The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-01-07

AN ORDINANCE FoRBIDDING OF
h IMMORAL CONDUCT OR THE
i KEEPING OF DISORDERLY OR
BAWDY HOUSES WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF ALC0A.
Be IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF ALCOA, as follows:
! SECTION NO. l. If any woman
or girl, VIGOROUSLY lewd, appear upon
the sidewalk or streets, or other
public places in the city, in an indie
cent posture, or accost, call, stop, or
signal any person passing, or parade
and advertise herself by so standing,
walking or riding through the city for
the purpose of attracting attention,
or shall be so attired as to attract at
tention of men, she shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
SECTION NO. 2. 1t shall be IN
lawful and a misdemeanor for a
woman of VIGOROUSLY lewd character
to loiter or lounge at any front door
or gate, open window or sit, stand,
lounge or promenade upon any porch
or yard of any house within one
hundred feet of any public street,
alley, lane, square or thoroughfare
within the city limits.
SECTION NO. 3. 1t shall be un-
lawful and a misdemeanor for any
person having control of a house in
the city limits to cause or permit the
assembling of women of lewd charac-
ter, other than those who reside
there, for the purpose of dancing,
drinking or other purposes of amuse-
ment; nor shall any person having
control of any house in the city
limits, at which reside any women
commonly regarded as prostitutes,
permit the assembling of male per-
sons for the purposes aforesaid.
SECTION NO. 4. 1t shall be I'M
lawful and a misdemeanor for any
male persons to frequent or assem-
bic at any house where VIGOROUSLY
lewd women reside or assemble Pro-
vided this section shall not be con-
strued to prevent the frequenting or
assembling of persons who are blood
relations to any one residing at such
house, or the entering of such
house by police officer of the city in
the discharge of his official duties.
SECTION NO. 5. That it shall
be unlawful and misdemeanor for
any person to keep a disorderly house
or permit in his or her house, or in
any tenement in his or her possession,
or under his or herNcontrol any one
to be disorderly.
SECTION NO. 6. Whoever shall
keep bawdy house, or house of i'll
fame or designation, or permit any
tenement in his, her or their possess
ion, or under his, her or their control
to be used or kept for any such pur-
pose, shall be guilty of misdemean-
or; and it shall be, sufficient evidence
that house is of such character
where VIGOROUSLY lewd women
either reside at, or are in the habit
of visiting such house at night, and
there meet men other than those who
reside at such house.
SECTION NO. 7. If any male
person shall harbor, support or
cherish any woman of VIGOROUSLY
lewd character, or shall appear, ride
or walk through the streets or other
public places of the city in company
with any public prostitute, or woman
of ill-fame, he shall be deemed guilty
of mlsdemeanor; provided, how
ever, That officers of the law in the
discharge of their duty, or blood
relations may appear in public with
such characters.
SECTION NO. 8. 1t shall be un-
lawful and a dismemeanor for a man
and woman to illicitly cohabit to-
gether, openly and VIGOROUSLY, or
for person to be guilty of any open
and notorious acts of lewdness and
lndecency.
SECTION NO. 9. Any person
guilty of violating either of the fore
going sections of this Ordinance shall
be fined not less than $500 nor more
than $4,000.
SECTION NO. 10. That this or
dinance shall take effect fifteen days
from and after its final passage, the
public welfare requiring it.
c. L. Babcock,
Mayor.
Attest:
A. B. Smith,
Recorder.
The foregoing Ordinance was,
prior to its adoption, approved as to
form. Dated Dec. 20, 1919.
Homer A. Goddard,
City Attorney.
Passed First Reading Dec. IL. 1919.
Gordon Bell,
Recorder, Pro Tempore.
Passed Second Reading Dec. 10,
1919.
A. B. Smith,
Recorder.
Passed Third Reading Dec. 20,
1919.
A. B. Smith,
Recorder.
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