0069 (Curfew for Under Age 16)•
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDNANCE TO PREERV'E THE PUBLIC MORALS IN THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, TO PREVENT PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS
FROM BEING ON THE STREETS AFTER NINE QCI.UOC.K AT NIGHT , and
TO 'ROVI FOR TILE ENFoRCEL ; ENT TH utti;OF .
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, County of Okeechobee, State of Florida.
Section :I. That the indiscriminate running at large of children
and very young persons, on the streets, sidewalks, parks and
other public places, after night is dangerous to the public
morals in the City of Okeechobee, and is hereby declared to be
dangerous to the public morals; That it is unlawful for any person
under the age of sixteen years to be on the streets, sidewalks,
in the parks or ottn r public places, after nine o'clock P.
ection It. Any person under the age of s o shall
violate the provisions of Section one of this ordinance shall be -
subject to a fine not to exceed twenty five ( $ 25.00 ) dollars,
or to imprisonment not to exceed thirty days or both
Section III. Any parent, guardian, or other person in loco
parentis who shall knowingly permit a child in their custody or
control to violate the provisions of section one of this ordi-
nance, if such child be under the age of sixteen years, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed twenty five ( $ 25.00 ) dollars,
or.- thirty days in jail or both.
Read a first and second time by
thi±d reading, in open session, this
A.tteWt
unanimous consent, and passed on
day of
(SEAL)
er
ved this /6 day of
A. D. 1923.
resi 1 y Coun '1
A. D. 1923.
sayor.