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ORDINANCE SETTING FINES AND PENALTIES FOR PROFANITIES
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Every person who shall profanely swear or curse shall forfeit one dollar for every offense. If the offense be committed in the presence of and hearing of the Police Judge while holding the court, the offender shall be fined forthwith by the Police Judge without any other proof whatever.
If at any time whatever, the offense of profane cursing and swearing be committed in the presence of the Police Judge, said Police Judge may in his discretion fine the offender in a summary manner without further proof, in any sum not less than Five Dollars.
If the offender does not forthwith pay the penalty incurred with the cost, or forthwith give security for the payment of the same within six days, he shall be committed to jail for every such offenses, or any number of offenses whereof he was convicted at the same time, for not less than one day nor more than three days.
Passed and approved this 26th day of May, 1892