HomeMy WebLinkAbout3944ORDINANCE NO. 3944.
AN ORDINANCE TO THE SEVERAL ORDINANCES AGAINST
VAGRANCY, GASSING, STRETT BEGGING, PR08TI TUT ION, DISTURBING THE PEACE, PICK -
POCKETING, BOOT- LEGGING, TRANSPORTING INTOXICATING LIQUORS, BURGLARY AND
LARCENY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Xhereas, the law now in force against vaggants, unlawful gaming,
common street begging, common prostitution, habitual disturbers of
the peace, pick- pockets, bootleggers, intoxicating liquor transporters,
bazglsra, thieves, and suspiciousrVersons who can not give a xeaeo tb]:
account of themselves, are fregr1itly evaded, totthe great injury of
the City of Little Rock; For remedy thereof - --
A Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Little Rook:
t 04 -That it shall and may be lawful and proper for any person following
and persu i the
ng practice of unlawful vagrancy, or gaming, or common
street begging, or common prostitution, or habitual disturbers of the
pease, er common pickpockets, or common boot�le$ger, or common trans-
porter$ of intoxicating liquor, or common burglars, or common thieves,
or Ubitaal criminals and suspicious persons Who can not give a
reasonable account of themselves, to be prosecuted by information filed
by the city attorney, or upon presentment, as a common vagrant, a
common gambler, a common street bagger, a common prostitute, a common
disturber of the peace, a common pickpocket, a common' loot logger, a
common transporter.of intoxicating liquor, a common burglar, a common
thief, or a common suspicions person who can not gite a reasonable
account of himself, and, on conviction, such person so named shall be
bound to keep the peace and be of good behavior, in a penalty in any
__.9r more qualified
sy so long as the judge or court shall prescribe, and on
failare to give such bond, it shall be the duty of the court to commit
each person so named to the city jail, there to remain for three months,
or until he shall give each bond: and any person so bound, being after -
vards guilty of anlawfal vagrancy, or gaming, or street begging, or
prostitution, or disturbing the pesos, or pickpookiALing, or boot legging,
or transport' of intoxicating ligaors, or barglary, or theft, daring
the time for which he stands bound to keep the pesos and be of good
behavior# shall forfeit the penalty of the bond, and the same may be
recovered and applied as other penaltt ie s under bond forfeiture.
Zx,s-, 2, ?hat this ordinance shall be constraed as an amendment to the
several ordinances against vagrancy, gaming, streetnbegging, prostitution,
disturbing the peace, piakpooketing, bootlegging, transporting
intoxicating liquor, burglary and larceny, and not as repealing any
each ordinances thereon as may now be in force.
Passed: February 8, 1926.
Attest:
Approved:
ity Olerk.
Mayor.
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