84-091 ORD PROVIDING NOTICE TO CITY COUNCIL OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, PROVIDING TIME AND LOCATION WHERE SUCH NOTICE IS TO BE GIVEN

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F. The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city and state on the date the claim is presented. G. In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of_ the claimant witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof and the names of the doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed. 11. In the case of property damage, thP location of the damaged property a.t the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the dama.ge or any part thereof. Section 2. No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the City of Paris unless the plaintiff therein sha11 aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petitiorR the plaintiff applied to the City Council for redress, satisfaction, compensation, or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the City Council refused. Section 3. All notices required by this ord.inance shall be effectuated by serving them upon the (City Secretary, City Clerk or City Manager) at the following location: 135 lst Street S.E., Paris, Texas 75460, and all such notices shal.l be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above. Section 4. rdeither the Mayor, a City Council member, nor any other officer or employee of the City shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this ordinance. Section 5. The written notice required under this ordinance shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someon.e authorized by hiM to do se on his behalf. Fai_lure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered. bv the City Council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight tc be given to the allegations contained therein. Section 6. If any provision of this ordinance or the applicatiar_ hereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, siich invalidity shall not affect other provisi_ons or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without defeating the purpose or obiective of the pro- visions, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 7. WHEREAS, an emergency is apparent for the immediate preservatior of order and good governm.ent that requires this ordinance to become effective at once; therefore, upon pa.ssage of this ordinance by a favorable vote of the Courcil, it shall be effective from and after the date of its passage.