Chapter 638. for the preservation of the public peace and protection of property in the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two
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Chap. 638: To amend “An Act for the preservation of the public peace and protection of property in the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 638 30 Stat. 723 1898-07-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 2 30 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 638. 1898. chap. 638.— 723 An Act To amend “An Act for the preservation of the public peace and protection of property in the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. July 8, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That an Act entitled “An ActDistrict of Columbia.Injury to public and private property forbidden.Vol. 27, p. 322, amended. for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to destroy, injure, disfigure, cut, chip, break, deface, or cover or rub with or otherwise place filth or excrement of any kind upon any property, public or private, in the District of Columbia, or any public or private building, statue, monument, office, dwelling, or structure of any kind, or which may be in course of erection, or the doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, balconies, balustrades, stairs, porches, or halls, or the walls or sides, or the walls of any inclosure thereof; or to write, mark, or paint obscene or indecent words or language thereon, or to draw, paint, mark, or write obscene or indecent figures representing obscene or indecent objects; or to write, mark, draw, or paint any other word, sign, or figure thereon, without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, or, in case of public property, of the person having charge, custody, or control thereof, under a penalty of not more than fifty dollars for each—penalty. and every such offense.
” " That said Act be further amended by striking out sections five and six and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " “That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons withinDisorderly assembly, etc., forbidden. the District of Columbia to congregate and assemble in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, or in or around any public building or inclosure, or any park or reservation, or at the entrance of any private building or inclosure, and engage in loud and boisterous talking or other disorderly conduct, or to insult or make rude or obscene gestures or comments or observations on persons passing by, or in their hearing, or to crowd, obstruct, or incommode the free use of any such street,Obstructing street. avenue, alley, road, highway, or any of the foot pavements thereof, or the free entrance into any public or private building or inclosure; that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to curse, swear, or makeSwearing, etc. use of any profane language or indecent or obscene words, or engage in any disorderly conduct in any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, public park or inclosure, public building, church, or assembly room, or in any other public place, or in any place wherefrom the same may be heard in any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, public park or inclosure, or other building, or in any premises other than those where the offense was committed, under a penalty of not more than twenty-five—penalty. dollars for each and every such offense.
” " That the said Act be further amended by striking out the eighth section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " “That all vagrants, all idle and disorderly persons, persons of evilVagrants, prostitutes, etc. life or evil fame, persons who have no visible means of support, persons repeatedly drunk in or about any of the streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, or other public places within the District of Columbia, persons repeatedly loitering in or around tippling houses, all suspicions persons, all public prostitutes, and all persons who lead a lewd or lascivious course of life, shall upon conviction thereof be lined not to—penalty on conviction.—to give bond for good behavior.—penalty of recognizances, etc. exceed forty dollars, or shall be required to enter into security for their good behavior for a period of six mouths.
Said security shall be in the nature of a recognizance to the District of Columbia, to be approved by the court, in a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, conditioned that the offender shall not, for the space of six mouths, repeat the offense with which he or she is charged and shall in other respects conduct themselves properly.” " 724FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 638–640. 1898. That section nine be amended by inserting, after the words "public square," where it occurs the second time in said section, the words "or public or private building," so that said section shall read:
" “That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make anyIndecent exposure forbidden. obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons in any street, avenue or alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or other public place or inclosure, in the District of Columbia, or to make any such obscene or indecent exposure of person in any dwelling or other building or other place wherefrom the same may be seen in any street, avenue, alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or public or private building or inclosure, under a penalty not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every such offense.
” ThatTaking and carrying away property. the taking and carrying away of the property of another in the District of Columbia without right so to do shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a tine not to exceed forty dollars. " Approved, July 8, 1898.
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