Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-24

An Ordinance to Regulate Houses of
III fame and Prostitution and to Pro-
hibit them in certain places in the
City of Los Angeles.

Otly VI Luz AhBeNss
The Mayor and Council Of the City
of Los Angeles do ordain as follows;
SECTION l.. No person shall keep,
maintaintain or carry ON any baudy
house or place OF i'll fame, or prostltu-
tion, anywhere in the city Of Los An
geles outside OF the following limits;
Commencing at the centre OF High
street and New High street, and run
ming thence southerly along New High
street to the center Of Temple street;
thence westerly along the center OF
Temple street to the center OF Fort
street, thence southerly along the CEN
ter OF Fort street to the center OF Third
street; thence easterly along the center
OF Third street to the center of Main
street; thence southerly along the CEN
ter OF Main street to the center OF Mayo
street; thence easterly along the center
of Mayo street to the center OF Los An.
geles street; thence northerly along the
center of Los Angeles street to the CEN
ter of First street; thence along the
center of First street easterly to point
200 feet east Of the east line OF Alameda
street; thence northerly parallel with
Alameda street TO its intersection with
prolongation of center line OF High
street.
Nor shall any baudy house or place of
i'll fame or prostitution be kept, main
tanned or carried on. in any one story
house. nor in the basement. or on the
ground floor Of any building within said
limits.
SECTION 2. No person shall live or
stay temporarily in any place for the
purpose Of carrying on or assisting in
carrying on the business of fornication
for hire in any house or place whereby
the first Section of this ordinance a
baudy house or place of Ill fame or
prostitution is forbidden to be kept,
maintained or carried on.
SECTION 3. No person shall enter into
any baudy house or place OF Ill fame or
prostitution for the purpose OF patrohiz-
ing the same or its inmates in such BUSH
ness which house or place is kept, car.
ried ON or maintained contrary to the
provisions OF this ordinance.
SECTION L. The keeping baudy
house, place of i'll fame or prostitution,
contrary to the first Section of this ordi-
nance is a nuisance, and the violation OF
any provision hereof is misdemeanor
and punishable by fine not exceeding
two hu ndred dollars or by Imprisonment
not exceeding sixty days or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 8. All ordinances and resolu-
tons and parts of ordinances and reso-
luton in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SEC. @. The Clerk of the Council
shall certify to the passage OF this ordi-
nance aud shall cause the same to be pub.
lshed once in the Los Angeles DAILY
HERALD, and thereupon and thereafter
1t shall take effect and be in force.
| hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the city of Los Angeles at its meeting
of March Both, A. d. 1886.
W. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Council Of the City OF
Los Angeles.
The foregoing ordinance was presented
to the Mayor for his approval April
ID, A. ID. 1886, and returned by him to
the Clerk of the Council without his
approval on April 23d, A. d. 1886.
By reason of not being returned within
fifteen days Sundays and other legal hol-
idays excepted) the foregoing ordinance
has become effective, and as valid as If
the Mayor had approved and signed it,
W. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Council of the City OF Los
Angeles. 1t.
Los Angeles, April 23d, 1886.
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