The Washington times., 1933-02-21
SPECIAL REGULATIONS

| erty in connection with the presidential
inaugural ceremonies in 1888, are hereby
adopted under the authority of a joint
ID. 1888 Public, No. 52), which resolu-
tion reads, in part, as follows: Said Com
| missioners are hereby authorized and di-
| rected to make all reasonable regulations
| necessary TO secure such preservation of
| public order and protection of life and
| property, and to make special regulations
| respecting the stands, movements, and
| operating of vehicles of whatever char
| acter or kind during said period: and to
| grant under such conditions as they may
| impose, special licenses TO pedders and
| vendors TO sell goods wares, and mer-
chandise on the streets, avenues and side
walks in the District of Columbia. and TO
charge for such privilege such fees as thev
may deem proper. Such regulations shall
be in force one week prior to said in
auguration during said inauguration. and
one week subsequent thereto and shall be
published in one or more of the daily
newspapers published in the District of
Columbia, and in such other manner as
the Commissioners may deem best to ac-
quaint the public with the same: and no
penalty prescribed for the violation of any
such regulations shall be enforced until
five days after such publication. And
any person violating any of such regula-
tions shall be liable for each such offense
to fine not to exceed S100 in the Police
Court of said District. and in default of
payment thereof to imprisonment in the
than so days Section 1. The following
regulations shall be in full force and eff
feet from February 25, 1893, to March IL.
1888. provided, however, that the Com
missioners may in their discretion suspend
the enforcement of any such regulation
during the effective period whenever in
their Judgment such action may be in the
interest of the public service. Sec. .. No
person not a member of a duly authorized
committee regularly appointed for service
in connection with the inaugural cere-
monies shall wear the badge or insignia
OF any such committee or falsely represent
himself to be a member of same. No per-
son shall duplicate. nor shall any un-
authorized person use or display any press,
photographers or vehicle pass issued by
the major and superintendent of police:
Sec. 3. The major and superintendent of
police is hereby authorized to close, :em-
porarily, the streets and avenues included
IN the route of any parade. and the
streets and avenues adjacent to the route
OF any such parade or contiguous to
scene of any ceremony or unusual gather
ing of people. and such ntersecting streets,
avenues, alleyways, and abutting reserva-
tions as may be designated by said major
and superintendent of police. by and with
the approval of the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia; such closing of
streets to be at and for such period Of
time as the said major and superintendent
of police may deem necessary in the in
terest of the public service; and said major
and superintendent of police is hereby fur
ther authorized to suspend the movement
of all ordinary traffic, including the opera
tion of street railways. on any street. ave-
nue., or highway in the District of Column
bia, or to divert such traffic in such man
ner and in such direction as he may deem
advisable in the interest of the public ser
vice. Sec. 4. No person shall without
proper authority pass through. over or un-
der. or break down, cut, remove, injure or
destroy any rope or other barricade erected
or placed by order of the major and super
lntPn0pnt OOllpp. shall
remove, injure. or in any manner tamper
with any lights placed upon any such rope
or barricade. Sec. 5. No person shall be
permitted to intrude with any vehicle,
stand. box. or obstruction of any kind
within any area designated and properly
marked by the major and superintendent
of police contiguous to the route Of any
parade or ceremony or unusual gathering
of people. Sec. 6. No box, barrel. table,
ladder. chair. or other obstruction shall be
sold or offered for sale or for hire. or be
given away, or placed on, or along the
street roadway or sidewalk. or on any
statue, parking or public reservation on
or adjacent to any part of the inaugural
parade route. No person shall occupy
any such box. barrel. table. ladder, chair,
or other obstruction. Sec. T. No person
shall knowingly make or cause to be made
false report of any crime whatsoever,
or send false call for any ambulance or
bills, circulars. cards. posters. or adver-
tising matter of any kind on any review
ing stand or on any tree, lamp-post. cleo
tric-light pole. mail box, trash receptacle,
stanchiOn. or barricade is hereby pro-
hbited. Sec. 9. The distribution of hand
bills, dodgers, and advertising matter of
any kind on any street, avenue. alley. or
highway within the District of Columbia
or lessee of any building on the line of
any parade, or on any intersecting street,
avenue. alley, or reservation abuttlng line
of said parade shall permit the use or
fNnnT lion Of halo mi
the ground floor, by spectators without
first having secured a permit therefor
from the inspector of buildings. Sec. II.
No person shall, on the public streets, en-.
confetti or kindred substance. nor of
ticklers or other devices capable of use
for the annoyance OF any other person
Sec. IL. No person shall sell, offer for
sale, or distribute any article in such man.
ner as to cause inconvenience, annoya ance.
or discomfort to the general public; nor
shall any person by loud or unnecessary
9Hteg advertise any article for sale sbs Of
sell, offer for sale. distribute, exhibit. or
have i'll his or her possession any vulgar
or indecent card, souvenir, book, device.
or article of any description. Sec. IA. No
person shall give. loan. sell, or offer for
sale. nor shall any person carry or display
any imitation or toy revolver. Sec. Is.
No person shall in any manner convey,
transport. drive or in any manner carry
or reservation within the District of Co.
lumbia any sign, advertising device. or
other object which in any way obstructs
the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular
traffic. Sec. 16. No person shall without
proper permit, erect any support or
stretch any conductor for the purpose of
effecting illumination on any street, ave-
nue.. alley, or otherwise than in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions of
such permit as may be issued. Sec. H.
No person shall hang or suspend adver-
tising signs or cloths on the front of any
building. unless duly authorized so to do
under existing sign and building regula-
tions. Sec. IS. All persons who let or
rent out rooms, shall keep a record show
ing the signature, in ink, the street and
home city address of each and every per-
son temporarily residing in the building
in which they may rent or occupy rooms.
Erasures or alterations of such record
shall not be permitted for any purpose
and such record shall be retained and open
for inspection by the police at any time.
All persons renting rooms shall report to
the police department any suspicious char,
shall report any suspicious acts of any
person to whom rooms may have been
rented. Sec. 10. The proprietors or lessees
of any premises or buildings used for
temporary housing or quarters shall main.
tain the same in a sanitary condition and
shall permit inspections by authorized
members of the Metropolitan Police De-
partment and by health and food inspec-
tors. Sec. 20. No person shall sell. or
offer for sale upon any of the streets.
avenues. alleys, or reservations in the Dis
trict of Columbia any badge. emblem
book, pamphlet, postcard, souvenir, pic
ture, toy, cane, or miscellaneous article
of merchandise of any kind without first
having obtained from the superintendent
of licenses license so to do. The. fee
for such license shall be $25: Provided,
That no extra fee shall be required OF
persons licensed to vend such articles prior
to February 20. 1888, under the provisions
of Paragraph SO .of the Act of Congress
of July /, 1882. and no such license un-
der that paragraph shall be issued during
the period between February 25 and
March II, 1888: Provided Further. That
no sale shall be made In the "Congested
Section" as defined in the Traffic Reguia-
tions during the period between February