HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-010 Council OrdinancesTHE VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES
ORDINANCE NO. 10
An Ordinance defining certain misdemeanors and prescribing a penalty
for violation thereof.
The Village Council of the Village of Lino Lakes ordains:
Section 1. The doing of any of the acts or things prohibited or the
failing to do any of the things or acts commanded to be done as set
forth in this ordinance is hereby declared to be an offense against the
good order, public peace, morale,health, welfare and proper government
of this village and unlawful. Any person, firm or corporation convicted
of violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than one
do]1ar nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the
village jail at hard labor or otherwise at the discretion of the Judge
for not less than one day nor more than three months, together with
the costs of prosecution in either case, and in default of payment of
fine or costs, the person committed shall be confined in such jail an
additional number of days equal to the number in dollars of fine or costs
assessed, and not to exceed three months.
(a) Every person who, by force or fraud, shall rescue from lawful
custody, or from an officer or person having him in lawful custody,
a prisoner held upon a charge, arrest, commitment, conviction, or
sentence for a misdemeanor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Every person who shall take from the custody of an officer or
other person personal property in his charge under any process of
law or who shall wilfully injure or destroy such property, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) Every prisoner who shall escape from custody, or who shall
depart from the jail without permission, or shall fail to return in
accordance with his permission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Every person who with intent to effect or facilitate the escape
of a prisoner, whether such escape shall be effected or attempted or
not, shall enter the jail or convey to a prisoner any information
or send into the jail any disguise, instrument, weapon or other thing,
and every person who shall aid or assist a prisoner in escaping or
attempting to escape from lawful custody shall be guilty of a mis—
demeanor.
(e) Every person who shall knowingly or wilfully conceal, or
harbor for the purpose of concealment a person who has escaped or is
escaping from custody, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
(f) Every person who, after having been lawfully commanded by any
magistrate to arrest another person, shall wilfully neglect or refuse
to do so, and every person who, after having been lawfully commanded
to aid an officer in arresting any person or in retaking any person
who has escaped from lawful custody, or in executing any legal process,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(g) Every person who in any case, or under any circrostances not
otherwise especially provided for shall wilfully resist, delay or
obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge a
duty of his office, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(h) Every person who shall directly or indirectly address any threat
or intimidation to a public officer, or to a referee, arbitrator,
appraiser or assessor, or to any other person authorized by law to
hear or determine any controversy or matter, with intent to induce
him, contrary to his duty, to do or make or to omit or delay any act,
decision or determination, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(i) Whenever two or more persons shall conspire to commit any act
injurious to the public health, public morals, trade or commerce, or
for the perversion or obstruction of public justice or the due
administration of the laws, every such person shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Passed b; the Villa;e Council this % day of July, 1955
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