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ORDINANCE NO. 76
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH PROHIBITING THE SOLICITATION OF
TORT CLAIMS OR CHOSES IN ACTION, AND
PROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
do ordain as follows®
Section 1. The word "person08 as used herein shall
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include any corporation, association, society, club, co-
partnership or individual.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to
solicit employment for himself or for any other person,
j either directly or through some other person acting on his
behalf, to prosecute, collect, settle, compromise• or to
negotiate for the settlement, compromise or collection of
any tort claim, on behalf of any tort claimant,in which
he himself has no pecuniary interest arising from such tort.
Section 3. The provisions of this ordinance shall
not be construed to prevent joint tort claimants from
negotiating with each other for the purpose of combining
respective claims or actions against the tort feasor.
Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be . guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more
than Three Hundred Dollars 0300.00) or by. imprisonment in the
ccnf.ri4y jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify -to the
passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published
by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly ne"— i
\� paper printed, published and circulated in said city of
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, and thereafter
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it shall take effect and be in force°
Passed and adopted by.' the C Council of the .
City of Huntington Beach at its
meeting held on the �� day f � 1934.
Mayor
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City lerk an Ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, C R FURR, City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California
do hereby certify that the above and forego i Ordinance was
introduced and read at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the day of August, 1934;
and was again read to said City Council on the
day of c'� -' -�� 1934 at a regular
meeting of said City Council, and that said Ainance
was adopted by the following vote*
AYES: Councilmen:
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
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City Clerk -officio Clerk of
:the City Council of the .City of
Huntington Beach, California.