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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 320. 1892. 323 under a penalty of not more than ten dollars for each and every such remny. offense. ‘ Sec. 5. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to curse, Ogsrspzl tgegdirlf swear, or make use of any profane language or any indecent or obscene 3.,.., °° " ° " °r I ` words, or engage in any disorderly conduct in any street, avenue, public space, square, road, or highway, or at any railroad depot or steamboat landing within the District of Columbia, or in any place whereirom the same may be heard in any such street, avenue, alley, public square, road, highway, or in any such depot, railroad cars, or on board _ any steamboat, under a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for Penalty. each and every such offense. Sec. 6. That it shall not be lawtixl for any person or persons within b B¤i¤¤er<>u¤_ lmf¤¤~ the District of Columbia to congregate and assemble at the corners of l““"”’°“"‘“” °"‘ any of the streets or avenues, or in any street, avenue, or alley, road, or highway, or on the foot pavements or Hag footways of any street or avenue, or at the entrance or on the steps, cellar doors, porches, or porticos of any public or private building or office, or at the entrance of any public or private building or office, or at the entrance, or in, on, or around any of the inclosures of the Capitol, Executive Mansion, public squares, District buildings, Judiciary square, or at the entrance of any church, schoolhouse, theater, or any assembly room, or in or around the same, or any other public or private inclosure within the said District, and be engaged in loud or boisterous talking, or to insult or make rude or obscene comments or remarks or observations on persons passing by the same, or in their hearing, or to so crowd, obstruct, or incommode the said foot pavement or flag footway, or the entrance into or out of any such church, public or private dwelling, city hall, Executive Mansion, Capitol, or such public inclosure, square or alley, highway or road, as to prevent the free and uninterrupted passage thereof, · under a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every Penalty. such offense. _ Sec. 7. That it shall not be lawful for any prostitute or lewd woman r1¤¢i·=i¤g rrwiruto invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, 32 ;§{?,,,§{{§,f‘"°°*°* enticing, or persuading any person or persons, in or upon any avenue, street, road, highway, open space, alley, public square, or inclosure in the District of Columbia, to accompany, go with, or follow her to her residence, or to any other house or building, inclosure, or other place, - for the purpose of prostitution, under a penalty, if the person so in- Penalty, M person vited, enticed, or persuaded, or addressed for the purpose of inviting, "‘m""“"°‘l ““ *‘““"· enticing, or persuading shall be an adult, of not more than twenty-tive ` dollars for each and every such onense, and if the person invited, enticed, or persuaded, or addressed for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading be a minor, under a penalty of no more than fifty dol- Ifnmincr. lars for each and every such otlense. And it shall not be lawful for any prostitute or woman of lewd character to invite, entice, or persuade, or n¤uca¤g pmmmaddress thr the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person “"“ f""" " *"’"”"· or persons from any door, window, porch, or portico of any house or building to enter any house, or go with, accompany, or follow her to any place whatever, for the purpose of prostitution, under the like pen- Pmnues. alties herein provided for the same disorderly conduct in the streets, ayenues, roads, highways, or alleys, public squares, open places or inc osmes. Sec. 8. That all vagrants, idle and disorderly persons, persons of Vemuts. rr<>st·- evil liie and fame, persons who have no visible means of support, per- §'ff‘Q'5$§°5§‘§E$-$§,°T°"° sons who are likely to become chargeable to the District of Colmnbia as paupers, or drunk in or about any of the streets. avenues, alleys, roads, or highways, or public places within the District of Columbia, or loitering in or about tippling houses, all suspicious persons who have no fixed place of residence or can not give a good account of themselves, persons guilty of open profanity or grossly indecent language in or on any of the streets, avenues, alleys, public places, roads, or highways of said District; all public prostitutes, and all such persons who lead a