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ORDINANCE SETTING A CURFEW FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN AND SETTING PENALTIES
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It shall be unlawful for any child actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years to loiter, wander or stroll about the streets, avenues, alleys or public parks of said City in the night time after the hour of eight p.m. from October 1st, of any year, to the last day of April, of the following year; and after nine o’clock p.m. from the last day of April, till the first day of October following, unless accompanied by a parent or other adult guardian having legal custody and control of such minor. A whistle or whistles which can be heard in every part of the City shall be blown, or a bell or bells shall be rung fifteen minutes before the appointed time, as a warning which shall be called the Curfew Signal; after which all children under sixteen years of age shall be required to be off the streets, except in company of a parent or adult guardian.
It is hereby made unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having legal care and custody of any child under the age of sixteen years, to allow or permit any such child or ward to go or be in or upon any street, alley, park or other public place within the times prohibited in the preceding section hereof.
Any policeman, constable or peace officer is hereby authorized to arrest any such minor violating any of the provisions of the two preceding section, and for the first violation to take such child home and notify his parent or guardian of such violation and penalty if again arrested; upon any subsequent violation of this ordinance such parents or guardian shall be fined not less than two dollars nor more than Twenty-five Dollars; and if said minor cannot be controlled, he shall be placed in some reformatory institution of this City or State.
Passed and approved this 10th day of April, 1906