Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-14
AN 0RDINANCE

AIN OAtLlNAANSlL
To prevent vice and immortality, to preserve
public peace and good order, to protect
public property, and for other purposes.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of the city Of Elizabeth J.
Section l. That no person or persons shall
on the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, SELL dispose Of or offer or expose Tor
sale, or cause or permit to be sold, disposed
of, or offered or exposed for sale, any scgars,
oysters. soda water, confectionery, or any ar
ticle of merchandise whatever, in the city OF
Elizabeth, under the penalty OF ten dollars
for each offence.
Section 2. Ii any person shall De drunk or
shall be in a state Of lntoxication IN any street,
highway, thoroughfare, or public place with
III the city, or i'll any pr ivate house or place,
TO the annoyance ofany citizen or person, he
shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay
the sum of two dollars, or be imprisoned for
term not exceeding ten days.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of each and
every police officer to arrest, on his personal
view, any person SO drunk or intoxicated. and
him or her forthwith to- bring, or cause to be
brought before one of the Police Justices in
and for the city of Elizabeth; and it shall he
lawful for the Police Justice before whom
such person shall be brought, ON his personal
view or on the confession Of such person, or
on due proof that such person has been drunk
or intoxicated, to convict such person there
of, and on such conviction to sentence sucii
person to forfeit and pay fine as aforesaid,
or to Imprisonment as aforesaid, and to pay
the cost of such conviction TO the Police jus
tice and to enforce the said sentence accord
ing TO law.
Section 4. Each and every person being q
vagrant, common mendicant, or street beg
gar, shall, on conviction thereof, be impr-
soncd for q term not exceeding ten days.
Section 5. No person shall appear in any
street or public place i'll q state OF nudity, or
in a dress not belonging to his or her SEX or
i'll an indecent or lewd dress, or shall make
any indecent exposure of his or her person, or
be guilty Of any lewd or indecent act or be-
hayior, or shall exhibit sol or offer to sell
any indecent or lewd book, picture, or other
thing, or shall exhibit on perform any indie
cent, immoral or lewd play or other represent
tation, under the penalty of ten dollars tor
each and every offence.
Section 6. Any person or persons who shall
make, aid or assist in making any improper
noise, riot disturbance or breach Of the
peace in the streets and highways, or else
where within the city, and all persons who
shall assemble in disOrderly manner along
the streets, at the depots ofthe railroad COM
panes, at or near public schools, engine
houses, or places of worship, or shall ill any
manner disturb the public schools or public
worship, or annoy on disturb persons in pass
ing to or from such places, or shall be guilty
of using profane, blasphemous or indecent
language in public place, so az to be heard
by passers-by, shall seyerally forfeit and pay
the sum Of ten dollars, or be imprisoned for
term not exceeding ten days.
Section 7. If any person shall jump or hang
on any car or locomotive propelled by steam,
for the purpose of riding through any part OF
the city, without paying fare, he on she shall
forfeit and pay fine not exceeding ten DOL
lars or be imprisoned not exceeding ten days
for such offence.
Section s. No person shall inhumanly, UNI
necessarily or cruelty beat, mJure on Other
wise abuse any dumb animal, under the pom
atty of ten dollars for each offence. No per-
son shall engage in any practice, sport or
exercise having a tendency to trlghten horses
or other animals, or to annoy persons passing
in the streets or on the sidewalks or at the
depots in the city, under a penalty OF five
dollars for each and every offence.
Section 8. Any person who shall injure or
destroy, or assist in iniurin8 or destroying
any bridge or its appurtenances, or any puphc
building, street lamp, or any property belong
ing to the city, shall forfeit and pay a fine of
ten dollars, or be imprisoned for term not
exceeding ten DAYS for each and every offence,
and shall be liable for all damage or injury
done. Any person who shall post or cause to
be posted any handbills or plaeards upon any
public building, or upon any fence 1ncloslnS
any public grounds, lamp or lamppost, or any
ornamental OF shade tree, or box incloslng
the same, ON any public street, shall forfeit and
pay Il fine of five dollars for each and every
offence.
Section 10. No master, owner or agent OF
any steamboat, ship, vessel or boat whatever,
or any stage, car, or other land carriage or
vehicle shall land, put down, or cause or per-
init to be landed or put down from any such
steamboat, ship, or other. vessel, stage car,
or other vehicle, any alien pauper, yagrant,
sick iniilm, or insane person. or such other
alien that may appear to have no visible
means OF support, or cannot make it appear
that he or she is entitled to a residence III the
city of Elizabeth, unless such owner, master,
or agent shall first execute bond to the city
of Elizabeth, in the penal sum OF three hun
dred dollars, with good and sufficient surety,
to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned
that no such passengers shall become a
charge upon the said city for the term OF one
year from the date of said bond, under the
penalty of fifty dollars for each and every
passenger as aforesaid so landed or put down
within the city limits. al3 NV