| Show THE CURFEW ORDINANCE mayor baskin baikin has voted vet led the curfew ordinance recently passed by the city council and gives his hia reasons in the following I 1 lin in guage 1 I herewith return disapproved the ordinance making it for children under 14 years yearn or of age to be upon the streets or public places in salt lake city at unreasonable hours without proper permission which was passed by the uty council april tor or the following reasons the ordinance provides that it shall be unlawful between the hours of 9 oc lck in the evening and 5 in the abe morning from november let lac to april let bud aud between ane hours 10 in the evening and 6 5 in the morning from april let to Novem berlat for any child under 14 years of age to be upon any of the streets or public places lu in all city unless iu in the care of some adult relative or authorized custodian or when provided with a written permit from the parents guardian or other persons having control of such child or from the chief ot of police it seems to me that these provisions are unreasonable Busi business neos houses bouses churches and places of amusement are habitually kept open after the hours of 9 an au 10 o in the evening find and the numerous social gatherings in the city do not break up until after these hours in many business busi houses persons under 14 are employed many children under that age by permission of their parent or guardians attend night services in the and many by like permission attend the theaters and ether places or of amuse ments I 1 do not think it right that such persons person should be required in order to be protected from arrest and enjoy the right to pass quietly and orderly through the public streets of the city to keep themselves armed with a passport or place themselves in the keeping of some adult the penalty for the violation of the ordinance is a fine of 1 for the first offense ofle nep for the second not to exceed 6 59 and if arrested and convicted fur for a third offense fenet of the child hejl t be deemed guilty of incorrigible and vicious conduct and shall be fined not less lees than 5 nor more than 30 it is lot to be pre presume sumeI that children on ildren i f tender years have the to tay t ay fines it hereford her he fore seems to me t uv nu tines fines shall be provided lor but in tead the police should be int instruct eruct d to escort such children chil dreu to their homes and in cue cafe any children should be found on the streets without legitimate excuse elcust ay 12 in the evening the police should be directed to abke them to their homes and in case any abduli i prove to he be homeless and destitute destito tu provision should be made care ot of and feed and chotu them punishment by flue fine should not be inflict ted on any one except for crime and it will hardly be contended that the exercise of the natural right by a child of being upon or p pr boing soing set OK through the public streets after the he urs of 9 and 10 in the evening without some dome attending circum stano s makit makii g it such is criminal or incorrigible and vicious cou coo dunt duct 11 |
