New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-13
MAyoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall. August 8, 1871.
mo. 1925 Administration Series

MAyoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hail. August 8, 1871. 5
mo. Administration Series.
An ordinance to suppress and punish vagrancy IN
the city of New Orleans.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the City Council of
the city of New Orleans, That all Idle persons
having no visible means wherewith to support
and maintain themselves, and who live without
employment; all persons wandering abroad or
about the streets wharves landings public squares
or places ana lodging in beer houses, market
places, sheds, barns, uninhabited buildings, in
the open air and not able to satisfactorily account
for such acts and conduct; all persons who, with
out any apparent means of honestly earning their
livelihood and support or who live in or habltually
loiter about and frequent houses places known
by the police authorities to be harboring places
for, and the resort of thieves, burglars and sus-
pcious characters all persons who shall have been
officially reported to the police authorities OF the
Metropolitan Police District in which the city ofNew
Orleans is included by the police authorities of any
other State city in the United States as noto-
rious thief or criminal, and who shall remain in the
city of New Orle ans without honest employment,
or without some honest avocation. twenty -four
hours after the said police authorities shall have
notified to such person that his character is known
to them; all persons who follow the occupation Of
enticng strangers and other persons to visit gam
bling houses OF TO gamble; all r0pers and capper5,
and such persons commonly known pimps;
all persons who follow gambling for a vocation,
and depend on gambling ganes or furnishing
rooms, tools, or implements for playing gambling
games for means of subsistence and income; all
persons who are habitual beggars and who beg on
the streets who go from house to house soliciting
aims without first having obtained permit there
ter from the Mayor of the city; all habitual drunk
ards who shall abandon their families or neglect or
refuse to aid in the support thereof and who shall
be complained of by any member of their family,
shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be
Migrants. and it shall be the duty of the members
aneofeers of the Metropolitan Police TO arrest all
such persons when found within the limits OF the
city OF New Orleans, and bring them before any
recorder holding his court within the city, who
shall hear and determine the charge and accuse
ton made against such person without unreason-
able delay and if he shall find the accused to be
a according
of this ordinances such recorder shall impose on
said vagrant fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars; and in default of the payment of such fine
and all costs, may commit said vagrant TO the
WorkhOuse for a term OF Imprisonment not exceed
ing one calendar month; or such recorder may. in
his discretion, commit such vagrant to the
WOrkhOuse for term of imprisonment not ex-
eeeding one calendar month without tine as IN his
discretion shall best subserve the ends of justice
SEC. O. Be it further ordained, That all persons.
who shall, within the limits of the city of New
Orleans, establish, maintain or keep any tavern,
boarding house. grocery house, grog shop as a re-
sort for thieves burglars or criminals and shall
keep, harbor, board. or entertain therein thieves,
burglars or notorious criminals knowing such per-
sons to be reputed thieves burglars and criminals,
or Migrants without any visible apparent honest
vocation, business, or means of support, and all
persons keeping, establishing or maintaining any
place places known to be the resort of thieves,
burglars, criminals, or persons by the first section
of this ordinance declared to be Migrants, may be
arrested and brought before any recorder in the
city, and, upon conviction, shall be fined the
sum of one hundred dollars, ana in default of pay
ment of fine and costs, shall be committed to the
W0rkhouse for a time not exceeding one calendar
month, and upon a second conviction under this
section 1t shall be the duty OF the recorder to com
nit the offender TO the Workhouse- for the full
term of one calendar month, which punishment
shall be repeated on each subsequent conviction of
such offender
SEC 8. Be it further ordained, That this ordi-
nance shall be ID full force and effect from and
after its adoption, approval by the Mayor, and
official publication
Adopted by the Council of the city of New Or
leans, August l, 1871.
Yeas: COckrem, Shaw, DelassiZe, Remick, Walton,
Nays: Lewis, Bonzano,
BENZ F. FLANDERS, Mayor
A true copy:
H. Conquest CLARKE Secretary aul3lt