1514 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 902 PROVIDING FOR BOAT, MOTORBOAT AND MOTOR REGULATIONS ON LAKE GIBBONS AND LAKE CROOK

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ORDIIVANCE NO, 1514 r.r-.-----° AN ORDAVANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 902, PROVIIIING FOR BOAT, MOTORBOATg AND MOTOR REGULATIONS ON LAEE GIBBONS AND LAKE CROOK; PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTR.ATION OF ALL BOATS USEID ON LAKE GIBBONS OR LAKE CROOK; PROVIDING FOR A FEE OF ONE ($1.00) DOLLAR FOR THE REGISTR.ATION OF EACH BOAT; PRQ- HIBITIlVG SKIING ON LAKE GIBBONS AND THE USE 4F ANY MOTORBOAT OR AN-Y OUTBOARD MOTOR IN EXCESS OF TEN (101 HOR.SEPOWER; ADOPTING ALL OF THE PROV'ISIONS OF THE WATER SAFETY ACT, PAS'SED BY THE FIFTY-5IXTH LEGISLATURE IN 1959, WHICH ARE APPLI- CABLE TO EITHER OF 5AID LAKES; PROVII?ING FOR REGULATION OF SKTING ON LAKE CROOK AND SETTING UP RUI:.ES AND REGULATIONS FOR PERSON5 ENGAGED IN SKIING UPON SAID LAKE; PROVIDING FOR SAFE TY DEVICES ON LAKE GIBBONS AND LAKE CROOK ON BOATS BEING OPERATED THEREON AND LIFE PRESERVERS F4R ALL PA5SENGERS; PROHIBITING THE THROWING OF TRASH OR REFUSE IN THE WATERS OF LAKE CROOK AND LAKE GIBBONS; PROVIDING THAT EACH OFFENSE SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR AND PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY ($50, 00) DOLLARS; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Tha,t Ordinance No. 902 be, and the same is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. That all of the provisians which are applicable to the waters of Lake Gibbons and Lake Craok, of the Water Safety Act, Cha.pter 179, House Bill No. 11, passed by the Fifty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, i.n 1959, and effective August 12, 1959, be, and the same are her eby adoptedo Section 2o That on and after the passage of the effective date of this ordinance, it shall be unlavwful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to operate a motorboat which is powered by a motor in ex- cess of 10 horsepower, and for any person to use an outboard motor upon any boat in excess of 10 horsepower, upon the waters of Lake Gibbons. Section 3. Tha.t all skiing is hereby prohibited by any person or persons upon the waters of Lake Gibbonso Section 4. That all boats or watercraft required to be registered with the 5tate of Texas shall be registered in accordance with the Water Safety Act of the Fifty-Sixth Legislatureo That in addition, all boats, canoes, or watercraft used upon the waters of Lake Gibbons and Lake Crook shall be registered with the office of the Public Works Department of the City of Par3sy and each person shall pay annually the sum of One ($1.00).Dollar for such registration, and when in use the registration number and receipt shall accompany each boat or watercraft used on the waters of said Lake„ That the fees derived from such registration shall be placed in a Lake Improvement Fund and used for the purposes of improvements on Lake Gibbons and La.ke Crool. Each boat or watercraft used upon the waters of Lake Gibbons or Lake Crook shall be given a number at the time the same is registered with the City of Paris, and all boats with motors of 10 horsepower or under shall display the City registration number, and all boats above 10 horsepower shall display the State registratian number, each of said numbers to be of at least tiiree ('3j inches in height.