Butte record., 1856-06-28

An Act
To Punish Migrants, Faga6onds, Dam
gerOus and Suspicious Persons
[ Approved April 80, 1855

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 of living,
who in trn days do not seek employ
ment, nor labor when employment IS Of
fered 10 them, all healthy beggars who
travel with written statements of their
mistortunes, all persons who roam about
from place to place without any law fuI
business, all lewn and dlssolute persons
who live in and about hou .es of I'll iar,e.
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 convic-
ted shall think proper, not exceeding
ninety days.
) :. III persons who are commonly
knowI as "Greasers" nr the issue of
Spanish and Indian blood, who my
come within the provisions of the fr,i
section of hits Act. and who go arm, d
and are not known 10 be peaceablc and
quiet persons, and who can give no good
| account of thems' Ives, may be d.sarmad
by any lawful officer, and puni he'd 9th =
erwlse, as proyid, d in the foregoing sec
ZION.
3. 1t shall be the duty Of any JUS
tice Of the Peace, on knowledge on
written complaint from any creditablc
person Of the State, to issue his war
rant to apprehend such person or per-
sons, and upon due covction 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 hunded and NV, nty days,
and in case Of ii conviction for eilhe.
OF the ofanses aforesaid, an appeal may
be taken to the Court of Sessions, in
the same manner as provided for by law
IN Criminal cases In this State.
4. The keeper of the jail, or such
other person as the Sheriff Of the coun-
ty may appoint, shall be master or keer-
er Of such prisoners after conviction
ard shall employ them at any kind O.
'bor that the Board Of Supervisors o.
the county may direct, and each and
every person so convicted, shall be Sc
cured whilst employ ed outside of th
Co. Jail, with ball and chain Of efficient
weight and etrength to prevent escape.
5 5. When the Board Of Superv.-
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 O.. herself
whilst so confined or employed, that he
or she should be no longer held, said
Boaad ofSuperyisors may discharge such
person from confinement, upon his pay
ing what may renla due of the costs Of
prosecution and commitment, including
his support whilst SO confined, or upon
giving bond with two or mpre good and
sufficient suretivs in the sum Of five
hundred dollars for future good behav-
| ior; prrrided that the Board of Superyi-
SOrs shall have power to discharge any
person commit d under the provisions
o; 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 20 into effect
thirty days after its passage