HomeMy WebLinkAbout1384 ORDINANCE NO. 1584
AN ORDINANCE regulating the conduct of minors under the age of eighteen
years between the hours of l0 o'clock P.M. and daylight; providing penalties /
for violation thereof, and repealing Ordinance No. 54 of the City of
and other ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith.
THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS ~S:
Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of th City of
Bremerton, for the preservation of public peace, health and safety l0
o'clock P.M., be fixed and established as the hour at which minor below the
age of eighteen years should be at home, except when upon some iness or
errand for or with the approval of their parents or guardians.
Section £. From and after the effective date of this , it shall
be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years o be on or about
the streets, alleys, parks, playgrounds, public grounds, buildings, of the
City of Bremerton, or on vacant lots or other unsupervi~ places within the
City of Bremerton, between the hours of l0 ~'clock P.M and daylight, except
~n the prosecution or fullfillment of some business errand for or with the
consent of the parent or guardian of such minor.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of all polJ officers in the City of
Bremerton to question any minor strolling, or being in public or
semi-public places in the City of Bremerton b the hours of l0 o'clock
P.M. and daylight and not in the company of or her parent or guardian;
and if such officer is satisfied that such .nor is abroad at night without the
consent or knowledge of his parent or an, or without legitimate occasion
therefor, such officer shall require ~inor to return to h~ or her home.
Section 4. Any minor failing to with the ree. uest of a police office~
of the City of Bremerton, or any observed on more than one occasion in
public, or semi-public places in of Bremerton, contrary to the provisior
of this ordinance, or any minor re~ sing to answer questions by a police officer
or acting suspiciously when quest , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction shall be fined in an not exceeding $10.00 or incarcerated in
the City Jail for not more th~ days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
Section 5. That Ordinal No. 54 of the City of Bremerton, entitled: "An
Ordinance in relation to an. regulating of curfew, and providing a penalty
for the violation thereof and any other ordinance, or parts of ordinance, in
conflict herewith, be and same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. That amer ~ency exists and this ordinance is immediately
necessary for the pre~ of public peace, health and safety in the City
of Bremerton, and 1 take effect immediately following final passage and
publication.
PASSED unaniI by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor, an attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage,
this 2nd day of , 1941.
-- MaWr'
Attest:
~, ity Clerk c~n~ of Kits:~p J
I the undersigned do ce~ify thai the a~ve
and foregoing ~s a true and ~rrecI copy ot
an o~dingnce pa~ed by the city commi~ion
of Ihe cily of Breme~on, Washington on
~bove dat~.