the City— April,

24 Division of the City into Wards.

28 City Finances. ’

29 Public Schools.

CITY OF BEAUMONT.

32 Fire District, and Brick, Stone and Corrugated

Iron Limits.

33 Building Regulations.

38 Hacks, Carriages and Drays.

39 Traffic Regulations, Rules of the Road, Regula-

tions of Automobiles and Other Vehicles.

41 Explosives, Storage of Cotton, etc.

42 Water Company.

43 Underground Pipes.

44 Pawnbrokers.

45 Fire Escapes for Hotels, etc.

46 Wholesale Territory for Sale of Intoxicating

Liquors.

47 Miscellaneous Offenses.

Part 3. EXTRACTS FROM STATE LAWS

48 Extracts from Penal Code.

49 Extracts from State Constitution.

50 Extracts from Code of Criminal Procedure.

Part 4. FRANCHISES AND CONTRACTS

Chapter

1 Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company.

2 Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Com-

pany.

3 Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company.

4 Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company.

CHARTER AND ORDINANCES.

Gulf & Interstate Railway Company.

Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company. Beaumont Wharf & Terminal Company.

Texas Tram & Lumber Company.

Neches Lumber Company.

Beaumont Ice, Light & Refrigerating Company. Beaumont Traction Company.

Beaumont Traction Company (New).

Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. Postal Telegraph & Cable Company of Texas.

S. H. Van Wormer, et al. (Beaumont Telephone Company.)

Beaumont Water Works Company.

Beaumont Gas Company.

Higgins Oil & Fuel Company.

John C. Ward, et al.

Gustave A. Jahn.

J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company.

Gulf Refining Company.

Sanitary Receptacle Company.

Tom Robinson.

Part 5. BOND ISSUES

Funding — General Indebtedness.

Water Works System Bonds.

Wharf Bonds.

Market House and Fire Station Bonds. Fire Station and City Hall Bonds.

Public Improvement Bonds.

Paving Bonds.

Sewerage Bonds.

School Building and Repair Bonds.

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