HomeMy WebLinkAbout0390NORDINANCE NO.390 (New Series)
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF
FORTUNE TELLING, PALMISTRY, CLAIRVOYANCE,
PHRENOLOGY, MEDIUM OR LIKE CRAFTY SCIENCE
IN THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT "ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
as follows:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person within the
corporate limits of the City of San Luis Obispo toask or receive
any fee, compensation, gratuity or reward for conducting or
practicing fortune telling, palmistry, clairvoyance, phrenology,
medium or like crafty science, provided that this shall not apply
where the same is carried on as a part of an entertainment program
in a permanently established theater or motion picture show in the
City of San Luis abispo, nor to occasional entertainments for the
benefit of charitable organizations.
SECTION 2. Any person who asks or receives any fee, compen-
sation, gratuity or reward for conducting or prancing fortune
telling, palmistry, clairvoyance, phrenology, medium or like crafty
science is hereby declared to be a vagrant; provided that this shall
not apply where the same is carried on as a part of an entertainment
program in a permanently established theater or motion picture show
in the City of San Luis Obispo, nor to occasional entertainments for
the benefit of charitable organizations.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County
of San Luis Obispo, State of California, for not exceeding ninety
(90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 4* All ordinances and parts. of ordinances in so far
as they conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
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INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT this 21 day of December,
1953, by the following vote:.
AYES: Paul W.Davis, Richard E.Grag ,Kenneth W.Jones, Fred H.Lucksinger
NOES: None
ABSENT: Npj G Racl-
ATTEST:
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ATIFS% Nels Beck,.E�jul W.Davis Richard E.Grag&, Kenneth W.Jones. Fred H.
4040 "•; None Lucksinger
AD SE rFtl None
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