HomeMy WebLinkAboutDefining and Prohibiting Disorderly and Offensive Consuct in the Streets and Public PlacesORDINANCE NO.,
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
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Clerk
of Common Council
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ORDINANCE NO. 3243 as amended
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND PROHIBITING DISORDERLY AND OFFENSIVE CON-
DUCT IN THE STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFORE AND FIXING A
TIME FOR SAME TO TAKE EFFECT.
SECTION I — BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City- of
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, that whoever utters an op-
probious or vile epithet involving moral turpitude not profaning God,
Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost in the presence of anyone, or whoever
uses vile or indecent language or makes any noise, disorder or tumult
disturbing public peace or the quietude of any of the inhabitants of
South Bend on public streets of said city or in public places within
said South Bend, St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, shall be fired
in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars (4100.00) to which may
be added imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days.
SECTION II — BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City
of South Bend, that whoever accosts, approaches or signals to any
person of the opposite sex unknown to such person end by word or sign
or gesture attempts to speak to or become acquainted with said person
against his or her will on public street or plablic place or in any
place in said city, except in the transaction of legitimate business,
or whoever attempts to entice or procure a person of the opposite
sex to commit an unlawful act, or whoever accosts or approaches or
signals any person, and by word, sign or gesture suggests or invites
any person to any building, vehicle, conveyance or premises, except
in the transaction of legitimate business shall be guilty of offending
persons on the street or a public place or elsewhere in the City of
South Bend, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceed-
ing One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to rhi.ch may be added imprisonment
not exceeding thirty (30) days.
SECTION III — This ordinance shell be in full force and effect from
end after its passage and legal pBblication.
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