2645 RESOLUTION NO. 2,645
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A REWARD FUND FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF PERSONS WHO TURN
IN FALSE FIRE ALARMS; PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF
DONATIONS TO THE FUND AND FOR APPROPRIATION OF MONEYS
THERETO ; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the number of false fire alarms in the City of
Little Rock is at an alarming high; and
WHEREAS, it is costly and dangerous to the citizens of
Little Rock and the public generally when false alarms are made;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of the
City of Little Rock to do everything in its power to assist the
duly constituted authorities in the procurement of evidence and
information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who
turn in false alarms;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Fund known as the
False Fire Alarm Reward Fund, hereinafter referred to as Fund,
which shall be administered by the City Manager or such employees
of the City as may be designated from time to time by the City
Manager.
SECTION 2. Books of Account shall be maintained by the
City Manager or his agents showing all sums donated or appro-
priated into the Fund and all sums paid out from time to time,
and an audit shall be prepared annually showing the condition
of the Fund and all receipts and disbursements. Such expenses
as are incurred by the Fund for advertising, paper, printing,
or any other expenses or the reasonable cost of same, shall be
paid from the Fund to the person or persons entitled thereto.
The Fund shall maintain and leave open at all times a
standing offer of a reward for information leading to the arrest
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and conviction of any person or persons who may turn in a false
fire alarm or aid and abet in the turning in of a false fire alarm
in such a sum or sums as may be set from time to time by the City
Manager, said offer being conditioned upon approval of the Board
of Directors in each specific instance of a claim for reward.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is authorized and empowered to
accept donations from persons, corporations, firms, or private con-
cerns, which sums shall become a part of the Fund for purposes of
paying any reward as may be due and defraying any expenses which
the Fund may incur from time to time. In addition to such donations
as may be made, the City of Little Rock may appropriate into the
said Fund such sum or sums as in the opinion of the Board of Directors
may seem necessary, proper or appropriate to cover such expenses or
rewards as may be owed from time to time. Any reward which is paid
from the Fund shall be subject to the approval and authorization of
the Board of Directors and shall be paid only upon order of the Board
of Directors by proper resolution. The right of any person to a
reward from the Fund, based upon his having supplied information
leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons turning
in a false fire alarm, shall be solely in the discretion of the
Board of Directors. The offer of reward shall not be considered or
treated as a unilateral contract and no vested right thereto shall
accrue in any person, said reward being a gratuity to be awarded only
in the discretion of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: February 6, 1961
ATTEST/' D am. APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayo ;