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Houston City Charter, art. IX, § 7
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Section 7. - Printed Ordinances as Evidence. All ordinances of the City of Houston published in book or pamphlet form, and purporting to be published "by authority of the City Council of the City of Houston," shall be received by all the courts of the State of Texas as prima facie evidence of the due passage and publication of such ordinances as appear therein; provided, that no person shall be precluded from showing by competent evidence that any ordinance published "by authority of the City Council of the City of Houston," as aforesaid, is not a true copy of the original ordinance. (Act of 1905)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTIXGEPR_S7PROREVFetched: 10/26/2026

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