Ordinance - 523ORDINANCE NO.5Q
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST C OVINA ,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE CARE, RESTITUTION,.SALE AND
DESTRUCTION OF UNC LA IlED PROPERTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST C OVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is hereby made the duty of all officers
and employees of the City of West Covina whenever they find within
the corporate limits of said City, or whenever there comes into
their possession any personal property which such finder or possessor
has reason to believe may have been stolen, lost,or abandoned, to
deliver the same to the Chief of Police.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to take charge of and keep in his possession said property, and he
must within a reasonable time inform the owner thereof, if known,
and make restitution to him of such property upon demand without
compensation. Should any such property remain unclaimed by its true
owner for a period of six months from the date of finding, the
Chief of Police is hereby authorized and required to cause the same
to be sold at public auction to the highest Bidder. Notice of such
sale shall be given by the Chief of Police at least five days before
• the time fixed therefor,. by publication in an,;adjudieated--newspaper
of the City of West Covina a statement of the time and place fixed
therefor, together with a schedule of the property to be offered
for sale. Immediately after the completion of any such sale the
Chief of Police shall give to the City Treasurer a statement of the
proceeds thereof together with the expense incurred in concluding
such sale. Said Chief of Police shall forthwith pay such proceeds
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to the City Treasurer and the City Treasurer after deducting the
necessary expenses actually incurred shall deposit the balance
thereof in the general fund.
SECTION 3. If there be no bids for any such property
offered for sale at such auction, the property shall again be
• offered for sale together with other such unclaimed property at the
next auction sale. If such property is not sold at the second auction
sale, the Chief of Police may male such disposition thereof in the
public interest as he shall deem fit.
SECTION The provisions of this Ordinance shall not
apply to property subject to confiscation under State or Federal law.
SECTION 5. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be published once
in the WestCovina Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
lished.and circulated in the City of West Covina, and thirty (30)
• days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force.
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City. Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
West Covina, held on the llth day of February, 1957, by the
affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen VERNON R. MOTTINGEI- WAYNE CRUMLEY- 1AM�j ��. 1Ay
DALE PITTENGER JAY D. BROWN, MAYOR
NOES: Al 0 Al C
ABSENT: /V a 1V 6r
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City Clerk of the City of West Covina
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