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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 01871 ORDINANCE NO. 187, 2 AN. ORDINANCE OF TIEL CITY OF LYMTOOD PROHIBITING FORTUNE TELLING; AND - REPEALING. ORDINANCE NO. 3 73 OF SAID CITY AND DECLARING AN E_•4ERGENCY.. 4 5 The City Council of the City of Lynwood, do ordain as follows: 6 SECTION 1• That it is hereby declared to be unlawful for ag .7 Aky person in'said City to carry on, practice or profess to practice 8 or.car,ry on'the business or art of astrology, palmistry,.phrenology, 9 card reading, fortune telling, cartomancy, clairvoyance, clairaud- 10 ience, .crystal gazing, hypnotism, mediumship, prophecy, augury, div- 'a 11 ination, magic or necromaricy. 12 SECTION 2• Any person violating the provisions of this ordin- 1,3 ance shall be guilty.of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable upon. 14 conviction thereof by imprisonment' -in the City or County jail ;for 15 j a period not to exceed three months, or,,by a fine of not to•exceed 16 $250.00 or by both such fine and imprisonment, and a judgment that 17 I the defendant gay a fine may also direct that he be imprisoned until 18 the fine be satisfied or tha.t the defendant pay the fine within a 19 lidited time or in installments payable on specified dates and that 20 in default of payment as therein stipulated he be imprisoned uhtil i ••,21 the.fine is satisfied in full and any imprisonment hereunder shall be 22 in'the proportion of one day's imprisonment for everytwo dollars of 23 the fin e. 24 i SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective on its publica- 25 tion, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish the same once 26 after its final passage and approval in the Lynwood Tribune a weeki 27 newspaper published and circulated in said City of Lynwood. 28 SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 159 of said City and Section 13 -a of 29 Ordinance No. 73 of said City are hereby repealed, and any person 30 who holds a license under said Section 13 -a shall be entitled to a 31 refund upon a pro rata basis, for the unexpired portion thereof' 32 from the date this ordinance becomes effective upon demand therefor Roscoe R. Hess ' ATTORNEY « w .No.. LO i I made.t'o said City Council.in w riting. 2 'WHEREAS certain licenses have been issued pursuant to the 3 "provisions of said Section 13 -a of said'Ordinance No. 73, to holders 4 whose operations,thereunder and in:connection therewith are not for 5 the beet interests of said City, and 6 MREA5 said City Council is of the opinion that the practice 7' of the businesses herein prohibited is inimical to the public wel- 8 fare, and there is at the present time no ordinance prohibiting the 9 same, 10 NOV'r THEREFORE, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and 11 because of the facts above recited, this ordinance is urgently 17 ' required for tnc immediate. preservation o'f the public peace, health .13 { and safety. 14 APPROVED 1 5j 6 Mayor of said City. IzATTEST: ,17 18 j 9 . + CtyZ'Ierk: r— ' 911 a 20 21 22 23 24 i 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Roscoe R. Bess ATTORNEY AT .. ....a . o �. .. STATE OF,CALIFORNIA,, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,: SS. CITY OF LYNWOOO. ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood; California, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted. by.the Council of said City at a adjourn regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall"of said City, on the 7th day of Deoembe 1931_, and passed'by the following vote: 'AYES: GOUNCILMEN: hJillia R,'Davies. Snyder, De eke r 'NbES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Gr _son • • `� ";,..�` CI LARK, C TY OF . LYN1V OD .