Ordinance 600 ORDINANCE NO. 600
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION,
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, EXHIBITION, DISPLAY,
SALE, DISTRIBUTION OF, OR AUDIBLY MAKING
KNOWN, OBSCENE LITERATURE, PICTURES OR
OTHER MATTER WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA-
TION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND REPEALING ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons, firm or corporation to import, print, publish,
exhibit, display, sell, distribute, or audibly make known, within the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, any book, postcard, magazine, periodical,
pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, stereopticon, moving picture, musical
record or device or other thing containing obscene, immoral or indecent
language, or to import, print, publish, exhibit, display, sell or dis-
tribute any obscene, immoral or indecent print, figure, picture,
music or description manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth,
or to introduce into any family, school or place of education, or to
buy, procure, receive or have in his, her, their or its possession
any book, postcard, magazine, periodical, pamphlet, ballad, printed
paper, stereopticon slide or moving picture film, musical record or
device, or other thing either for the purpose of sale, exhibition,
loan or circulation, or with the intent to introduce the same into any
family school or place of education.
Section 2. That hereafter any person, persons, firm or corporation
violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred
Dollars 0500.00) or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding sixty
(60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, within the discretion
of the Municipal Judge.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That in the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance shall be declared or adjudged
invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner
affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases
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of this ordinance which shall be in full force and effect, as if
the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part
thereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of June, A. D. , 1941.
Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed first and second readings June 5, 1941.
Third Reading - June 18th, 1941.
Posted - June 19th, 1941.
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STATE OF FLO+LID.Q)
COUNTY OF DADE )
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for
the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 600 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE
IMPORTATION, PRINTING, PUBLISHING, EXHIBITION, DISPLAY,
SALE, DISTRIBUTION OF, OR AUDIBLY MAKING KNLUWN, OBSCENE
LITERATURE, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER WITHIN THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL LAWS IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH", 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 City Hall
in said City on the 19th day of June, A. D. , 1941, 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 21st day of July, A. D. , 1941.
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