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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 102.. 'ORDII'TAUCE NO. 102. -------- ----------- Be it ordained by the Board- of Trustees of the City of Lodi, as follo~w: Section 1, It shall be unlcwful for an1 able-bodied male person, betmeen the ages of eighteen m2i fifty-five yeers, to fail or refuse to regularly and- habitually engage for at leest forty (40) hours per week in some lawful, recognized 'business. , profession, occupation or ei-qilopient diereby he may contribute to the sqport of himself or those legally dependent urJon liim. Section 11. Any person violating any of the -revisions. 01 tkis ordinance shzll be deemed gdilty 01 a misdemeanor znd ipii conviction thereof shall be pnished by a fine not to exceed $150.00, or by imprisoment in the County Jail of tile County oi' San Joaquin or the City I'rison oi tile City ol such fine ee imprisonment, and as a part 01 such sentence and ~unish- Bent such offender shdlobe. hv the trial court. ordered to aork not Lodi, 3ot to exceed. &bp, OY' by both ONVe exceeding a period o the p~blic rods or streets of LZie City of L0d.i or uyon some other work being done by md. uncler the euthority. XA~ direction of tne mvnicipal authorities of said city. / Any labor so required by jud-gment of conviction hereund-er shall be viitbout pay zit! siiall be aone unc'ier tho $.irection of the Police Department ~f the City of Lodi. Section IHL. In no cese snall the possession by t'he cccused of noney, 13roperty or income sufficient to support himself 2nd. those le- gally dependent qon him be a defense to zny prosecution under the terns of this ordinance. In no case shall the claim by the accused. of ti::e inability to obtain work or eqlopent be defense 'to it prosecutiim he'reunaer, unless it shall be proved that the ecciised had naGe s1 boiia fide zjd diligent effort to obtain vorlr or enplojment and that lie had duly registered at ti_e State Enplojmient office in Stockton aild tl-iet upon a failure to obtain such vrork or eniz,;loyment , he had tilereuGon Liromptlly notified the Secretxry of the County Council of Defense, or its proper repesentative, of his inability to obtain work or employment and- requested that such work or employment te found for him an?- triat such employment nas not found. for him. Section IV. Fzch week or portion tilereof tiiat said person shall ctntinue to fail or refuse to regularly and- hihitually engage in sone lawful, recognized business, ?rofession, occqiation or ernploycent, shall constitute a separate offense. Section TT. Any jutgment for the per;o-n.ance oi labor uider and by virtue OP tbe provisions of this ordinance may be sus,ended by the Court pronouncing the sarne u-pon the mi .ten request of tae SecretEry of the County CGuncil oi Deferise, or its ,nro?er represuntative, or upon the execiition of the serson conricted., of 2 iioild in i..e sum of Five Hundrcd Dollars (F,:500), the sureties to be a-pi-oved by tlie COU.~~, conditioned to comply vritli the A.iovisions oE t;liis oriiinance for sin I nonths Prom the date of zuch ,;ona. such bond shall entitle the City of Lodi to i-ecover the ainount of ttie penalty thereof, and. in adcition tkrcto tne convicted yerson shall be required to serve tne sentence forxerly pronounced against him. A. violation of tiie con(.ition of Section TI. in any prosecution her.eunder proof that the accused 1, iL,bitually ?' loiters in idleness in streets, road-s, Cepots, ~~oolroons, hotels, parlrs, stores or otiier ~:)u.I~lic 2laces or .khet lie is imbitually intoxicated or addicted. to tiie use of anrcotic d.rnp or is a pro- fersional garihler, OT being able-bodied is supported p" ,,tiole cr in part, by the 1-bor of any person or child, is prima facie cvid.ence that such iiemon is not reg-ukrly or ha-bitu-allg enmged. .> for at leest forty (40) hours per week' in some lauful, recognized business, profession, occq?,tion or emplopent . Secti'on VII. 'i'hiz ordinance shall not apply to hoim fidk students, of universities, colleges of hi& sclzools, nor to persons engaged in some laaful or useful bv.siiiess in some p!.ace other thm the City of Lo6-i and n'fio a1.e in said efty teqoi-gjily on a .ijizsiness r,ei;ter, or &o being engagd in som lawful an6 useful business ii; some place, otlier than the City of Lodi, are here teqorarily on a vacation. Section VIII. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the immediate pre ervation of the pi5lic peace, health and safety, aid a statement of the facts constituting such necessity is as follows,- The United States is engaged in a war v5th Gemany and Austria- Hungary. lighting iorces. ‘rvro million of our best anC~ strongest men have gone into the Y!ithin a year tiiere nay be five million. EIaximum production by those who remain at home is absolutely necessary. economic hetor, including especially man power, must be utilized and made effective. who am doing little or notkink in any way or manner, to contribute tonard tile ylinning oi the mar. Every That tilere are a nimber of men nithin the City of Lodi They nust ~~0i.k Oi. iight. Section IX. 811 parts of ordinances ip conflict herewith are liereby repealed. Section X. This ordinance shall be pu3lisiied- once in The L0d.i Seiitinel,, a neyx-oqer of general circulation, aaii for tce reason that it is a .,mi* measure, as hereinbefore stateti,,. shall take effect from and after its final passage an(! publication. I hereby approve and sigx t-iie foregoing Ordinance this 22nl by of July, A. D. 1918. /&A-dc President‘ of‘tiie Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi. I, H. S. CLAM, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that ihe foregoing Ordinance 1To. 102 vias read and in‘irod-wed for passzlge at a regular meting of tne Board of Tru-stees oi’ tile City of Lodi, on JUT;I‘ 15;t h 3 , 6. 3. 1518, and vas thereafter on July 22111, 1918, Ciuly passed and adopted by the following vote: Ayes: IToes: None. Trustees Crosa., Kcdney, Montgomery and Black.. Absent: Trustee Hale. h~d tii2-t ilie said Ordinmce mas thereafter approved and signed by the Fresident of the Board- of Trustees. &$.&/: City ClerK of the City of Lodi. I.