St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-06-21

Ordinance No. / of 1919.
To prohibit vaarancv within the corporate
limits of the City of Opelousas, La, declar-
ing certain persons to be Migrants, and pro-
yiding penalties for the violation hereof.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen OF the City of Ope-
lousas, La, that the following persons are
hereby declared to be Migrants within the
meaning of this ordinance, and punishable as
such in the manner hereinafter provided.
viz: All persons who, not having visible
means of support. live without employment:
all persons wandering abroad and lodging
n groceries, taverns, beer houses. bar rooms,
market places, sheds, barns. outhouses, I'M
inhabited buildings, or the open air: all
openly profligate life who have no property
to support them. and who are able to work
and do not work: all persons receiving, hid
ing. trading or bartcrinR stolen property or
who unIawfully sell or barter any vinous.
alcoholic or. Intoxicating LIQUORS of any
kind, or any narcotic or habit forming
drugs; any persons who conducts games OF
chance under awnings, in booths, in inclos-
urcs. on the streets. or in any public place,
whether the prize be in money or in kind
every common prostitute who shall walk
the streets, or public places. soliciting men
any person of either sex of the white race
who shall habitually loiter around or fire.
| auent. or reside in public or private places
owned by or operated by. or frequented by
negroes: all persons who will wander about
from place to place soliciting aims or beg
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streets, highways. or door steps. on church
entrances, passages, alleys, or other places
Co get or receive aims, and who are able
to work and do not work; all habitual
drunkards, all persons who are able to work
and do not work but live upon the wages
or personal earnings Of their wives or chill
dren; all persons who, whether the recipients
of regular incomes or revenues sufficient
portion of their time in saloons. houses of
prostitution. gambling, or lettering: any
male person who habitualiy associates with
prostitutes, or who habitually loiters in or
around . house of prostitutes, or who being
without visible means Of support lives with
q prostitute; the term visible means of
support as herein used shall be construed
to mean reasonably continuous employment
at Some lawful Occupation for reasonable
compensation, or q fixed and regular income
from property or other investment; which
income. besides being q fixed or regular in
come shall be sufficient for the support
and maintenance of such person.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, etc,
| that in no case shall the mere possession OF
money by the accused, whether on his per
son or elsewhere deposited, be a defense
to any prosecution under this ordinance,
provided he has by act or conduct brought
himself within any of the classifications OF
vagrancy as herein defined
Section 8. Be it further ordained, etc,
| That any person who shall be arrested on
! the charge of vagrancy as defined in section
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before the City Judge be fined in the sum
not exceeding Fifty tS50l Dollors, MOI
less than Ten Dollars $4,000 or be i'm
prisoned not less. than ten t101 days. non
more than thirty 1907 days. or both fine and
imprisonment at the discretion Of the City
Judge.
Section 4. Be it further ordained etc.
That for good and sufficient reasons thia
ordinance shall take effect from and aftei
Section S. Be it further ordained. etc.
That all ordinances or parts OF ordinances
relating to the SINE subject matter as this
ordinance, be and the same are hereby re.
pealed.
The above ordinance. after having beer
read section by section and adopted in 1
like manner on motion of Mr.. Fields. second.
ed by Mr.. Dunbar, it vas adopted as 4
whole, by the following vote.
Yeas: Gosselin. Fields, Sicily and Dun
bar.
Nays: None.
Adopted June 4, 1919.
j. j. PERRoDIN. Mayor
City Clerk.