The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-16
General Ordinances.
Chapter No. 10.

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General Ord finances Of the City
lof Bemidji.
| The City Council of the City
] of Bemidji, Does Ordain:
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| Section i. Whenever any able,
bodied male person over the age
OF sixteen years and not over the
age of fifty years shall have been
found guilty Of the violation Of
lany ordinance of the City of Be-
midi, by any Justice Of the
Peace of said city, or by the
Municipal Court thereof, when
1.-THE same may be established, the
jIsaid Justice Of the Peace or
J. Municipal Judge, may in addi-
ton to the penalty provided for
the violation of such ordinance
sentence such person SO con
sVictedsto hard labor during the
whole or any portion Of the time
for which he may be sentenced
to i'm prisonment for non pay.
ment of any fine that may be i'm
posed upon him by said court.
| Sec. 2. For every days labor
performed by any person under
the provisions hereof. there
shall be credited to him, in any
Judgment or fine and costs Of
prosecution against him, the
sum of one & 5O-1OO Dollars, and
when sufficient labor has been
performed to pay said fine and
costs at said rate Of $1.5O:per day
such prisoner shall be dis
charged.
Section 8. In all cases where
such fine and Imprisonment is
the result of a conviction and
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sentence for violating any NUM-
cipal ordinance of the said city,
| the Chief of Police shall superin-
tend the perfor nance of tine labor
herein contemplated under the
direction of the Street Commits
sioner, and such labor shall in all
cases be performed on the
streets, avenues, alleys and pub,
lie grounds, or on, in or about
any public buildings belonging to
said city, and chief of police, and
street commissioner shall fur
nish necessary tools, implements
and material to work with, at the
expense of the said city, and
said city is and shall be entitled
to the benefit OF all such abor, so
done and performed.
Section 4. No such prisoner
shall be required to labor as pro-
vlded in section 8, hereof, only
! between the hours of seven
10 clock A. M. and six O'Clock P.
NJ. and not for more than ten
hours in any one day, and only
on such days, and in such
weather, as other men may be
engagel in, or which is suitab BILE
for out door work.
Section 5. The officer having
such prisoner in charge for the
purpose specified IN this chapter
may use such means as may be
necessary to prevent escape,
while going to or returning from
such la Dor or while at such labor,
or he shall refuse to labor when
SO ordered, the officer having him
in charge may make enc uiry into
his physical condition, or cause
him to be examined by the Chair
man of the Board of Health, if
such person is found well, and in
good health, which fact shall be
evidenced by the certificate Of
the Chairman of said Board Of
Health, then such officer may
use all lawful means to compel
said prisoner to labor, and may
cause such prisoner to be kept in
SOLITARY confinement, not to ex-
:lceed ten days, for any such
i offense and may cause such pris:
Toner to be fed on bread and water
!, during suchsolitary confinement.
& Section 6. The officer having
lsuch prisoner in charge shall
: protect him from insult and an