Butte record., 1856-06-28
An Act M
10 Punish Kagtants, Fagabonds, Dan.
gerOas and Suspicious Persons.
Approved April 80, 1851

| So'c"S uHu ChSptCtOHS 1-fTyOHS.
I Approved April 80, 1855.
The p ople of the State of Califor-
MIA. represented in Senate and Assem>
bly,, do enact as follows:
/. 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
fered 10 them, all healthy beggars who
travel with written statements of their
m'stortunes, all persons who roam about
from place to place without any lawful
business, all lewa and dissolute persons
who live in and about houses of i'll 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 convic-
ted shall think proper, not exceeding
ninety days.
:. All persons who are commonly
known as "Greasersn or the issue of
Spanish and Indian blood, who may
c"me within the provisions of the first
section Of hits Act. and who 20 armed
and are not known to be pcaceable and
quiet persons, and who can give no good
account of thems Ives, may be disarmed
by any lawful officer, and punished 9TH
erwise, as provided in the foregoing Sec
tion.
8. 1t shall be the duty Of any JUS
tlce OF the Peace, on knowledge .r ON
written complaint from any creditable
! nprSOn nj tho Srafa TO
rant to apprehend such person or per-
sons, and upon due coviction to send
such person or persons to Jail, as pre-
scrlbed in section first of thus Act; and
on second conviction for the same of.
Tense, any offenders may be sentenced
t" the County jail for such additional
time as the Court may deem proper, not
exceeding one hund ed 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 manner as provided for by law
IN Crimiaal C. ses in this Safe
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 prisoners after conviction,
and shall employ them at any kind of
lab n that the Board Of Supervisors of
the count. may direct, and each and
very person 50 convicted, shall be Sc
cured whilst employed outside of the
Co. Jail, with ball and chain of efficient
weight and etrength to prevent escape.
5 5. When the Board Of Supervi-
>ors 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, inc uding
his support whilst 81 confined, or upon
giving bond with two or more good and
sufficient sureties in the SUN of fve
hundred dollars for future good behav-
ior; prrrided that the Board of Supervi-
sors s.'all have power to discharge any
person commit under the provisions
OF this Act without such conditions,
when the health of said person is such as
TO require his or her discharge.
s 6. This Act shall go into effect
thirty days after its passage.