0084 (Pool Rooms)7
O R D I N A N C E NO.
AN ORDINANCE ''CE DECLARING POOL ROO S IN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA, A NUISA' °CE; PROHIBITING OPERATION OF POOL RO G.S Iii THE CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AND P ROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE.
BE #TTOORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA.
8 ection 1. Whereas, Pool Rooms in the City of Okeechobee,
Florida, have a demoralizing effect upon the young men of the City,
in that such places encourage indolence and vagrancy, and
Whereas, Pool Rooms in the City of Okeechobee,
aforesaid are an invitation to young men to frequent them, thereby eitia
encouraging and inviting there :moo. indolence and vagrancy, now, therefo ;
BE IT ORDAINED, that Pool Rooms in the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, are and are hereby declared a nuisance.
Section 2. It shall be and is unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for any person, firm or cor- oration to operate a Pool Room
in the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation onerati ng a Pool
Room in the City of Okeechobee, Florida, within its corporate limits,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $ 100.00 or imprisonment
not to exceed sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Read a first time and passed to a second reading. Read a second
time and passed to a third and final reading. Read a third time and
gassed in open session of the City Council of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida, this
day of January, A. j.?.
President o
Council
A nroved by me this 45 day of Ja:ua.ry, A. D. 1925.
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