CHAPTER VIII.

POLICE ORDINANCES.

ORDER No. 2,697.

(Approved October 3, 1893.)

PROHIBITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULATION OF HANDBILLS, ETC., UPON ANY STREET OR SIDEWALK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

The People of the City and County of San Francisco do ordain as follows:

DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS ON SIDEWALK PROHIBITED.

SECTION 1. No person, upon any street or sidewalk of the City and County of San Francisco, shall circulate or distribute any book, pamphlet, bill, handbill, picture, card, print, paper, writing, mold, device or emblem, tending or purporting to be used as an advertisement, or publication of any trade, profession, business or place of business, office, store or occupation.

PENALTY.

Section 2. Any person violating any provision of this Order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

ORDINANCE No. 1057.

(Approved November 28, 1903.)

REGULATING THE POSTING OR AFFIXING OF ADVERTISING SIGNS OR POSTERS UPON PRIVATE PREMISES.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to post or affix, or to cause to be posted or affixed, to or upon any private premises, any advertising sign, poster, bill or notice without the written consent of the owner, agent or occupant of the premises.

Section 2. Any advertising sign, poster, bill or notice, posted or affixed to or upon any private premises with such consent must be removed therefrom by the person, firm or corporation receiving such consent within five (5) days after notice from the owner, agent or occupant of the premises.

Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately.

ORDINANCE No. 839.

(Approved June 11, 1903.)

PROHIBITING THE PLACING OF ADVERTISING SIGNS ON TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE OR ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES, LAMP POSTS OR UPON ANY PUBLIC SIDEWALKS OR ROADWAYS.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to paste, paint, affix or fasten, or cause to be pasted,

painted, affixed or fastened on any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole or lamp post, or on the sidewalk or roadway of any public street, any advertisement, bill, notice, card, sign, or advertising device.

Section 2. Every person, firm or corporation, or business representative thereof, named in, or authorizing the publication of any advertisement, bill, notice, card, sign, or advertising device, which now is pasted, painted, affixed or fastened on any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole or lamp post, or on the sidewalk or roadway of any public street, must immediately remove the same therefrom.

Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) n onths, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately.

ORDINANCE No. 80.

(Approved May 24, 1900.)

REGULATING AND RESTRICTING ADVERTISING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to propel, or caused to be propelled, any street cars on the streets of the City and County of San Francisco, with advertisements printed, pasted or painted on or attached to the outside of said cars.

Section 2. To appear on the streets of the City and County of San Francisco, carrying banners or boards, or placards with advertisements; provided the provisions of this Section shall not apply to notices or advertisements by labor, fraternal or charitable organizations of their meetings, acts or other affairs.

Section 3. To appear on the streets of the City and County of San Francisco in extraordinary or unusual costume or dress, or playing on musical instruments, or making any unusual noise, for the purpose of advertising or attracting attention to advertisements.

Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to stencil, paint or paste any kind of advertising matter on the streets, gutterways or sidewalks, or on any obstruction placed upon the streets or the sidewalks of the City and County of San Francisco.

Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to distribtue or cause to be distributed, any handbills or dodgers upon the streets or sidewalks of the City and County of San Francisco.

Section 6. Any person, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not more than five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 7. All Orders and Ordinances and parts of Orders and Ordinances in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

ORDINANCE No. 819.

(Approved June 11, 1903.)

PROHIBITING THE WEARING OF APPAREL OF OPPOSITE SEX.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to appear, upon any public highway, in the dress, clothing or apparel not belonging to or usually worn by persons of his or her sex.

Section 2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately.

ORDER No. 3,051.

(Approved December 30, 1896.)

PROVIDING THAT ALL PERSONS, ETC., CONDUCTING OR PURPORTING TO CONDUCT AUCTION SALES SHALL SUSPEND AND DISPLAY A FLAG OUTSIDE THE PREMISES WHERE SUCH SALE IS TO BE CONDUCTED OR PURPORTED TO BE CONDUCTED.

The People of the City and County of San Francisco do ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. Any person, firm, company or corporation conducting or purporting to conduct an auction sale of real or personal property in this city and county shall in front of said premises display a flag upon which shall be inscribed the words "Auction Sale," and the name of the person, firm, company or corporation conducting the same; and any person, firm, company or corporation so purporting to conduct an auction sale of real or personal property shall be liable and shall be required to pay the license provided by the Orders of this Board.

Section 2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not less than two days nor more than ten days.