HomeMy WebLinkAbout1762ORDINANCE NO. /
AN ORDINANCE providing for the appropriation of $500.00
and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the 1972 budget for the
City of Port Angeles the United States Supreme Court has ruled
that indigents charged in the municipal court and face the
possibility of a jail sentence are entitled to be represented
by Council appointed by the Court and paid for by the City; and
WHEREAS, no fund has been appropriated for this purpose
and an emergency exists;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
of the City of Port Angeles as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated the sum of
$500.00 to the municipal fund for the payment of attorneys
appointed by that court to represent indigents.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the council
held on the /f "day of July, 1972.
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