Ordinance 863ORDINANCE NO. 863
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE UNLAWFUL OR
WRONGFUL WEARING OR DISPLAYING OF AMERICAN
LEGION INSIGNIA OR IMITATIONS THEREOF;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE
AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
WHEREAS, the American Legion will hold its Thirtieth Annual
National Convention in the Greater Miami Area, including the
City of Miami Beach, from October 18th, 1948, to October 21st, 1948,
inclusive, and.
WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised that the American
Legion maintains a committee at such conventions known as the
"Service Committee" which assists and cooperates with local police
authorities in maintaining order, directing traffic, and safe-
guarding the public peace and the welfare of the City and of the
visiting American Legion members, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed by the City Council to be to the best
interest of the City to cooperate with and assist the officers
and directors of the American Legion in achieving an orderly and
successful convention, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised that past American
Legion Conventions experience has proved that unscrupulous persons
have made unlawful and wrongful use of the insignia of the American
Legion during periods of such conventions, contrary to the public
peace and welfare,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 0_?DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF IvMIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a member
of the American Legion to wear or to display for the
purpose of identifying himself as a member, any badge, button, cap,
uniform or other insignia of the American Legion, whether such in-
signia be official or imitative in design.
SECTION 2: Anyone violating the provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than 5500.00 or by imprisonment for a period of not more than ninety
(90) days, or both.
SECTION 3: That the welfare of the City is in peril and this
ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency mea-
sure and to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace and the three readings thereof shall be had at one
session, and this ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon
its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of October, A. D. 1948.
Attest: C. W. Tomlinson
By'
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Mayor
City Clerk
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Deputy City/Clerk
1st reading - October 7, 1948
2nd reading - October 7, 1948
3rd reading - October 7, 1948
Posted - October 7, 1948
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 863,
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE UNLAWFUL OR WRONGFUL
WEARING OR DISPLAYING OF AMERICAN LEGION INSIGNIA OR IMITATIONS
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE", having
been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous places
in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of the
1948
City Hall in said City on the 7th day of October, A. D., and that
said ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty
days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter of
the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on this
the 17th day of November, A. D. 1948.
City Clerk
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