HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 661AN EI~iERGENCY ORDtiIANCE; PROHIBIT ING .[YY PERSON~.:~FROM .OFFER -
ING OR AGREEING TO COE~tT:'OR'. COtvB~ITTING'PROSTITUTION OR.
OFBRING TO SECURE OR SEgURING-ANOTBR ~R,'.T~ ~R~SE OF
~tTUTION, ASSIGNATION OR AI~ 'OTBR .LE~ ACT, OR BEING
iI~ '0~ l~ At~"~LIC PLACE-FOR TI~ PI~E'~OF Ei.~iCING
OR PROCURING ANOT~R TO COI~ilT .Alff SUCH ACT, OR KNOWiNGLYe.,:
THANS~RTING .Ai~ ~RSON T0 Ai~ BACE FOR T~ ~R~SE OF ':~.
CO~'fi~ilTTING .A~ SUCH ACT, OR KNOWINGLY ~CEIVtNG OR .AGRE-
ING TO RECEIB AI~ ~RSON I~0 .AI~ PLACE. OR BUILDING OR
BUILDINGS FOR T~ PUIIPOSE 0F. CO~'IITTING Aiff SUCH. ~CT, 0R
KNOWIi~GLY Bt~itTTii~G AiqY BRSON TO REMAIN IN .A~', SUCH
~ACE OR BUILDING FOR SUCH ~R~SES~ OH DI~TYNG .A~
~RSON TO ~ PLACE FOR TB ~R~SE OF COR~ITTZNG .AI~ SUCH
ACT, OR IN A~ WAY AIDING OR ABETTING OR-P~TICiPATING
tN T~ DOIi~G OF AI~ SUCH .ACT .AIQ ~ING B~T~TION AD-
MISSIBLE AS EVIDEi[CE A2Q COI'~.AIi'ilNG A SEBR~iLITY CLAUSE,
A~~: DECLARING AN EBRGENCY TO ~IST.
.WHEREAS, the City Council hereby declares that an' emergency
exists for the immediate preservation of the publiC peace, safety and
welfare, which requires the passage of an emergency ordinance, and
WHEREAS, it is essential to the successful prosecution of the
war that the manpower of the United States be recruited, conserved and
utilized to its utmost limit, and
~HERE.AS, the contracting and spreading of venereal diseases
are injurious to the health, welfare and efficiency of our'military
forces and others engaged in our war effort, and
~EREAS, the War and Navy Departments and the United States
Public Health Service have determined that the repression of prostitution
is essential in any venereal disease control program, and
~EREAS, it has been declared a matter of military necessity
that prostitution be aggressively repressed in the City of Bakersfield,
and
'jHEP~AS, the effective repression of prostitution needs the
active cooperation of the civilian law enforcement agencies, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of this body'to cooperate to the
fullest degree with the Army, l~avy and the Federal Security Agency in
protecting the public health and welfare through'the repression of
prostitution,
BAXERSFIELD, as follows
Ev.ery person who:
SECTION 1.
(a) Aids, offers or agrees to commit or commits any lewd e?
indecent act or any act of prostitution; or ='
committing any act of prostitution, assignation or for any other lewd.~
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or indecent act with any other person; or :~'~
(c) Is in or near any-thoroughfare or public place for-'~he
purpose of inducing, enticing or procuring another to commi'~n act of
lewdness or unlawful sexual intercourse; or
(d) Knowingly transports any person to any. place where
commit, or for the purpose of committing any lewd or indecent act'~r ·
.any act of prostitution; or
(e) 'Knowingly receives~ offers oragrees to recefve any person
into any place or building for the purpose of assignation orof perform-
ing any act of lewdness, or knowingly permits any. person to remain'there
for any of such purposes; or
(f) Directs any person to any place for the purpose of committing
any lewd or indecent act, or any act of prostitution; or
(g) Conducts or behaves himself or herself in such a manner as
to be injurious to the health or morals of otherS;or
(h) In any manner aids or abets or participates in the doing
of any of the acts prohibited by subdivisions (a) to (g) inclusive of
this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable upon conviction
by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term of not to exceed 90 days
or by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by both
SU~' ff~"~ffd"~mprisonment.
SECTION 2.
The common repute of any person as a prostitute or as a lewd
or dissolute person, or as a person who has resided in a house of
prostitution shall be admissible and. rS~eiyed as evidence' in any trial
involving an alleged violation or viQ~.tions of this ord~ce.
If any.provision of this ordinance or the~pplication thereof~
to any person or citizen is held invalid, such invalidity shall:~t
affect any other provision, or application thereof, which~an be given
effect without the application of the invalid provisio~r'~d to this
end the provisions of'this ordinance.are declared to"be severable.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance is hereby declared to beI~n emergency measure
within the.meaning of Section 24 of the Charter of the City of Bakers-
field, State of California, and necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, safety and welfare, and shall take effect
immediately upon its passage.
I.EREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Emergency Ordinance was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a
regular meeting thereof held on the ~'~~da of July,
Y 1944, by the
following vote:
AYES: CARNAKIS, MARMADUI~E, .NeR. R4S: SIEMON, SMITH, VANDERLEI, VERCAMMEIt
NOES: ~ "';""'
ABSENT: --~ ....... r ............................
City Clerk and Ex-Officio C~erk of the'
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
_ APP. ROVED_._by__ me. _thi day of July
~t~' ~/~'akers~iel'd
1944.
V. VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on ......_5...U..i._.y. ..................~._~ ..................19.+~.., he posted on the Bulletin Board at the
City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ........ .5_...U~...y.. ............... ..~....~.. ................. 19...4:.~., which ordinance
was ..........Series, entitled:
"AN MERGENCY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM OFFERING
OR AGREEING TO CO~iMIT OR COI~H~fITTING PROSTITUTION OR OFFERING
TO SECURE OR SECURING ANOTHER FOR THE FURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION~
ASSIGNATION OR ANY OTHER LEWD .ACT, OR BEING IN OR NEAR .ANY PUBLIC
PLACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTICING OR PROCURING ANOTHER TO CO~H~IT
ANY SUCH ACT ~ OR KNOWINGLY TRANSPORTING ANY PERSON TO ANY PLACE
FOR THE FJRPOSE OF COI~IMITTING AllYY SUCH ACT~ OR KNOWINGLY RE_
CEIVING OR AGREEING TO RECEIVE ANY PERSON INTO ANY PLACE OR
BUILDING OR BUILDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CO~HvIITTING ANY SUCH
ACT ~ OR KNOWINGLY PERMITTING ANY PERSON TO REMAIN IN .ANY SUCH
PLACE OR BUILDING FOR SUCH PURPOSES, OR DIRECTING ANY PERSON
TO A PLACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COI~dITTING ANY SUCH ACT ~ OR IN
.ANY WAY AIDING OR ,ABETTING OR RARTICIR&TING IN THE DOING OF
.ANY SUCH ACT AND MAIiING REPUTATION ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE AND
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE~ AND DECLARING AN EI~ZERGENCY
TO EXIST. u
~-"~bscribed and sworn to before me this
Notary Public in and for the County of Kern,
State :of Cal~ornia.