The weekly Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1865-186?, 1865-12-30
VagraRt Law.
AN ACT
AN ACT
To Amend the Vagrant Laws of this

To Amend the Vagrant Laws of this
State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Missis-
sippi, That all rogues ard vaga-
bonds, idle and dissipated persons,
beggars, jugglers, OF persons prac-
cling unlawful games 4r plays, rama
ways, common drunkards, common
night walkers, pilferers, lewd, wan
ton, or lascivious persons, in speech
or behavior, common railers and
brawlers, persons who neglect their
calling or employment, misspend
what they earn, or do not provide for
the support of themselves or their
families, or dependents, and all other
idle and disorderly persons, includ-
ing all who neglect all lawful. bust
ness, or habitually misspend their
time by frequenting houses of ILL
fame, gaming-houses or tippling
shops, shall be deemed and consider
ed Migrants under the provisions of
this act, and ON conviction thereof
shall be fined not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, with all accruing costs,
and be imprisoned at the discretion
of the court not exceeding ten days.
s 2. Be it further enacted, That
all freedmen, free negroes and mulat-
toes in this State, over the age of
eighteen years, found on the second
Monday in January, 1866, or thereaf-
ter, with no lawful employment or
business, or found unlawfully assem-
bling themselves together either in
the day or night time, and all white
persons 50 assembling with freed
men, free negroes or mulattoes, or
usually associating with freedmen,
free negroes or mulattoes on terms
of equality, or living in adultery or
fornication with freedwoman, free
negro, or mulatto, shall be deemed
Migrants, and on conviction thereof,
shall be fined in the sum of not eX-
ceeding, in the case of freedman,
free negro or mulatto, fifty dollars,
and a white man two hundred dol
lars, and imprisoned at the discretion
of the court, the free negro not ex-
ceeding ten days, and the white man
not exceeding six months.
S 3. Be it, further enacted, That
! all justices OF the pcTce, mayors
and aldermen of INCORPORATED towns
and cities of the several counties in
this State, shall have jurisdiction to
try all questions of vagrancy,in their.
respective towns, counties and cities,
and it is hereby made their duty,
Wiener they shall ascertain that any
person or persons, in their respective
towns, counties and cities, are viola
ting any of the provisions Of this act,
to have said party or parties arrest
ed and brought before them, and inn
mediately investigate said charge,
and on conviction punish said party
or parties as provided fer herein.-
And it is hereby made the duty of
all sheriffs, constables, town consta-
bles, city marshals and all like Off
GERS, to report to some officer having
jurisdiction, all violations of any of
the provisions of this act, and it shall
be the duty of the county courts to
inquire if any officers have neglected
any of the duties required by this
act, and in case any officer shall fail
or neglect any duty herein, it shall
be the duty of the county court to
fine said officer upon conviction, not
exceeding one hundred dollars, to be
paid into the county treasury for
county purposes.
S 4. Be it further enacted, That
keepers of gaming houses, houses of
prostitution, all prostitutes, public
or private, and all persons who de-
rive their chief support in employ
ments that initiate against good mo-
rails, Or against law shall be deemed
and held to be Migrants.