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<br /> ORDINANCE NO 44(e/1
<br /> AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO OBTAIN' FOOD,
<br /> MONEY, CREDIT, LODGING OR ACCOMMODATION AT ANY HOTEL, MOTEL,
<br /> INN , BOARDING HOUSE OR LODGING HOUSE, RESTAURANT, TAVERN,
<br /> CLUB, OR OTHER SIMILAR PLACE WHERE FOOD OR BEVERAGES ARE
<br /> SERVED WITHOUT PAYING THEREFORE , PROVIDING PENALTIES, AND
<br /> ESTABLISHING CERTAIN TESTS FOR THE PROOF OF INTENT TO DEFRAUD .
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE , THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN:
<br /> Section 1 : Any person who shall willfully obtain
<br /> food, beverage, money? credit, lodging or accommodation at
<br /> any hotel , motel , inn, boardinghouse, or lodging house,
<br /> nursing home, restaurant , tavern, club or other similar place
<br /> where food or beverages are served br accommodations provided,
<br /> without paying therefore, with intent to defraud the proprietor,
<br /> owner , operator or keeper thereof; or who obtains food, beverage,
<br /> money, credit, lodging or accommodations at such hotel, motel ,
<br /> inn, boarding house or lodging house, nursing home, restaurant,
<br /> tavern, club or other similar place or food or beverages are
<br /> served or bodging provided, by tho use of any false pretense ;
<br /> or who after obtaining food, beverage, money, credit, lodging,
<br /> or accommodation at such hotel , motel, inn, boarding house
<br /> or lodging house, nursing home, restaurant, tavern, club or
<br /> other similar place where food or beverages are served or
<br /> accommodations provided, removes or causes to be removed from
<br /> such places his or her baggage without the permission or con-
<br /> sent of the proprietor, .manager or authorized employee thereof
<br /> before paying for such food, beverage, money, credit, lodging
<br /> or accommodation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
<br /> as hereinafter provided.
<br /> Section 2 : Proof that food, beverage, money, credit,
<br /> lodging or accommodation were obtained by false pretense or
<br /> by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or any
<br /> other property or that the person refused or neglected to pay
<br /> for such food, beverage, money, credit, lodging or accommoda-
<br /> tion on demand, or that he or she gave in payment for such
<br /> food, beverage, money, credit, lodging or accommodation nego-
<br /> tiable paper upon which payment was refused, or that he or
<br /> she absconded or departed from or left the premises without
<br /> paying for such food, beverage, money, credit, lodging or
<br /> accommodation or that he or she removed or attempted to remove
<br /> or cause to be removed or cause to be attempted to be removed
<br /> his or her property or baggage, shall be prima facie evidence
<br /> of the fraudulent intent herein and before mentioned.
<br /> Section 3 : Any person or persons violating any of
<br /> the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misde-
<br /> meanor as herein provided, and upon ,conviction therefore
<br /> shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the sum of One
<br /> Hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 100.00) Dollars , or by imprisonment for
<br /> a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine
<br /> and imprisonment.
<br /> /9 MA�'d1 1/./1�-i
<br /> Atte :
<br /> (Passed: ,.0 18 .1964
<br /> 1) 19 4
<br /> Publ i shed: r-(U _'
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