Overview

Scope and Contents

Municipal ordinances are the rules, regulations, or codes enacted into law by the Dallas City Council. Municipal ordinances and resolutions are two distinct government actions.  Resolutions deal with matters of a special or temporary character.  They are an expression of opinion or mind or policy concerning some particular item of business coming within City Council.  Ordinances are legislative acts that define permanent rules of conduct ​or government.  An ordinance can be repealed only by another ordinance, not by a resolution.

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Citation

City Ordinances Index, 1871-1974 (Volume <x>, Page <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Collection  1996-040—City Ordinances - Bound Volumes
Collection  1994-010— City Council Minutes - Bound Volumes, 1868-1977
Collection  1991-090—Early Dallas City Council Minutes, 1866-1905

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History Dallas (Tex.)
Dallas (Tex.). City Council
City Council Ordinances, Municipal -- Texas -- Dallas

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