Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-01
Ordinance

An ordinance to regulate the presence
Of children under the age of sixteen years
upon the streets, alleys, public or business
places, in the city Of Belding after certain
hours of the night and providing for
signal or warning indicating curfew hours,
and to be known as On dlnarce No. 95 Of
the City of Beldlng, authorized by Chapter
| o of the charter.
The City of Belding hereby ordains:
Sec. That it shall be unlawful for
any person under the age of sixteen years
to be or remain in or upon any of the
streets, alleys. public or business places
in the said city of Beldng after the hour
of nine o'clock p m. from April first to
September thirtieth, inclusive, of each
year. and from October first to March
thirty-first, inclusive, of each year, after
the hour OF eight o'clock p. m, unless such
person is accompanied by his or her par
ent, guardian or other person having legal
custody and control of such minor, or un
less such minor is in the performance Of
an errand of duty directed by his or her
parent, guardian or other person having
the care or custody Of such minor, or
when the employment of such minor makes
it necessary that said minor be upon said
night time after said specified hours.
Sec. 2 1t is hereby made unlawful for
any parent, guardian or other person
having the legal care and custody OF any
minor under sixteen years of age to allow
or permit any such child, ward or other
person under such age, while under his or
her legal custody or control, TO go or be
unaccompanied upon any Of the public
places in said city within the time prohb-
tied in Section | of this ordinance, unless
there exists reasonable nece sslty there
for.
Sec. 8 The city marshal, night watch
or other police officer is hereby authorized
to arrest, without warrant any person
within his presence violating any provisions
Of Section Of this Ordinance, and retain
such person for reasonable time until
complaint can be made and warrant issued
and served. Be it further ordained that
no child or minor person arrested under
the provisions of this Ordinance shall DC
placed in confinement until he or she has
first been taken home to ascertain the
parents wishes, or the wishes of such
guardian or legal custodian, and the said
parents, guardian or legal custodian shall
refuse to be held responsible for the OBJ
servance OF this Ordinance by said minor
person.
Sec. 4 1t shall be the duty Of any
magistrate before whom any child or
minor person is taken when arrested,
where the parents, guardian or legal GUS
todan to such minor person refuse to be-
come responsible for such child or minor
person for the violation Of the provisions
OF Section ! Of this Act to inquire into
the facts Of said arrest, the conditions and
circumstances Of such child or minor per-
son, and If it shall appear that such child
or minor person, for want of proper par
entail care, guardianship or control, is
growing up in mendcancy or vagrancy or
is incorrigible, to cause the proper pro-
ceedings to be had and taken as author
lied by the laws Of the state in such cases.
Sec. S 1t shall be the duty Of the may
or or city marshal TO arrange with the
owners Of some manufacturing plant or
plants, or some power company in the
city to give, on their whistle, signal OF
curfew hours. Of twenty seconds duration,
at least five minutes before the curfew
hours shall have been reached.
Sec. 6 Any person or persons. either
minor under the age of sixteen years, or
the parent or parents. guardian or legal
custodian Of said minor. who shall directly
violate any OF the provisions of this Section
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a
sum not less than one dollar nor more
than fifty dollars, and in the event Of fail
ure to pay such fine may be sentenced by
the court or magistrate before whom the
conviction may be had, to the county Jail
at Ionia for period of not less than one
nor more than thirty days.
Sec. z This Ordinance shall be known
as Ordinance No. 95 Of the City Of Beld
ing, and shall take effect from and after
the 9th dav OF Oct, one thousand, nine
hundred and eight.
Adopted and approved this 18th day Of
Sept, A. D. 1908.
Willis F. Bricker, W. S. Eddy,