The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-21
Children Under Is Not Allowed:
Out After s O'CLOCK. - =.
And Yos Shouldn't C1sse
Squirrels or Brides.
CAN'T PLAY CARDS on SUNDAY
Must Get . Permit From, Mayor.
To Make . Speech.
Regulations Nearly Forgotten
ON City Ordinance Books. :

II that boy Of yours under IL yearf
old appears on the street or In any
other public place after 9 o'clock 1t
night, you could be fined IS. unlesa
some older member of the family were
with him or he had been sent BY
them on some errand. This is only
one OF the many ordinances of the
city of Topeka which have been half
forgotten and covered up in the masy
of more important laws. From MarcH
to September 80 the boy may rec
main out until 9 o'clock in the even-
ing, provided he behaves.
There are scores Of ordinances now
in force of which the average citixeu
knows nothing. For instance. IL YOU
jump out of bed at o'clock on cold
morning and run seventeen blocks g
a fire, you could be fined 500 Tor nos
Obeying the fire chief IL he orderel
you to assist in putting out the flameT
or removing or taking care of any
personal property that might be N
danger. The fire marshal has absoe
lpt~ control over any and all persons
at fires and to wilfully disobey HIM
may subject you 10 a fine of from
SO to 500. This Is also true OF
running over q fire hose with q We.
hicle.
No Respect For Callbers.
It's just as unlawful to use an air
gun or sling shot within the city limits
as 1t would be to discharge 14-inch
gun, and to do so may subject you to .
,, fine of IS. according to paragraph
| 1901. You may be fined $50 for exs
ploding firecracker or q Roman
candle. as well as for dischargtng 9
revolver, but this act does not apply
| to officers in the discharge of theis
| duty char. har) nor to responsible pers
| sons who have been granted permiss
| sion by the city commissioners to stage
pyrotechnic fireworks displays.
! If a hack driver wants to charge
you 81 for hauling you and your suit
and you offer him only SO cents. he
can't refuse to haul you. for that's hie
| ma xi. -ium rate fixed by law. PROVIDED
1t Is between the hours of 6 o'clock
| in the morning and l O'Clock In the
morning of the next day. Other times
/ he has the right to charge rs cents.
| Let the Squirrels Chase You.
| If you want to make public speech,
first get a permit from the mayor to
| do so: otherwise 1t may cost you $50.
To chase a squirrel across the lawn, to
say nothing of killing him: or to kill =
/ bird or destroy its nest may subject
you to a fine OF SIS. and to let your
large may cost you $40 in police court
The price of playing hall on any street
or alley is $40; to work on Sunday may
cost you your salary for the balance
Of the week unless you are a member
Of a religious denomination which OBJ
serves some other day as a Sabbeth. 3
Men and women who seek to avoid
complications by avoiding the other
persons husband or wife should re-
member that there Is an ordinance re-
lating to single people. The penalty
is only $500 and six months in jail
unless you get into other trouble, IN
which case you may fare worse.
For q pawnbroker to buy or res
ceive in pledge any article from q
minor places him liable to . fine of
$500. A transient corn doctor must
pay q license of 81 per day for prac>
ticing In Topeka and q picture agent.
also Of the transient variety, il taxed
IS q day. And finally, to engage in
o sociable game of cards in your par1
lor Sunday evening may subject you
to a fine of $50, which may be . just
rule and one which the city fathers,
in their wisdom. have seen fit to or
l dain.