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ORDINANCE SETTING PENALTIES FOR PROSTITUTION AND LEWDNESS
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All prostitutes and lewd women and inmates of houses of prostitution, and lewd women who frequent houses of prostitution, or ill-fame, or women who stay at houses of prostitution, or ill-fame who are found on the streets, alleys, sidewalks, public places or commons in the City of Jonesboro, either day or night, for lewd, lascivious or immoral purposes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
And all men who are found at houses of prostitution of ill-fame, or talking with bawdy women, fancy women or prostitutes or inmates of bawdy houses or houses of ill-fame, or lewd women who frequent houses of ill-fame or bawdy houses, or lewd women or prostitutes who are loitering about advertising their business, for lewd, lascivious and immoral purposes, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
All persons who are found guilty of violating this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars.
It is hereby made the duty of the Chief of Police to arrest all such persons above described, and take them before the Police Judge for trial.
Passed and adopted this December 1, 1891.