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ORDINANCE SETTING OUT THE PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF PEACE AND CARRYING AND SELLING WEAPONS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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If any person shall willfully or maliciously disturb either by day or night the peace and quiet of the City of Jonesboro or any neighborhood or family therein, by loud or unusual noise or abusive, violent or obscene or profane language whether addressed to the party so disturbed or to some other person, or by threatening to fight, quarrel or challenging to fight, or firing or shooting off any firearms or brandishing the same, or by running any horse at unusual speed along any street, alley or highway, or by alarming falsely any person or persons by cries that cause such person or persons to believe someone is in great danger of losing life or receiving injury, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any amount not more than Three Hundred Dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the Court.
If two or more persons assemble together for the purpose of disturbing the public peace, or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do by the Chief of Police, or other public officer of the City or the County, all persons so offending shall on conviction thereof be severally fined in any suit not less than Ten nor more than One Hundred Dollars, or imprisoned not less than one nor more than three months, or both.
If any person shall make use of profane, violent, abusive or insulting language toward or about another person in his presence or hearing, which language in its common acceptance is calculated to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the peace and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars nor more than Three Hund...
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