The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-01-20
No. 2503.
By A. M. Goodwin. NO.
AN ORDINANCE

| To prohibit and suppress all minstrel
| shows, circus shows, street fairs, ana
| all vaudeville and such like perform
ances. whether conducted in connec-
ton with a picture show or not, with
| in the corporate limits of the Town
of Colfax, La. and to provide penal
I ties for violations thereof.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Colfax, Lou
isiana. in regular session convened:
Section l.
.. That by virtue of the authority
granted to this body by the oath para
: graph of the 18th section of Act 1S6 OF
. the General Assembly of 1898 OF the
State of Louisiana, and all acts amen
datory thereof, all minstrel shows, cir
Gus shows street fairs, and all vaude-
vile and such like performances,
whether conducted in connection with
: picture show or not, be and the same
are hereby suppressed, and all such
performances be and the same are
hereby prohibited within the corporate
: limits of the Town of Colfax, La, from
, and after the passage of this ordinance,
) whether the same be free or otherwise;
provided, this ordinance shall not ap-
ply to lyceum attractions.
Be it further ordained, etc:
Section 2
That from and after the passage o.
A this ordinance it shall be unlawful 10
- the Mayor or any other official OF tn
Town of Colfax to grant license o
permit to any show mentioned In tn
mr. first section of this ordinance to sho'
VI within the limits of the said Town Q
Colfax.
ted Be it further ordained, etc:
Section g.
That all persons violating section or
MA or section two of this ordinance sha
= be guilty of crime, and on trial ar
- conviction before court OF comp
tent jurisdiction shall be punished
both fine and Imprisonment, or eitn'
of them in the discretion Of the tri
court. said fine not to exceed twent
; five dollars, and said imprisonment n
to exceed thirty days confinement.
4 Be it further ordaided, ect:
Section a.
; That this ordinance shall go into
feet from and after its passage, and
is hereby made the dnty of the may
and marshal of the town to enfor
this ordinance and arrest all offende
> and each and every male inhabitant
the town over the age Of twenty-o
wears is hereby authorized to preve
nv anv violation of this ordinance by
= Injunction restraining such violate
EMsTT' and all persons violating this ordlnai
shall pay to the Town of Colfax
sucb petitioning citizen or citizens
,.ok. snr az fifty dollars damages for e'
hon's violation hereof, and the mayor IS
Col. thorized to proceed by injunction wi
he so desires
70 ~, IN Be it further ordained, etc:
Dr. or Section 81
That ali ordinances or parts of or
raph- ances in conflict with or contrar.
rs 49,. the nrovisions of this ordinance
sTU. hereby repealed insofar only. as IN
e-haif fi;ct or contrary hereto; and prov
emit Of this ordinance sna'i NV ePr'' :
We Sc ceum attractions.
TON. ,ld b,, eect;ons an
laun- Reao anu duoPecu " Al
( may a whole by the Mayor anu "a
hours. v,an IF tho Town of Colfax, LOulSl;
Lacy. men "a 80 -s.;,,, convened fhis the
|, Miss IN regular sessioh Son -
nques- 6av Of December, 1910.
school Hams Carnahan. Goodwyn-3. Ma
todav Dean and Faraldo.
iNEss Approved: ,o>,c No.
Tsxas ~ coopWvN Sec'v.