Butte record., 1856-06-21
J. NEELY JOHNSON.
An Act
To Punish Migrants, Togabonds, Dam
gsrOus and Suspicious Persons.
Approved April 80, 1855.

10 HHIW E"SfHHtS, F0SuOOHdS, DdH-
gerOus and Suspicious Persons.
[Approved April 80, 1855.
The P. ople of the State of Califor-
MIA. represented in Senate and Assem>
bly,, do enact as follows:
5 !. All persons except Digger Ind
ians, who have no visible means ofliving,
who in ten days do not seek employ
ment, nor labor when employment is Of
ftred 10 them, all healthy beggars who
travel with written statements of their
misfortunes, all persons who roam about
from place to place without any lawful
business, all lewd and dlssolute persons
who live in and about houses of Ill fame,
all common prostitutes and common
drunkards, may be committed to Jail and
sentenced to hard labor for such time as
the Court, before whom they are eonvic-
ted shall think proper, not exceeding
ninety days.
5 ,. All persons who are commonly
known as "Greasers" or the issue of
Spanish and Indian blood, who may
c"me within the provisions of the first
section Of hits Act, and who 90 armed
and are not known TO be peaceable and
quiet persons, and who can give no good
account of themselves, may be disarmed
by any lawful officer, and punished 9TH
erwise, as provided in the foregoing sec
lion.
5 3. 1t shall be the duty Of any JUS
tice of the Peace, on knowledge cr on
written complaint from any creditable
person Of the State, to issue his war
rant to apprehend such person or per-
sons, and upon due coviction to send
such person or persons to Jail, as pre-
scribed in section first of this Act; and
on second conviction for the same of
fense, any offenders may be sentenced
to the County Jail for such additional
time as the Court may deem proper, not
exceeding one hundred and twenty days;
and in case of conviction for either
Of the offenses aforesaid, an appeal may
be taken TO the Court of Sessions, in
the same manter as provided for by law
in Criminal cases in this State
s 4. The keeper Of the jail, or such
other person as the Sheriff Of the coun-
ty may appoint, shall be master or keep
er of such prisofIers alter conviction,
and shall employ them at any kind of
labor that the Board of Supervisors of
the county may direct, and each and
every person so convicted, shall be Sc
cured whilst employed outside of the
Co. Jail, with ball and chain of >uficient
weight and etrength to prevent escape.
s 5. When the Board of Supervi-
sors Of the county shall be of opinion
that any person, who may have beea
committed under the provisions of this
Act, has SO conducted himself or herself
whilst so confined or employed, that he
or she should be no longer held, said
Boaad of Supervisors may discharge such
person from confinement, upon his pay
ing what may rema due of the costs of
prosecution and commitment, including
his support whilst SO confined, or upon
giving bond with two or more good and
sufficient sureties in the sum of five
hundred dollars for future good behav-
ior; prrrided that the Board of Supervi-
sors shall have power to discharge any
person committed under the provisions
of this Act without such conditions,
when the health of said person is such as
to require his or her discharge.
5 6. This Act shall go into effe
thirty days after its passage.