O#37OR])Ih'AI,?CE NO. 37.
An Ordinance of the Town of Bo,wnton, Florida, establishing
and setting apart in said Town separate residential limits or
districts for white and negro residents; designating, establish-
lng and setting apart the territorial limits or district of
said Tovm within which white persons may reside and separate
territorial limits or districts in said To~m within which
negroes may reside; prohibiting any white person from taking
up or establishing a place of residence within the territorial
limits of said Town so set apart and established for the re-
sidence of negroes; prohibiting any negro person from taking
up or establishing a place of residence within the territorial
limits of said Town so set apart and established for the re-
sidence of white persons; defining the terms "Residence" and
"Place of Residence", and providing penalties for violations
of this Ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TO?fN CO~IMIS~ION OF THE TO'f,~ OF BO.~TON,
FLORIDA:
1. That said Town does hereby establish and set apart
the land within the following described ii.mits in the Town
of Boynton to be hereafter known as "The Negro District
within the Town of Boynton, Florida", to-wit:
Commencing at the intersection of the West line of the
Right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway Co~pany and
the North line of Arden Park Addition to the Town of Boynton,
Florida; thence West along said North line of Arden Park
Addition and following said line extended West to the center
line of County Road or Green Street ~xtended North; thence
North along said center line of County Road and following
said center line extended North to the South bank of the
Boynton Canal; thence following the South bank of the
Boynton can~l in an Easterly direction to the ~?est line of
the Right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway Company;
thence following mid West line of the Florida East Coast
Railway Company's Right--of-way in a Southerly direction
to the point of beginning.
2. ~ffhat said Town does hereby establish and set
apart all the remaining land or parcels of land within the
Town of Boynton, Florida, as a separate residential limit
or district to be hereafter known as "The ~ite District
v~ithin the Town of Boynton, Florida".
$. That it shall be unlawful for any white person
hereafter to establish or take up his or her place of re-
sidence within the territorial limits of said Town so set
apart and established for the residence of negroes.
4. That it shall be unlawful for any negro hereafter
to establish or take up his or her place of residence within
the territorial limits of said Town so set apart and es-
tablished for the residence of white persons.
5. That any white person who shall be convicted of
a violation of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine
of not more than Five Hundred (~500.00) dollars, or im-
prisonment for not more than Sixty (60) days , or both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
O. That any negro who shall be convicted of a violation
of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars, or imprisonment for not more than
Sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.
7. That wherever in this Ordinance the term "residence"
or "Place of residence" is used it shall mean "a place where
one dwells or resides permanently" or "where one resides"
or the "home" of such person; and this may consist of one or
more rooms in a building, or it may be an entire building or
more than one building.
~i~ne above Ordinance No. 37 having been read in full at
a meeting of the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton,
Florida, held on the 5th day of February, A. D. 1924, was
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the said Tovm
Commission held on the 19th day of February A. D. 1924, and
a copy thereof posted at the front door of the Town Hall at
Boynton, Florida, on the 20th day of February A. D. 1924.
C. F. Knuth
(Signed)
J. C. Powe!l (Signed)
Commissioners of the Tovm
of Boynton, Florida.