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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0396 /"'/ - , , ORDINANCE NO. 396. .- 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. ale/' c?9&:" 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 ~ Q~-- -.: ~ ,-::tC . --> y Cler . Signed and approved this 17th day of January , 1939. ~ >17~ Mayor. ATTEST: ~~) --' , y Cr. ~-~ Od 3;??