The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-02
Ordinance No. IT'S


An Ordinance providing for rewards to in
formants furnishing evidence sufficient
to convict for violations of City Ordi-
nances Of the City of LeaNenWOrth, refer
ring to the Illegal unlawful and wrong
full sale of Intoxicating liquors, and for
violation of ordinances of the city of
Leavenworth for the unlawful keeping
for sale Intoxicating liquors and for vio-
lations of ordinances of the City of Leay-
enworth relating to gambling and pro-
viding fund out of which said rewards
shall be paid.
The City Council OF the City of Leaven-
worth do ordain as follows:
lst That the City Of Leavenworth in or
der to abate the unlawful sale of intoXicat-
ing liquors and the unlawful keeping OF In
toXicatinR liquors. and all violations Of or
dinances relating to gambling, hereby au-
thorizes the payment of a reward to the
person or persons furnishing information
and evidence, sufficient to convict in any OF
the above mentioned matters.
Sec ,. The reward to be allowed any such
informant or informants shall not in any
case exceed so per cent of the amount of any
fine paid on account OF any such violation.
Sec. B. Whenever any person or persons
shall have information sufficient to convict
any person or persons within the City of
Leavenworth of unlawfully selling intoxi-
eating liquor or of unlawfully keeping in
toXicattng liquor, o. of violating any of the
ordinances of the City of Leavenworth for
gambling and shall have made or cause to
be made a complaint before the Police
Judge in said city accusing such person or
persons OF SUCH crime aud snail furnish or
cause to be furnished the evidence at the
trial OF such person or persons that shall be
sufficient to convict such person or persons,
then said informant or informants shall be
entitled to a reward for such information
and the reward shall not exceed 80 per cent
of the fine levied in any such case.
Sec. 4. The Police Judge shall in all cases
where fines are levied for the unlawful sale
of intoxicating liquor or for the unlawful
keeping of Intoxicating liquor or for gam
bling, make report of said amount or
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City Treasurer and the City Treasurer shall
Immediately place in a special fund 80 per
cent of such fine or fines so levied, which
fund shall be marked and named as Special
Police Fund.
Sec. 8. Whenever any informant shall
consider that he is entitled to any reward
on account of information furnished, such
informant shall present his bill to the City
Council of the City of LeaVenworth in the
form and manner that other bills are pre-
scented and shall state on said bill the SER
vice rendered, the date of said service and
the title of the case tried in the police
court and said bill shall be submitted to the
finance committee in the usual way and il
said City council shall find that such person
is entitled to the amount of the claim, then
the bill shall be allowed and warrant shall
be drawn in payment of the same against
said special Police Fund but in no event
shall any bill be allowed for a greater
amount than so per cent of the fine Levied in
the case mentioned nor shall any bill be al
lowed until tinal judgment has been en-
tered in said matter and the fine paid.
Sec 6. The fund thus created shall be
available for such special police duties as
the council may consider necessary and
proper
sec. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect when IL shall have been passed
by the City Council of the City of Leaven-
worth approved and signed by the Mayor;
attested by the Clerk; approved by
the City Attorney; and from and after five
days from the date of its publication once
in the Leavenworth Echo, newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published
within the City of Leavenworth, the same
being the official newspaper of said City,
and the Clerk is hereby authorized TO
cause the same to be so published.
Passed by the City Council this 9th day
of February, A. D. 1917.
Approved and signed by the Mayor this
9th day of February, A. d. 1917.
w. L. HALE.
Mayor of the City of Leavenworth.
Attest:-A. r. Brown, City Clerk.
Approved as to form: l.. j. Nelson, City
Attorney.
Published in the Leavenworth Echo this
End day of March 1917