Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-12
Borough Ordinance NO. 42

4 y ORDINANCE. prohibiting persons under
I Y sixteen years OF age from being land the
parents, guardians or others having legal care
and custody of such persons from allowing and
permitting such persous to be- ON the public
streets, lanes, alleys public places in the
Borough of Emporium, at night after the hour
of eight O'Clock, p M, from the first day of Nov
ember to the thirty-frst day of March, and after
the hour of nine O'Clock p. m, from the first day
of April to the thirty-first day of October and
prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
SECTION I-Be it enacted and ordained by the
Chief Burgess and Town Council of the Borough
of Emporium, and it is hereby enacted and or
dained by the authority of the same. That it is
hereby made unlawful for any person under
sixteen years of age to be or remain in upon
the public streets, lanes, alleys or other public
eight O'Clock, p m, from the first day of Nov
ember to the thirty-first day of March, boil. in
elusive, of each year, or after the hour of nine
O'Clock p M, from the first day of April to the
thirty-irst day of October both inclusive, ofeach
year, unless such person is accompanied by
parent, guardian or other person having legal
care custody of such minor person, or bears a
written statement dated that day and signed by
the parent or orguardian, declaring that said child
is on anecessary errand, EXCEPT persons whose
employment makes 1t necessary to be upon such
public streets, alleys, lanes or public places dur
ing night after the hours specified, but this ex-
ception shall not apply when the person under
age shall be playing or unnecessarily lettering in
or upon any such street, alley, lane or public
place A bell to be known as the "CURFEW
BELL" shall be rung three times, fifteen minutes
before the appointed time, as warning, after
which all such minor persons shall be required
to be home or off the streets, except as herenbe-
fore provided,
SECTION lit is hereby made unlawful forany
parent, guardian, or other person having legal
care or custody of any person under sixteen years
of age to allow or permit any such minor person
while in such legal custody to go be in or upon
the streets, lanes, alleys or public places in said
Borough within the time prohibited by Section
of this Ordinance except as herein provided.
SECTION III.-Each member of the police force
and special policemen of said Borough, are here
nv authorized to arrest Violating tha
provisions of Section l of this Ordinance. ANY
such child SO found after the time specified shall
home, and if, after such warning, the child shall
be fonnd lettering the streets, lanes alleys or
other pnblic places, such child may be taken by
such officer to its home and if such police officer
be found favoring any such child he shall be
dismissed from the police force.
SECTION IV.-Any parent, guardian or other
person having legal care and custody of any per-
son under sixteen years of age, who shall permit
such child to violate the provisions of this Ordi-
nance after having been warned in writing, shall
be liable to a fine of one dollar and costs for the
first ofense, two dollars and costs for the second
ofense and five dollars and costs for the third or
any subsequent oifensc, which fine shall be col
lected by proceedings before the Chief Burgess
any Just Ce Of the Peace, Of said Borough, in
the manner provided by law for the collection of
fines and penalties imposed for the violation of
Borough Ordinances.
SECTION VT is hereby made unlawful for
any person to forge or present to any police of
icer Chief Burgess or Justice Of the Peace charg-
ed with carrying into effect the provisions of this
Ordinance, Il fraudulent or forged written state
ment, where said statement is represented as re-
quired by Section ofthis Ordinance. any person
SO forging or presenting a frudulent or forged
written statement to any such officer shall be
fined in q sum not less than one dollar or more
than five dollars, with costs, to be collected in the
same manner provided in section " of this
Ordinance.
SECTION VI.-This Ordinance shall take effec
as s1on as legally advertised. Passed the fftht
day of May, Ammo Dornini 1902
G.. +. BALLOON,
ATTEST President of Council.
G.. JAY GooDNoUGu Sec'y.
Approved, the 9th day Of May, A. D., 1902.
f. o. BAR DWELL,
ChefBuTgess.