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ORDINANCE NO. .3 I 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS, THE DISCHARGE OF
FIRE ARMS WITHIN SAID CITY OF ARCADIA, PROHIBITING PARENTS,
GUARDIANS AlID OTHERS FROM ALLOWING CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF
FOURTEEN YEARS TO POSSESS OR DISCHARGE FIRE ARMS OR DANGEROUS
WEAPONS, AND REPEALIWG ORDINANCE NO. 55 of SAID CITY OF ARCADIA
AND PROVIDING A PEliALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE..
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1:
That Ordinanoe No. 55'entitled, "An Ordi-
10 nance of the, Board of TruBtees of the City of Aroadia prohibiting
11 the oarrying of oonoealed weapons and the disoharge of fire armB
12 within the City of Arcadia and repealing all ordinances in con-
13 fliot therewith and providing a penalty for the violation of Baid
14 ordinance", adopted May 6, 1915, be and the Bame iB hereby re-
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SECTION 2:
That it shall be unlawful for any person,
17 firm or oorporation to have pOBsession of or keep any blackjaok,
18 Band bag, billy, Slung shot or other similar weapon or devioe
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20 knuokleB made of any kind of metal or any weapon or device whioh
21 may be,used only in the commission of an unlawful aot; provided
22 however, that the proviBions of thiB Seot ion Bhall not apply to
23 any peaoe.officer.
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SECTION 3:
That it shall be unlawful for any peraon,
25 exoept a peace offioer, to wear or in any manner carry concealed
26 upon his person, any dirk, bowie knife, loaded or unloaded gun,
27 pistol, revolver or any other dangerous or deadly weapon without
28 having at the same time aotually in his possession and upon his
29 person, an unexpired permit so to do, issued by the Chief of
30 Police of the City'of Aroadia, authorizing him to oarry Buch
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SECTION 4:
It Bhall be unlawful for any person to
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shoot or disoharge any gun, pistol, shotgun, rifle or other
fire arm or any air gun or pistol or spring-gun or pistol,
slung Bhot or any other dangerous or deadly weapon within, the
oorporate limits of the City of Aroadia, without having firBt at
the same time aotually in his possesBion and upon his person, an
unexpired permit so to do, issued by the Chief of Polioe of the
City of Aroadia.
SECTION 5:
It shall be unlawful for any parent,
guardian or other person who has the oustody, oharge or control
of a minor child under the age of fourteen (14) years, to aid,
abet, enoourage, permit or allow said minor'child to have pOB-
seBsion of or keep any blaokjaok, dirk, bowie knife, loaded or
unloaded gun, pistol, revolver, Bhotgun, rifle, billy, Slung Bhot,
QraBs knuokles, air gun or pistol or spring-gun or piBtol, or
other similar weapons or devioes made of leather, metal, wood or
rubb~r, or any other weapon or devioe whioh iB or may be used
only in the oommiBBion of an unlawful aot, within the oorporate
limits of the City of Aroadia, without having firat at the same
time aotually in his pOBsesBion and upon his person, an unexpired
permit BO to do, iSBUed by the Chief of Polioe of the City of
Arcadia.
SECTION 6: It shall be unlawful for any ,parent,
guardian or other perBon 'who has the oustody, oh!irge or oontrol,
permanent or temporary, of a minor ohild under the age of four-
teen (14) years to aid, abet, enoourage, permit or allow a minor
ohild to shoot or disoharge any,pistol, air gun, revolver, shot
gun, rifle, spring-gun or pistol, slung shot or any other danger-
OUB or deadly weapon within the corporate limitB of the City of
Aroadia without having firBt at the same time aotually in hiB
POBBession and upon hiB person, an unexpired permit so to do,
issued by the Chief of Polioe of the City of Arcadia, authorizing
him to permit the minor child to Bhoot at a speoified plaoe and
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a speoified time.
SECTION 7: The Chief of Polioe of the City of Aroadia
shall have power and authority to iSBue permits in aooordanoe
with the general laWB of the state of California. authorizing
BheriffB and ohiefs of police to iSBue permits.
SECTION 8: That any person, firm or oorporation
violating any of the proviBions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon oonviction thereof, Bhall be
punishable by fine not exoeeding Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars
or by imprisonment in the City Jail of said City of Aroadia or
in the County Jail of the County of Los AngeleB, State of Cali-
fornia, at the diBcretion of the oommitting magistrate, .for a
term not exoeeding three (3) months, or by both suoh fine and
imprisonment.
SECTION 9: This Ordinance is deolared to be an urgenoy
meaBure neoeBBary for the immediate preservation of the public
peaoe, health and safety and the faots oonstituting Buoh necessity
are as follows:
That Ordinance No. 55 whioh haB heretofore been relied
upon, is found to have an exoeBBive penalty rendering the Ordi-
nanoe unenforoeable in the Police Court of the City of Aroadia,
and the Polioe Department of the City of Aroadia is without
authority to act in order to preserve the publio peaoe, health
and safety, as to the matterB and things mentioned in the fore-
going Ordinanoe.
SECTION 10: The City Clerk shall certify to' the adop-
tion of this Ordinanoe and shall'post a oopY of this Ordinance on
the bulletin board on the EaBt side of the City Hall in said City'
of Aroadia.
The City Clerk shall cause the title of thiB Ordinance
to be published once in the Aroadia Tribune, a weekly newspaper
published and ciroulated in Baid City of Arcadia.
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1 In addition to the title, the City Clerk Bhall oaUBe
2 thiB notice to be publ1Bhed:
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NOTICE
4 A copy of this Ordinanoe has been posted' on the bulletin
5 board at the City Hall; there is alBo a copy on file in the offioe
6 of the City Clerk.
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And thereupon and thereafter the same Bhall take effeot and be
in foroe.
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I hereby oertify that the foregoing Ordinance was adop-
ted at a regular meeting of the City Counoil of the City of Aroadi
Beptember
held on the 3rd day Of-~~ 1935, by the affirmative vote of
at leaBt "foUl' oouncilmen, to-wit:
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AYES:
Counoilmen, Danl~lBi'H6ffmsnYCKrebs and MOL~aB.
NOES: Non,e.
ABSENT: Counoilman Co~by~,
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Signed and approved this 3rd
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september
of I...~..~J.. 1935.
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