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AST ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN THINGS TO BE
I ISDT 7jin, CH7;, AND PROVIDII`T:G A PENALTY w'UA TH''. VIOLATION
The Board of Trustees of the City of Beaumont do
ordain n as follows:
Section To It 'shall, be unlawful for any Berson to
ccrimit an assualt or an assualt and battery within the
City ci B
e aus;.on t .
section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person • itnin
the City. of Beaumont to provoke -a breach of the peace or use
any loud, violent, threatening, profane or indecent language
to r>e Disturbance of any person or persons, or to i..se any
threatening, profane, indecent or abusive language toward
ehy other pereoil, tendino to a breach of tine peace, and any
peroon committing any such offense Say be required by the
City Recorder to give a recogniz -nce v i th sufficient, security,
in such sum as the Court or magistrate may direct, oo keep
the peace, and in default of giving such bo d to they satis-
faction of the court may be oommitted to the city o:' county
j;.'.i1 for ;much time as the coort lriaJ direct, but in n.o case
to exceed 90 ways.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within
the City of Beaumont to be drunk or in trie state of intoxi-
cation in or on any streets:°, hignva ?, thoro'..e;hfare, park or
;trier y,ublic place, cr to be :;runt; in any rivate house or
place, to the disturbance of any person.
section 4. Tt shall be unlawful for any person within
he City of Beaumont to be ;uilty of disorderly conduct or
to .'lake, aid, countenance or as-.ist, in any .riot, disturbance
or breach of the peace.
Section b. It e all be unlawful for any person, in any
theater, opera house, Or an place~ of public assembly, to, !y
a ' unruly or boisterous conduct, or by whistlin;-, at=axip.?na
or lout ta. 1i: by any other act or thing tend„ �o disturb
any such meeting or performance.
";action o. It shall be unlawful for any person within
the City of Beaumont to let any stallion_ or jack to any mare
or j ennett : ithin the city limits un:,_e. :- it be .;i .:hin an
i.closure, entirely screened from the public view.
section 7. It :_hall be un:i.aw: of for any peroon within
t ie City of Beaumont, to overwork, overload, cruell j beat,
torture, leu..ilat ? or cruelly kill any animal, or cause or
Ono.,.-in;s.;' allow the oame to be clone.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to cut,
Ai:ark, burn, tear do n, deface, remove, or destroy any public
building, or any portion of any buil .i o, -walk, bridge, fence,
tree, plant, shrub, ornamental structure or object, post, pipe,
stony-, vire, or any other property not included herein, be-
lort7ing to or used by tne City of Bea:mont, 02 located on,
above, under or along its streets, sidewalks, arcs, or public
;,:laces or bailda.n s, without lawful authority.
Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation within the City of Beaumont, to sell or exchange
or offer to sell or d.i aoose of, or to have in their posseseion
with intent to sell or exchange, any im"lure, Unwholesome,
ad_aiterated Or dilated .::ilk or cream, or any unw. clesome or
diseased meat, fruit, vegetables or other provisier a. for
hur..n consumption.
Section I0. It shall be unlawful for idle perscnn ho,
havino no visible menus of support, to . abit ally :19.d idly
loiter about or oander abroad. and visit and stay about public
oiacos, or lodge in outhouses, she s, barn., or in the open
air, and who are not able to give a mood ecco,ant or themselves,
or o wan: r abroad and beg, or o about fro., door to door
or in the streets, or other parc1ic places, "o beg or receive
alas •
Section 71. It shall be ur:laa^.fiul for any pereon or
persons within the City of Beaumont to obstruct ,or con-
gregate with other perecns on any street, street corner,
sidewalk or other cublic place in the City of Beaumont,
thereby obstructing or impe ,ink the free use of the same,
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or i,o4ensulting, moc :ing or indecent language or any
language or conduct calculated to expose any person
or persons paeeing them on the street to ridicule or
humiliation.
Section I2. It shall be unlawful fur any peri on. or
persons to throw, dump, pile or place any sticks, stones,
ashes, brush, tin cans, crockery, glass, tacks, rails,
pipe, noisome or other kind of rubbish or waste material
upon any private grounds, public property, street, alley,
pr highway in the City of Beaumont.
Section I3. It shall be unlawful for any pereon to
disturb rae peace of any neighborhood or person by loud
or unusual noise, cr by tarnultous or offensive conduct,
or to threaten, traduce, quarrel, challenge to f;.r_ht or
f i ht, or to, on the publ e streets or highway, run any
horse race or fire any glk or pistol, unless auehori'zed
by law to carry such gun oi eistoi, and the same is
discharged in lawful performance of duty.
Section Ie. It shall be unlaef ul for any pereon in
the City of Beaumont to throw or cast any stone, stick
or other missile at any building, railroad car, tree or
other public or private property or at any perso:a,
automobile or other vehicle in any street, avenu, lane,
or public place ir.. the City of Beaumont, or to aid or
abet in the same.
Section I. It shall be unlawful for any yerson or
person: within tee corporate limits of the City of
Beaumont, to fire or discharge any due, pistol, oa.nnon,,
torpedo, rocket, mine or bomb, or fire, explode, cr set
off any squibs, crackers, or anything conteinin` powder
or explosive material without a pere:t from the
eoliee committee of the :board of Trustees of said city,
whit i. permit eh ll be limited and revocable at the
pleasue e ox' no authority issuing it.
Section 16. It shall be un1a ful for any person or
persons within the City of Beaumont to engage in any game
sport or amusement or exhibit any contrivance or show,
or do any other thing in the stre . is of thpwhity of
Beaumont which .:-i11 interfere with the free4unre stricted
use of the streets, sidewal_:s, alleys, and ;public placeslL't1eee,
Section 17. It shall be unla•fu1 for any pexsor, fire;
or corpration within the City of Beaumont to de n1, play,
carre en, open, conduct, or cause to be dealt, carried on,
opened, conducted or maintained, or to conduct, either as
owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game,
played with cards, ci' _. or of , device, rer money,
c -eats, c .e -edit
cr o y. ,.e _ ; , eek:e.. - or to
play or bet at or a`ainst any of said prohibited games.
Section IE. It shall be unlawful :sur any person to
keep or maintain or be an inmate of, or in any uay contribute
to the sup.nort of any house of prostitution or as.gnation,
or to be foljtnd therein.
Section 19. .t shall be unlawful for ary person., either
as owner, principal, agent, cleri:, servant, or employee,
to establish, ceyen, keep, maintain, or carry en or
assist in carrying on in the incur orate limits of the
City of Beaumont, any house, room, or other pla.e where
arablin_g is carried on or ether place of indecent or
immoral character.
Section :.0. It shall be unlawful for: j r t not
an officer, or not having a permit from t. of
this city, to wear or carry concealed any pistol, dirk,
or other dangerous or deadly weapon. The Board of
Trustees may gran;, a written permit to any peaceable
person whose profession cr occupation may require him
to be cup; late yours of t, t night, to carry concealed
deadly weapons for his own protection, but all such
per rite must be in writin_r,, revocable at will, and all
c.;;. '.-. pe rui i, s shall in any event cease at 10 a. rn. on
the first m;,ndoy of January of each year.
Sectier_ 21. It shall be unlawful for any person, either
as owner, lessee, agent, emplyee, mortgagee, cr otherwise,
to keep, maintain, rent, ase,^ conduct any clock, tape, slot
or card machine, cr any other machine, contrivance or device
upon which money is staked, hazarded upon chance, or into
whic money is paid, deposited, or played upon chance, cr
u :onesult of the action of which. money or at* other thing
or article of value is staked, bet, hazarded, ,iron or lost
upon chance.
Section 22. It shall be unlawful for any person,
either a,s owner, lessee, agent, employe, rriortgagee, ;r
otherwise to operate, keep, main .lin, rent, use or conduct
nny machine, contrivance, appliance or mechanical device
upon the result of the acticn of which money, or other
valuable thing, is staked or hazarded, and which is operated
or played by placing, or depositing .therein any coins, checks,
slugs, balls, or other a.rt icie r or device, or in arty manner,
rd by mason of the action wherecf, or as a result ef the
operation of which any merchandise, money, represent etive
or article of value, check or token redeemable in or
exchangeable for money, cr other thing of value is lest
or won, or taken from or obtained from such machine, when
the result of the action or operation of euch machine,
contrivance, appliance, or mechanical device is dependent
upon hazard or chance.
Section 23. It shall be unlawful tor any person to deal,
play or carry on, or open, or cause to be o :ened, or to
conduct either as owner or employe, or otherwise, whether
for hire ur not, any game not mentioned or included in Sec.
3311 in the penal Code of California, played with cards, dice,
or any device for money, oNoute..k.e, crc,ita, ar
r- n .
Section 24. It shall be unlaw,for any person to deal;
play or carry on, open or ceuse to be opened, or to eonduct,
either as owner or employe or otherwise, whether for hire
or not, any dame played with cards, '.ice, or any device,
for money, checks, credits, or other representative of
value, with or in the presence of any minor child, on in
any room frequented by minor children or by any minon child.
Section 25. It shall be unlawful for any y,ersmn to
become an inmatd df or a visitor at any place where gambling
is practiced or carried on.
Section 26. Any house or -pace where any game is
played with cards, dice, or any other device for money,
c-r..4i t or - :v _ - }e , or
where money or anything of value or representative of value
is risked or ata.ked on the issue of any Lane, is hereby
declared to be a nuisance, and to be included in the term
of ga: .bling house cr place within the meaning, of t -_ie .
ordinance.
Section 27. It shall be unlaw for any ;person d:,iving,
using or having control of any vehicle or animal in or upon
any public street in the City of Beaumont, to fail, refuse
or _.be glect to obey, the order of the City Marshall, OP his
deyuty, or. any peace officer of said city, in regard to moving
or stopping any vehicle or animal in or upon any public street,
or in any public place in the City of Beaumont.
Section 28. It shall be unlawful for any one net the
cwner thereof, or not authorized to do 4o, to turn on cr turn
off, or in any other way to meddle or tamper with any gas,
neater or electric tric :Teter or water hydrant.
Section 29. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corp oration, tr.eir agents or employes, to dig holes or
ditches in or otherwise destroy or deface any street, alley,
lane curb, gutter or sidewalk belonging to the City ;f
Beaumont. But this shall not 4e construed to apply to
any person, firm or corporation exercising their right or
pursuing their work pursuant to any franchise or right
granted ty the city to erect poles, string wires or lay pipes
over and upon the streets, avenues, alleys and lanes of the
ity.
Section 30. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation in the exercise of their right to erect poles,
string wires or lay pi :es over and upon the streets, arenues,
alleys or lanes, to leave any street4e avenue, alley or lane
in any other than as good condition as it was before beginning
their said work, and when any holes or ditches are dug the
shall fill said ditches or holes, and when the earth or
other rraterial with which said holes are filled shall :settle
below the level of the contiguous ground, they shall refill
and continue to do this until. it shall be settled and :'irm
and on a level with the balance of said street, avenue alley
or lane, and every day that any such person, firm or corpora-
tion refuses or neglects to attend to and y erforni said work
as in this section erovided, shall be deemed a separate:
offense.
Section 3j. It shall be unlawful for any person eo
hitch, tie, or fasten any team, horse, mule, cow or ot.;ler
animal to any tree growing along the streets, avenues, alleys
or public place in the City of Beaumont, or to hitch, tie
or fasten any team, horse, mule, cow or other animal tD
any stake, post or other thing in such a manner that ti.ey
may break or injure-any trees growing along the streets,
venues, alleys or public nla.ce; or to picket or fasten
any domestic animals in any wat that they may eo upon any
street, avenue, alley or public elace,
Section 32. It shall be unlawful for any owner thereof
to permit any chicken, duck, turkey or other fowls or to
pe eeit any horse, nule, cow, jennett or other domestic
animal to runs upon the property of another.
Section 33. It shall be unlawful hereafter to ccnstruct
pn any street or avenue within the corporate limits of
Beaumont, any sidewalks, curbs or gutters, except under the
direction of the street commissioner or pursuant to rr order,
or other direction, cf. the Board of Trustees.
Section 34. It shall be unlawful for any person or
Arsons, either as owner, principal, agent, servant or empicye,
to barteretr -give to any person under the age of eighteen
years, any tobacco, snuff, cigars, cigarettes or othex
article: of which tobacco is the chief component material.
Section 35. It shall be unlawful for any person
hereafter to plant or cause to be planted, or to dig cut,
c op, prune, mutilate or deface in any manner, any tree or
trees upon any street, avenue or alley in the Citj of
Beaumont, except it be under the direction of o:;: the approval
of the tree widen or pursuant to a written permit granted
by the Board of Trustees, which permit shall specify ehe
location and ki: d of tree or trees to be removed, pruned
or planted.
Section 36. All references 46 this ordinance to places,
acts, eersons or things and all else in relation to t.ais
ordinance shall be construed to mean that the same aro
ap licable to the City of Beaumont, State ef California,
whether the City of .;3oau:r_or.t is mentioned in each particular
section or not.
Section 37. A public place is hereby defined to
include among other meanings, any room to which the general
pudic has a license to enter for 'business, trade, iec,:ship,
amusement or other .:urpuses, or which the general public has
a right to enter upon payment of an a±mi sion fee. ee
Section 38. The erovieiens of Sectioes 1525 4X4 1540,
both inclusive, of the Pena.' Code of the ;tate of California,
except Section I536, area .ereby adopted and made part of
this ordinance, the same,.. if fully set forte: herein, and
reference is hereby made to said sections. Wherever in
said sectioes the 7oede "magistrate" or "Justice of the
peace" are used therein, the words "City Recorder°" shall
be deemed substituted therefor.
Section 3T. Any violation of any of the provisions
of t:^ is, ordinance stall constitute a misdemeanor, and
every person found guilty of violating aily of the said
provisions shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in
the sur of not more than three hundred dollars WOO)
or by imprisonment in the city ,i1 of said city for
not more than three months, or be punished by both
such fire and imfriscnme�:.t.
Section 40. The Clerk of this city shall certify
to the passes e of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be (ra dk ,- Ot 4 d��'�c.t-�, (^3
and thirty days after its adoption it shall be in full
force and effect.
Adopted this yr day of offia.e.
Sed1.
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pres6 en_lyo ae Roar
of the C ty of Beaumont.
Attest ,2 -
City -Clerk.
us ees
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
introduced. at a meeting of the Board oi' Trustees, of
the City of Beaumont, held on the 9 -j`/ -4 -day of,/'w
A..,j, 9 3 a,J��1d__ hat it way; duly pass,d and adopted.
et -i:67u ar z t ng, held on the 5' `qday of di,.e-e/
A. D., 1913, by the following vote:
Aye • Jt wL 0K >, " ' C>-�r ` 4 � n tAill4t-ff k16116
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Absert.: 0 (91,(A4-.Ieu, ¥C
S e 4 1.
71,/71,1-&924'
City Clerk of the City o1 reaum nt.