ORDINANCE NO. 11

CURFEW

AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE HOURS THAT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS MAY BE IN OR ON THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ALLEYS, AND PARKS; AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD ORDAINS:

Section 1. HOURS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE

No minor under the age of twelve (12) years shall loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours of 10:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock A.M. unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian, or some adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the child.

Section 2. HOURS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE

No minor under the age of sixteen (16) years shall liter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours of 12:00 o'clock Midnight and 6:00 o'clock A.M., immediately following, except where the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian or some adult over the age of twenty-one (21) years delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the minor child, or where the minor is upon an errand or other legitimate business directed by his parents or guardian.

Section 3. AIDING AND ABETTING

Any person of the age of sixteen (16) years or over assisting, aiding, abetting, allowing, permitting or encouraging any minor under the age of sixteen (16) years to violate the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 4. PENALTIES

Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100.00) dollars and costs of a prosecution or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days after its passage.

Dated: November 4, 1968

Deerfield Village President

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance adopted by the Village of Deerfield at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of November, 1968.

Deerfield Village Clerk

CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION

I, __________________, Clerk of the Village of Deerfield, hereby certify that the above Ordinance was posted in three public places in the Village of Deerfield.

Deerfield Village Clerk