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HomeMy WebLinkAbout014 - 09/19/1930 - CONCERNING LOST, STOLEN OR CONFISCATED PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE POLICE (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO 14 , 1930 BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CONCERNING LOST, STOLEN OR CONFISCATED PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE POLICE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 All lost property found, stolen property seized and remaining unclaimed and all property confiscated according to law and not otherwise disposed of, remaining in the possession of the police of the City of Fort Collins shall, immediately upon taking, be delivered to the chief of police, as custodian thereof, who shall keep a record of all such property together with the date when and the place from which the same was taken, which shall be a permanent record open to the inspection of the public Section 2 Any property seized or taken possession of as aforesaid which shall not be claimed by and possession surrendered to the rightful owner thereof shall be subject to sale at the regular semi-annual public auction of such property once in the manner r following The chief of police shall publish/in a newspaper in the City of Fort Collins, a description of each and all articles of property so seized or taken, which have been in possession of the police for more than six months and give notice that if such property be not claimed by the rightful owner or owners within ten days from the last date of said publication, such property will be sold at such public auction at; the place and in the manner as in said notice prescribed If within ten days from the publication of slid notice, no claim for such property described in the notice shall have -1- been made and determined by the rightful owner thereof, the chief of police shall proceed to sell such property at public auction in the manner and upon the terms named in said notice The chief of police may adjourn such auction from time to time not exceeding 30 days by giving oral or posted notice of such continuance at the time and place advertised for the holding of said auction sale The proceeds of any sale or sales so made, after deducting therefrom the cost of storage, advertising and selling, etc , shall be paid to the City Clerk to be placed into the general fund of the City of Fort Collins Section 3 Provided, however that if any property seized or taken possession of by the police as afore- said shall be of a perishable nature or of such nature as to make it inadvisable, in the opinion of the chief of police, to retain possession thereof for the length of time hereinabove specified, he may, with the written consent of the Commissioner of Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor, cause such property to be forthwith advertised for sale at auction, stating in his notice therefor its perishable nature or reason for the immediate sale thereof and the time and place of such sale and in not less than three days after such advertisement, he may proceed to sell such property at public auction Provided further that nothing In this section contained shall refer to any impounded animals as may be provided for in any city ordinance Section 4 That from and after the sale of such personal property, as aforesaid, the owner or person entitled to same shall be forever barred from any and all claim of right to said property, or to the proceeds thereof Section 5 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon -2- its passage and publication, under and by virtue of the authority contgined in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council at a regular meeting, held this 19th day of September, A D 1930 Commissioner of Safety and -Officio Mayor ATTEST City Clerk STATE OF COLORADO ) SS COUNTY OF LARIMER ) I, A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the fore- going ordinance, consisting of five (5) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19th day of September, A D 1930, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 23rd day of September, A D 1930, said Ordinance No 14_ was duly pub- lished in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 23rdday of September, A D 1930 City Clerk