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1967-017 NO. DENTON~ TEXAS, PROHIBITING THE INHALING, DRINK- ING OR BREATHING OB GLUE AND CERTAIN OTHER SUB- STANCES, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS, PROVIDING A PEN- ALTYFOR VIOLATIONS, AND DECLARING ANEFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CIT~ OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas zs hereby amended by addzng new Sectzons 14-46 and 14-47 to Chapter 14 of s~d Code of Ordznances whzch shall hereafter read as follows SECTION 14-46 - SNIFFING OR DRINKING GLUE OR OTHER SUBSTANCES No person shall inhale, breath or drln~ any compound, llquld, chemical, or similar substance, known as glue, adheszve cement, mucilage, dope, or any other materzal or substance or combination thereof with the intent of becomzng intoxicated, paralyzed, irrational, or ~n any other manner changing, dls- tortlng or dmsturbmng the th~nkzng process, judgement, bal- ance or coordlnatzon of such person For the purpose of this section, any such condztlon so induced shall be deemed to be an zntoxzcated condltzon SECTION 14-47 - SAME - EXCEPTIONS. (a) The provzszons of Sectzon 14-46 shall not pertain to any person who ~nhales, breathes or drznks such maeer~al or substance pursuant to the dzrectzon or prescr~ptzon of any doctor, physmclan, surgeon, dentist, or podiatrist auth- orized to so dzrect or prescribe (b) The provisions of Section 14-46 shall not pertazn to offenses ~nvolvzng the use of alcoholic beverages or zntoxz- caring lzquors otherwzse covered by the Code of the Czty of Denton, or statutes of the State of Texas SECTION II. Any person vzolat~ng any provms~on of thzs ordznance shall be fined upon conv~ction any amount not exceeding Two Hundred ($200 00) Dollars SECTION III If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of th~s ordznance should be declared ~nval~d for any,reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of th~s ordinance whzch remain zn full force and effect, and to th~s end the prov~szons of thzs ordlnance are hereby declared to be severable ~ECTION IV That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary · s hereby directed to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be published twice ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle wlthln ten (10) days of the date of its passage PASSED AND APPROVED th~s ~ day of ~ay , A D 1967 ATTEST ~y Secre C~ty of Denton, Texas APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM J/~ki Q Barton, C~ty Attorn y ty ~f Denton, Texas