Sec. 295. Paupers, vagrants and dangerous persons.
a. No pauper, or person having no ostensible means of support,
or person who may be dangerous to the peace or safety of
the city shall be allowed within the jurisdictional limits of the
city. Upon complaint of any policeman, the city sergeant, or
other city official, or any other person under oath to the Police
Justice of the city or any other person authorized by law to issue
a warrant, that a pauper, vagrant or dangerous person as
aforesaid is within such limits, the Police Justice shall issue his
warrant for the arrest of the party alleged to be a pauper, vagrant
or dangerous. Such person shall thereupon be arrested
and brought before such Police Justice and upon conviction, shall
be put at hard labor for the benefit of the city, to be discharged
only upon condition that he leave the city. Provided, however,
that if such objectionable person has been in the city more than
90 days prior to such arrest, the Police Justice shall have no
authority to compel him to leave the city, but, in that case, if
such person does not avail of an option to leave the city in 24
hours, which option he may have, then such objectionable person
shall, upon conviction, be confined in jail not more than 90 days
and, upon conviction of a second offense, shall be put at hard
labor for the city not exceeding six months. (Code, Sec. 885.)
b. Any railroad company, or the owner of any conveyance
bringing to or leaving in the city any such objectionable person
as is mentioned in the preceding clause, may be compelled to
take any such person back to the place whence he was brought
and, upon failure to do so after two days' notice, such railroad
company or such owner of conveyance referred to above shall
be fined not less than $5 nor more than $10 for each day the
failure to remove continues. (Charter, Sec. 14, § 15.)
c. If any railroad company, or the owner of any conveyance
bring to or leave in the city any such objectionable person as is
mentioned in clause "a" of this section, such railroad company
or owner of such conveyance shall, in addition to the fine imposed
by clause "b" of this section, be fined not less than $5
nor more than $25.
