The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1905-08-10

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: Town of Lexington, Mississippi, That
II any person shall profanely swear
; or curse, or be drunk in any public
: place or street, he shall, upon con-
: vlction, be fined not more than One
| Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned not
, longer than Thirty Days, or both.
An Ordinance to Prevent Obstructing
Justice or Resisting Arrest, and
Prescribing the Punishment There.
for.
Section l.. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Lexington, Mississippi, That
any person who shall willfully oppose
or resist an officer or other authorized
person in serving, or attempting to
serve, or execute any legal paper,
writ or process, or shall attempt to
lntlmidate or impede a Judge, juror,
or witness, or any officer in the dis
charge of his duty, or to obstruct, or
impede the administration of Justice
In any court; or if any person shall
refuse topoint out to an officer goods
or property for which said officer has
a writ or process to be levied or exc
cuted thereon, the person so offend
ing shall be fined in sum not more
than One Hundred Dollars, or be i'm
prisoned not longer than Thirty Days,
or both such fine and Imprisonment.
An Ordinance to Prevent Drunkenness
and Neglect of Duty in Officers, and
and Prescribing the Punishment
Therefor.
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Lexington, Miss, That any
officer of said town who shall be guilty
OF habitual drunkenness, or who shall
be guilty of being drunk while in the
discharge of the duties Of his office,
when called upon to perform them, or
who shall fail, neglect or refuse to
perform any of the duties of his Of
flee, shall be removed from office.
An Ordinance to Prevent the Uncoup-
ling of Locomotive Cars by Persons
Not Employed by the Railroad, and
to Prevent Persons from Jumping
On and off Moving Trains.
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
Town of Lexington, Miss, That if any
person not employed by the railroad
shall willfully and maliciously detach
the locomotive or any part of a train
of cars, or if any person not an en-
ployee of said railroad shall jump off
or on any moving train, the party so
offending shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars, or be i'm
prisoned in the municipal prison not
longer than thirty days or both.
An Ordinance to Prevent the Opening
of certain Stores or Places of Bust |
ness on Sunday.
Section |. BE ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Lexington, Miss, That no
merchant, shop keeper or other per-
sons, excepting drug stores, butcher
shops, ice houses, soda fountains, res
taurants not selling merchandise, or
bath houses, shall keep open or dis
pose of any good, wares or merchan-
disc on Sunday, and upon violation of
this ordinance the person so offending
shall be fined not more than one hun
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in
the municipal prison not longer than
thirty days, or both.
An Ordinance Defining Who Are Va
grants, and Providing Punishment
Therefor.
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town Of Lexington, Miss, That the
following persons shall be conside red
vagrants: Every able bodied person
who lives without employment or lab
or and who has no visible means of
support or maintenance; every keeper
of house Of public gambling or gam
ing; every keeper of a house of pro-
stltutlon; every common prostitute;
every able bodied person who shall be
begging for livelihood; every per-
son who is gambler or who maintains
himself by gambling; every tramp.
Any person being guilty of vagrancy
shall be fined not more than one hun
ired dollars, or be imprisoned not
onger than thirty days, or both.
An Ordinance to Prevent the Having
in Ones Possession Burglar Tools,
and to Prevent Prowling of the
Streets or in the Town at Night,
and Prescribing the Punishment
Therefor.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Lexington, Miss, That if any
peron be found with instruments, tools
Or other things used for commission 5
Of burglary or the picking Of locks; or !
if any person be found prowling at or {
about the property Of another, or |
about the streets of said town with
out being able to give a good account q
Of him or herself, they shall upon
conviction, be fined not more than I
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned