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

SORDINANCETOPUN PUNISH MIGRANTS,
n vagabonds and dangerous aud suspicious
persons. passed August 9Th, 1865:
The Board OF Trustees OF the town OF uoId
Hill do ordain
SECTION |, Il shall no, be lawful for any per
son Except Indians 20 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
meuts, or otherwise, seeking aims; and all such
persons so found within the limits OF said town OF
Gold Hill, and all lewd and dissolnte persons
who live In and about houses of in.fame, and all
common drunkards or suspicious persons who
cannot give a good account Of themselves, may
be arrested by the Marshal, policemen or other
officer with or without warrant, and upon con-
victIon shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
Ave hundred dollars or imprisonment In the town
Jail not exceeding six months, or by both such
hne 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, and
upon conviction, TO forthwith enter Judgment
against such person for tne or imprisonment. or
both, "a provided In the preceding section, and
the said Justice may order that any me so i'm
posed may be enforced by causing said person 70
work upon the public streets or other puolic
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day for such fne and costs.
SEC. ,. Whenever the Justice of the Peace
before whom such case was tried (r his success
sor) shall be Of opinion that any person who may
have been under the provisions OF this
Ordinance has 30 conducted himself or herself
whilst so confined or employed that he or she
should no longer be SO held. said Justice of the
Peace, with the consent Of the Board Of Trustees,
or a majority of them, may direct the Marshal TO
discharge such person from confinement.
n,. a., ar-nn xyhn ahnl hnvR haRn m
rested under the provisions Of this Ordinance
may at any time after such arreset' ME win
the Justice a valid bond in the penal sum Of
Ave hundred dollars, with at least two good and
sufficient bondsmen, 20 be approved by said
Justice, conditional for his or her good behavior,
and against any liability, cost or expense TO be
incurred by sad town or corporation known as
The Inhabitants of the Town OF Gold Hill" by
reason Of the vagrancy. improvidence. idleness
or dlssolute or unlawful conduct Of such person.
and upon the dling of such bond. he or she may
be discharged by order Of said Justice.
SEC. 5 II shall not be lawful for any female
10 clo,he herself in male attire, or any male TO
clothe himself in female attire. and so appear in
the public streets or in any saloon or other public
place, and any person so offending shall, on con-
~vfction, be fined in any sum not exceeding i've
hundred dollars. which tne may be enforced ~
in other cases: provided, this Section shall not
apply TO actors or actresses while performing
within the walls Of any theater or melodeon.
SEC. 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
GEO. W. AYLSWORTH, President.
II. c. MANNING, Clerk pro fem