Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-22
Ordinance No. 23.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MIGRANTS.
N vaSabOnds and dangerous aud suspicious
persons. passed August 9Th, 1865:
The Board of Trustees of the town of Gold
Hill do Ordain
SECTION |. 'It shall not be lawful for any per-
son Except Iudians) to live or 10 be found within
the limits Of the town of Gold Hill who shall have
no visible means OF support, or who shall go
about from place to place without any lawful
business or occupation, or who shall be guilty Of
begging for aims: or, being healthy and able
bodied, shall travel about with written state
ments. or otherwise. seeking aims: and all such
persons so found within the limits of said town Of
Gold Hill, and all lewd and dissolute persons
who live in and about houseS OF il.fame, aud all
common drunkards or suspicious persons who
cannot give a good account o; Themselves, may
be arrested by the Marshal, policemen or other
officer with or without warrant, and upon con-
victiou shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the town
jil not exceeding six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SEC. . IL shall be- the duty OF the Justice Of
the Peace Of said town, on his own knowledge or
upon written complaint, TO issue his warrant for
the arrest OF any such person or persons, anu
upon conviction, to forthwith enter Judgment
against such person for line or imprisonment. or
both, NJ provided In the preceding section, and
the said Justice may order thai any fine 40 i'm
posed may be- enforced by causing said person TO
work upon the public streets or other public
works OF the town, ~ the rate OF TWO COLLARS per
day for such iue and costs.
SEC. 3. Whenever the Justice Of the Peace
before whom such case was tried Tor his success
Eor) shall he Of opinion that any person who may
have been committed under the provisions OF this
Ordinance has so conducted himself or herself
whilst 30 conhnrd or employed that he or she
should no longer be 40 held, said Justice of the
Peace, with the consent OF the Board Of Trustees,
or u majority of them, may direct the Marshal to
discharge such person from confinement.
SEC. l. Any person who shall have been ar
rested under the provisions Of this Ordinance
NAV nj any time after such arr-set. 6le with
the Justice a valid bond in the penal sum Of
Ave hundred dollars. with NJ least two go''d and
sufficient bondsmen. TO De approved by said
Justice, conditional for his or her good behavior,
and against any liability. cost or expense 10 be
incurred by said town or corporation known ~
The Inhabitants Of the Town Of Gold Hill" by
reason Of the vagrancy. improvideuce. idleness
or dIssolute or unlawful conduct OF such person,
and upon the ding Of such bond. he or she may
be discharged BY order Of said Justice.
, SEC, 5 II shall not be lawn for any female
TO clothe herself In male attire, or any male TO
clothe himself In female attire. and 50 appear in
the public streets or in any saloon or other public
place, and any person 80 ofe ding shall, on con-
~viction, be fned In any sum not exceeding hve
hundred dollars, which fine may be enforced rs
In other cases: provided, this Section shall no;
apply 10 actors or actresses while performing
within the walls OF any theaier or melodeon.
SEC. 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
In force from and after It's passage.
GEO. W. AYL-wORTH, President.
II. c. MANNING. Clerk pro tenn.