HomeMy WebLinkAbout0613 OrdinanceOREJNANCE NO. 613
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST PEACE AND GOOD
.ORDER, FIXING YHE PENALTY THEREFORE., AND REPEALING ALL OF ORD-
INANCE NO.267, AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES 'OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
The- City Council.of the city of Pasco do ordain as -follows:
Section 1.
Every person who shall be found in any street, alley
or on any sidewalk, or any public krounds, parks, or in any
other public place, in a drunken or intoxicated condidiion, or
who by reason of drunkeness, �aial 1 be incapable of taking care
of himself or herself, or whoshall act in a'disorderly manner;..
or create.a disturbance, shall be.guilty of a misd6x-meanor, and
may be arrested, with -or without warrant, and held in custody.
until he or she becomes sober, and on conviction shall be fined
in any sum -not greater than $100.00 or be committed to .the city
jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or may be both fined
and committed as above set forth.
Section -2.
Every person who asks or receives any compensation,
gratuity or reward for practicing fortune,.,telling,.palmistry or
clairvoyance, or phrenology; or -who: keeps,`a .place where lost or
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stolen property is concealed; every person practicing or solicit
irig prostitution 6,r -who keeps a' house of prostitution; every per-.
son who solicits alms, or begs' upon the streets or in any build .,
ing in the city; every person who wanders about.the streets at,
late" or unusual -hours a.t. night; ',every person vvho lodges or sleeps
in ani- barn,.gara'e', shed, out house, car or boat or in any other
place or on any other property without the: consent of the .owner
or person entitled to possession thereof; any person who is an
habitual user of opium, morphine, cocaine, alpha or Bata ouca.ine
or derivation, .mixture or preparation of any of them; any per-
son naving no visable means of support, who does not.seek
employment, not work when employment is offered,to him or her;
any person who distributes or,circulates any book,- pamphlet or
paper, or posts any bills, wherein or whereon it is advocated
or advised that any of the laws of the City or -.the State of Wash-
ington, or of the United States, be violated; resisted -or. ignored,
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or that private pr public.proper.ty beinjured or destroyed;
every person who in any public place or who by distributing of
or posting of any.written or printed matter, holds the govern-
ment or flat; of the United States.up to ridicule, or abuse, or
speaks ina disreispectful manner of either such government or
flag, or who distributes ..o,r circulates'matter of a' seditious
nature, calculated or intended to hinder or embarass the govern-
ment of the.Un.ited States in the prosecution of any war against
any foreign country, or'gives aid or encouragement to any enemy
of the United ;States; every person who patronizes, loiters about.
or is found in any .place where gambling .is being conducted or
carried on or where intoxicating liquor is being unlawfully sold,
or wherenrostit�tion is being practiced, shall be guilty of .a
misde/neanor, and`upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to
exceed $300.00 or committed to the city jail for a period not
exceeding ninety (90) .days; or by both such fine and imprison-
inent .
Section 3.
Ordinance No. 287 and all other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby rePealed.
Section 4.
This ordinance shall,be in full force and effect five days
after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this 3rd day of February 1948.
Approved -by the Mayor this 3rd day of ,February 1948.