The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-09
CITY ORDINANCES.

Az ORDINANCE to repeal all former or
dinances in relation to Migrants, to
define who are Migrants, and to fix
the punishment thereof.
Section ] Be it ordained by the May
or and Board Of Aldermen Of the City
Of Greenwood, Mississippi, that all for
mer ordinances in relation to Migrants
be and the same are hereby repealed,
and the following ordinance adopted
viz:
Migrants: Who are The following
persons are and shall be punished as
Migrants, viz:
ta) Persons known as tramps, wan
dering or strolling about in idleness
who are able to work and have no prop
erty to support them.
(bj Persons leading an idle, immoral
p0rfigate life, who have no property to
support them and who are able to work
and do not work.
tc) All persons able to work, having
no property to support them, and hay-
ing no visible or known means Of a
fair, honest and reputable livelihood.
The term visible and known means of
a fair, honest and reputable livelihood
as used in this ordinance shall be cor
strued to mean reasonably continuous
employment at some lawful occupation
for reasonable compensation, or a fixed
and regular income from property or
other investment, which income is su FL
cient for the support and maintenance
of such person.
ld) All a~bIe-bodied persons who
habitually loaf, loiter and idle in the
towns and villages or about
steamboat landings or railroad stations
or any other public place in the state
for the larger portion of their time,
without any regular employment and
without any visible means Of support.
ofense under paragraph d, of this
ordinance shall be made out whenever
is shown that any person has no
visible c of support and only &C.
c~asionaIly has employment at odd jobs,
for the most of the time out of
employment.
(e) Every common gambler or per-
who for the most part maintains
himself by gambling. /
~ Persons trading or bartering
property, or who %unlawfully sell
Or barter any v%inous, alcoholic, malt
intoxicating or spurious liquors.
tg) Every a~blo-bodied person who
shall go begging for a livelihood.
th) Every common prostitute.
III Every keeper of a house ofprosti-
" Every keeper of a house of gamb-
ling or gaming.
tkl Every person who shall abandon
his wife or family, without just cause,
her, or them without support,
in danger of becoming a public
u Every a~ble-bodiod person who
ives without employment or labor, and
/
who has no visible means of support.
(m) All persons who are able to work
md do not work, but hire out their
minor children or allow them to be hired
>ut, and live upon their wages.
t) All persons over sixteen years
If age, able to work and do not work,
md have no property to support them,
md have not some known visible means
If a fair, honest and reputable liveli-
hood, and whose parents or those in
oco PARENTS are unable to support them
n idlcness, and who are not in atten-
upon some educational institu-
ion.
Section ;. Any person convicted of
icing a vagrant shall be fined in a sum
less than one dollar nor more than
twenty-five dollars, or be sentenced to
not more than thirty days imprison-
nent, or both.
Section 3 Be it further ordained
hat for cause this day shown the Board,
hat this ordinance take effect and be
n force from and after its passage.
Approved this 18th day of July, 1904.
W. $. NARDAMAN, Mayor.
Attest WARNER WELLS,
Clerk Pro TEN.