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AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE PRACTICE OF SMOKING IN BED AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person while in or on a bed in any hotel or public rooming house in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, to smoke a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or other tobacco in any form.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person while in a hotel room or in the room of a public rooming house in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, carelessly to set fire to, burn or cause to be burned any bedding, furniture, curtains, draperies or household furnishings by means of any lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or other forms of burning tobacco, or by means of matches, lighters and the like in lighting or attempting to light any cigarette, cigar, pipe or other form of smoking tobacco.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
SECTION 4. It being found that the practice of smoking in bed is highly prevalent and is exceedingly dangerous and has caused many fires resulting in loss of lives and property and injuries to persons, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of December, 1951.