O#15 ORDINANCE NO. 15.
Peace, Order and Morals.
Sec. 1. ?fhoever wilfully distrubs the peace of
another, by violence, tumultuous or offensive demeanor,
loud or unusual noise, profane, 'obscene or offensive
language, or other conduct calculated to provoke a breach
of the peace, or by assaulting, striki.ng, threatening
or frightening another; or whoever shall permit the sa~e
to be done upon premises in his possession, custody or
control, so that others in the vicinity are disturbed
thereby, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding twenty-five days, or
both.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall disturb any congregation met
for religious worship, by any noise, rude or indecent be-
havior, or profane discourse in any place of worship, or
so near thereto as to disturb the order and solemnity of
the meeting, shall be punished as prescribed in the pre-
ceding section.
Sec. 5. ~noever shall be found in a state of intoxi-
cation in any street, park, or other public place in 'this
Town mall be punished as prescribed in Section i of this
Ordinance.
Sec. 4. Whoever shall have in his, her or their
possession, any spirituous, vinous or malt intoxicating
li. quor, within the limits of this To~na, shall be punished
as prescribed in Section I of this Ordinance and the in-
toxicating liquor thus found shall be destroyed.
Sec. 8. ~'~hoever shall be found in a state of nudity,
or in a dress not belonging to his or her sex; or shall
make any indecent exposure of his or her person, or shall
be guilty of any indecent or lewd behavior; or shall sell,
exhibit or have in his or her Dosses~on any indecent book,
picture or other thing, or shall exhibit or perform any
indecent, immoral or lewd play or other representation,
shall be punished as prescribed in Section i of this
Ordinau ce.
Sec. O. No person sb~ll battle in any public place
within the Town limits during the hours of day-light
without being sufficiently clothed to prevent an indecent
exposure of his or her person. Any person viol~ting this
section shall be punished as provided in Section i of this
0 rdinan c e.
Sec. 7. ~aoever shall play at any game of chance for
money or other thing of value; or set up or keep any gamb-
ling device, implements, apparatus or paraphernalia by,
upon or with which any game of chance for money or other
thing of value shall be played; or ~zhoever shall keep a
place for, or· allow, consent or submit to a place under
his custody or control, being used for, the purpose of
gambling; or whoever shall lease to another a house,
booth, room shed or other structure or enclosure in ~'~ich
gambling shall be carried on by or with the consent or
knowledge of the lessor, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollar-s or imprisoned not exceeding
fifty days, or both. The ~ars?~al or other officer making
the arrest shall seize all gambling implements, apparatus
or paraphernalia, or any of them, and the ~arshal shall
publicly burn and completely destroy them, and all of them.
In any prosecution under this section, evidence of the
general reputation of a house, room or other place, that
such house, room or other place is a gambling-house,
gambling-room or a place kept for gambling, shall be suffi-
cient to establish a prima facie case against and throw
the burden of proof upon, ~he defendant.
Sec. 8. ~qaoever shall permit persons of disorderly
character to assemble in any house or other place under
his possession, custody or control, shall be deemed
guilty of keeping a disorderly house, and shall be punish-
ed by a f.ine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days, or both.
Sec. 9. ~oever shall keep or maintain a house of
ill-fame, or a house or other place resorted to for the
purpose of prostitution; or whoever shall lease to another
a house, room or other structure, or a portion thereof,
to be used for the purpose of prostitution, or any other
lewd, lascivious or immoral purpose, the lessor knowing
or having reason to believe that the place so leased is
to be used for any of such purposes, shall be punished
as prescribed in the preceding section.
Sec. ~lO. Any female guilty of prostitution, or
soliciting or attempting to solicit for the purpose
of prostitution; or being an inmate in a house of pros-
titution, or a house bearing the general reputation of
being a house of prostitution, or any male person visiting
a house of prostitution or a house bearing the general
reputation of being a house of prostitution, except he
shall go there upon business of a strictly legitimate
character, shall be punished as pres~cribed in Section 8,
of this Ordinance. In any prosecution under this section,
evidenGe of general reputation of an alleged house of pros-
titution shall be ~sufficient to establish a prima facie
case against, and throw the burden of proof upon the
defendant.
Sec. ll. All rogues and vagabonds; idle and dissolute
persons; tramps who go about begging; persons who use
juggling or unlawful games or plays; common pipers or
fiddlers; stubborn children; runaways; common drunkards;
common night-walkers; pilferers; thieves; lewd, wanton
and lascivious persons in speech or behavior; common
railers and brawlers; persons who neglect their calling
or employment, or who have no visible means of support,
or who misspend what they earn, and do not provide for
themselves or their families; and all other idle and
disorderly persons, including those who habitually mis-
spend their time by frequenting a house of ill-fame,
gambling-house or other disorderly place; shall be con-
sidered vagrants, and upon conviction of vagrancy, shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding thirty days or both.
Sec. l~. ~hoever shall carry, use or have in his
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possession any sling-shot within this Town shall be fined
not exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding
twenty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
Sec. 13. ~laoever shall carry any arms, or dangerous
or deadly weapons, except a conm~on pocket-knife, wholly or
partly concealed upon or about his person, shall be fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not ex-
ceeding fifty days, or shall be both fined and imprisoned.
Sec. 14. ~Thoever shall, within the Town Limits, shoot,
set off or discharge any fire-arm, fire-cracker, torpedo,
fire-works or other explosives shall be fined not exceed-
ing fifty dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding .twenty days,
or both fined and imprisoned.
Sec. 15. ?fhoever shall open or keep open for business,
any store or other place of business on the Sabbath day,
except the same be permitted under the statutes of Florida,
shall be punished as prescribed in the preceding section.
Sec. 16. Whoever shall set out a fire on any lot,
street, alley, park or other public place, without first
obtaining a permit from the I',~arshal, who shall be present
at the fire, shall be punished as prescribed in Section
lr of this Ordinance.
Sec. 17. V~noever shall wilfully and maliciously
destroy or attempt to destry, or .injure, mutilate, dis-
figure or displace any public property of any kind, nature
or character whatsoever, belonging to the Town of Bo.~mton,
or property used by any officer, agent, employee or workman
of this Town in his official duty, employment or work, shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or
imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both fined and
impris med.
The above ~rdinance No. 15, having been read in
full at a Meeting of the Town Commission of the Town
of Boynton, Florida, held on the 4th day of October
A. D. 1921, was adopted and passed at a Regular Meeting
of s~id Commission held on the 18th day of October A. D.
1921, and a copy thereof posted at the front door of the
Town Hall at Boynton, Florida, on the 19th day of October
A. D. 1921.
H. B. Murray
(Signed)
J. C. Powel!, Clerk (Signed)
Commissioners of the Town
of Boynton, Florida.
AMENDI~BH~T TO ORDINANCE NO. 18
August 7th, 192Z.
At a Regular ~leeting of the Town Commission, C. F.
Knuth, Mayor and J. C. Powell, Clerk Commissioners, present,
also Town's Attorney, C. C. Chillingwor~ch and ~r. Simon,
present.
On a motion duly made and seconded the following
Amendment to Ordinance 1~o. 15, was adopted:
Be It Ordained that Ordinance No. l0 of the Town of
Boynton be and the same is amended by adding thereto two
Sections to be numbered 18 and 19.
Sec. 18. That it shall be unlawful for any person
who is in a state of intoxication or under the influence of
intoxicating liquor to dri.ve or operate a motor vehicle of
any kind whatsoever upon any of the streets, alleys, or
highways within the limits of the Town of Boynton, Florida.
Sec. 19. That any person violating the provisions of
this Amendement shall upon conviction be subject to a fine
not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars (~$00.00) or imprison-
ment in the Town Jail or at hard labor on the streets or
other public works of said Town not exceeding sLxty days
or both such fine and imprisonment. - Copy posted at door
of Town Hall August 8th, 1923.
J. C. Powell,Clerk
(Signed)