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ORDINANCE NO. 396.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF ARCADIA
PROHIBITING ~'HE DISTRI'3UTION, K::'EPING FOR SALE OR GIVING AWAY
OF OBSCENE OE INDECENT BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PRINTS OR PHOTOGRAPHS,
AIm PROVIDIIW A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE CI'I'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLO'ilS:
SECTIOK 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporaticn to sell, distribute, keep for sale or exhibition,
or give away any obscene or indecent book, pamphlet, picture,
print, engraving, photograph, drawing or other similar matter
within said City of Arcadia.
SECTION 2. Every person, whom is authorized or enjoined
to arrest any person for violation of this Ordinance is equally
authorized and enjoined to seize any obscene or indecent book,
pamphlet, picture, print, engraving, photograph, drawing or
other sim~.lar matter of indecent character, found in the
possession or under the control of the person so arrested, and to
deliver the same to the Magistrate before whom the person so
arrested is required to be taken.
SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding TRRE~ HUNDRED (:~300.00) DOLLARS, or by
imprisonment in the City Jail of said City of Arcadia or in the
County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, Skate of California,
at tb.e discretion of the Committing Magistrate, for a period
not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
SlmTION ,<1,. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once
in the .Arcadill, Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated in said City of Arcadia, and thirty (30)
days from and after the passage hereof the same shall take effect
and be in for<le.
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I hereby cl3rtify that the fore~oing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular lneeting of the City Council of the City of Aroadia,
held Qn the .17thday -Lanuary , 1939, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Bolz, Griffitts, Malin, Murphy and Niday
NOES: None
ABS3NT: None
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Signed and approved this 17th day of January , 1939.
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