New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-18
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An Ordinance.
An Ordinance.
Defining vagrancy. declaring who
are Migrants, and how they
shall be dealt with.

See. !. Be it ordained by the
| Police jury of the Parish of he
ria, State Of Louisiana, that from
and after the adoption and the
PRONUNCIATION of this ordinance,
that all persons who. not having
| visible means to maintain them
selves live without employment ;
all persons wandering abroad and
lodging IN groceries. taverns,
beer houses, bar rooms, market
places. sheds, barns, out houses,
pumping stations. uninhabited
buildings, railroad or street cars,
shanty boats, steamboats, or other
water craft. public buildings, o.
the open air; all persons who
earn livelihood by gambling
with cards. dice, slot machines or
any other gambling device; all
persons of either sex leading an
idle or open prohigate life who
have no property to support them,
and who are able to work and do
not work; all persons receiving,
hiding, trading or bartering stol-
en- property, or who unlawfully
sell or barter any vinOus, alcO-
none. malt Intoxicating or spirl-
'uous liquors or any narcotic or
Intoxicating habit forming drugs,
or any powder advertised as an
abortlgatlent or so called love
powder; every person who con
ducts games of chance under avn
ings, III booths, in enclosures, on
the streets, levees, public roads,
Or IN any public place, whether
the prize be in money or kind;
every prostitute who shall walk
the streets of highways soliciting
men; any person or either sex Of.
the white race who shall habitual.
ly loiter around, or frequent, or
reside in public places owned by
or operated by negroes or fire.
quented by negroes; all persons
wandering about and begging or
who 60 about from door to door,
or place themselves on the streets,
highways. public roads, on door
steps on church entrances, pas
sages, alley ways, or other places
to beg or receive aims; all per-
sons able to work who do not |
work. but who live upon the
wages of personal earnings of |
their wives or minor children
any male person who habituaily
associates with prostitutes, or
who habitually letters in or
around houses of prostitution, or
who being without visible means
of support live with a prostitute,
shall be deemed guilty of va
grancy.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., The term Visible means OF
as used in this ordi-
nance, shall be construed to mean
reasonably continuous employ
ment at some lawful occupation
FOR reasonable compensation. or
! fixed and regular income from
or other investment,
which income is sufficient for the
maintenance Of such person.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
to-, That all prosecutions under
he vagrancy ordinance of the
'olice Jury Of the Parish of Ibe-
ia, State of Louisiana, shall be =
in the same manner as
re now or shall hereafter be con-
ucted. prosecutions for the vio-
atoms Of municipal or parochial
iolations in general, and shall be
ried before such courts or court
$ are now or may hereafter be
ested with general jurisdiction
or the trial or violation of mu-
icipal or parochial ordinances.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained,
&C., Whoever shall violate the
rovisions Of this ordinance, shall
, deemed guilty of a INSIDE
eanor, and upon conviction shall
, punished by fine Of not less
ian Ten Dollars $4,000 nor
ore than Fifty Dollars, or by an =
lprisonment Of not less than ten n
lys nor more than thirty days =
the Parish Jail. or both, at the -
scretion of the Court.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, =
c., that all ordinances in con- e
ct with this ordinance be and Ct
e same are hereby repealed. G
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, G
J., That this ordinance shall e