HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd.12 - Children on Streets, at Night PenaltyORDINANCE NO.l1'
Ai' ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CHILDREN FROH RUNNING ABOUT THE STREETS AT
4 NIGHT,GR PMITTING THE TO DO SO BY PERSONS HAVING THE CONTROL AND
CUSTODY OF THEM,AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE POLICE,AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED,by the chairrnan and Board of Trustees of the village
of McCa11,Boise County,idaho.
Sec.I. No person under the age of sixteen years shall be permitted to
go abroad upon or w6nder about the streets or public grounds,or
any of the unoccupied lots in the Village of McCall,after the hour_
of nine o'clock at night,unless such person be accompanied by his
or her parents or guardian,or unless such person shall have necessary
business upon such street or other place.
Sec.2. Any child violating; section I of this ordinance,or any person
having care or custody of such child,who shall permit or allow 7 ''
such child under his or her care,custody or control to violate
this section,shall be fined in any sum not exceeding the sum of
twenty—five dollars.
$ec.3. It is hereby made the duty of the Policeman to apprehend all
children found violating Section I of this ordinance,and. if the
parent or other custodian of any such child or children can be
found within the village,to take such child or children to said
parent or guardian,and if the NR sum of one dollar is then
and there paid to the officer,which shall be turned into the
Village Treasurer,and refrain from making a complaint against
such chlld,parent or guard.ian,but in case the sum of one dollar
is not paid,it shall be the duty of Said officer to make a com—
plaint against said child,parent or guardian.
sec.)!-. It shall be the duty of the Village Policeman at the hours
mentioned in Section I,of this ordinance,to ring or cause
to be rung,the school or some other bell in the Village of McCa4
which shall be known as the "Curfew Bell" which shall be a
signal for all children not authorized by this ordinance to be
upon the streets,public grounds or unoccupied lots to repair
to their several homes.
Passed and approved this J- day of 1913.
Chairman. Clerk.
(When this is copied into the ordinance book,please
make the certificate of one publication in the news
paper as I have heretofore instructed you"
D.it.Cox.