The mayor is hereby empowered to offer a reward of $250.00,
payable to the person who shall be responsible for the arrest and
conviction of any person committing in the city the crime of arson
as the same is now defined by the Penal Code of the state.
(1973 Code, sec. 11-1; 1991 Code,
sec. 11-161; 2007 Code, sec. 18-151)
Whenever the mayor shall be informed that any fire occurring
in the city was of an incendiary origin, he shall call for a report
on the same by the city fire marshal. If the marshal shall report
that such fire was caused by the commission of the crime of arson,
it shall become the duty of the mayor to offer the reward provided
in this article, which reward shall be in the form of a proclamation
duly issued by the mayor under his official signature and attested
by the seal of the city.
(1973 Code, sec. 11-2; 1991 Code,
sec. 11-162; 2007 Code, sec. 18-152)
(a)
The
city manager or designee is hereby directed to have prepared and posted
an arson reward notice on placards eight inches by 12 inches in size
showing the following reward notice:
|
ARSON REWARD
|
|---|
|
The City of Humble, Texas, hereby offers the reward of $250.00
for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found guilty
of committing the crime of arson within the corporate limits of the
City of Humble, Texas. This reward is a standing offer and shall be
paid out of the general fund of the City of Humble, Texas.
|
(b)
Such
placards shall be placed in wooden frames under glass and shall be
posted inside at least 20 different public buildings within the city,
one of which shall be the city hall, in accordance with the regulations
of the state department of insurance.
(1973 Code, sec. 11-3; 1991 Code,
sec. 11-163; 2007 Code, sec. 18-153; Ordinance adopting 2022 Code)
Upon information being given by any person causing the arrest
and conviction of any person guilty of the specific crime of arson
and upon the final conviction of such person, the person giving such
information shall be entitled to receive the reward offered by this
article from the city.
(1973 Code, sec. 11-4; 1991 Code,
sec. 11-164; 2007 Code, sec. 18-154)
