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Ordinance No.
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<br /> ~orma~ce~
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<br />t~s o~lnan~, or any ~lace
<br />}~n 6. ~ls o~lnam ~ deemed
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<br />~ ~rd of Truste~ of the CRy of Santa
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<br />0rdinanco No. 561.
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<br /> An ordinan?, of the q~ty of ganta l~na rotating to public
<br />~I~lays, exi~ib~t~cns and ~.~r~ormanoes and the suI~ress~on of
<br />immoral, 5ndec.~nt, and offensive p~ctures and ~rforr.:anoes
<br />and.creat~n~ a censnr con~iss~on for o3z~ain iur[.oses.
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<br /> The ~ozrd of T~us~ees~ ~ty of Santa ;~na do
<br /> ordain as follows:
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<br /> Section 1. It shall be unlaaful for any I~o~on in the
<br />presenca of an7 [.ublic ~stherln~ or audience, or at any
<br />show~ ,.~rfor]~an~e~ theatre, oi~era or play-house, to exhibit
<br />6r i.erform or permit or allow any ?~rson to exhibit or
<br />[~rform or ~artiotiat~ to the ~xhJ)~itions , i;r~sentation or
<br />p~rfornance, of any act, flay or i3erformanco offensive to
<br />decency, or which ~s adaLted or tends to excite to tnz.oral,
<br />vicious or lewd thoughts or acts, or to de,red8 publi~
<br />r.:orals, or any hustle dance , or any dance, Ferformance or
<br />exhibition whf~h tho ~nsor ~onz[ss~on of said City, or the
<br />Censor Officer thereof, shall coudemn as immoral , offensive,
<br />indecent or ar tandfnj to degrade public mcra~s, and the
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<br /> i,,[arsLal of said ~,ity is'hereb~r authorized and it shall be
<br /> his duty to s~':r arit7 abate an-. violations or attom~.ted
<br /> violations of ~y of tho [.revisions of this section.
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<br /> s~ction B. It shall be unlawfu~ for any Se~on ;to i~ost
<br />or L~rmit to b~ posted ul-ou ~y billboard, or otherwise
<br />exhibit to ~ub!ic view, or distribute, any licentious, lewd
<br />or indecent or obscene iicture bills, or i.ostors of any
<br />l~cture, moving 13ictur~ bill, cr t~ostsr such as is obscene
<br />or ~ndec~%nt, or is adai~ted to t,nd to oxcite to il~m~oral,
<br />vicious or lewd thoughts or acts, or any pictur,~%in which
<br />thoro is re!resented ~ ~]lustrsted eT depict~d th~ kdll-
<br />in~ of any ~erson or aR~ ~urd~r sc~n~, or th~ con, mission of
<br />any criLe or public offense, or any representation of any
<br />prize fight, or boxinj contest; yrovdd~d, however, that
<br />nothing contained ~n this sectdon shall b~ deemed to-pre-
<br />vent th.9 C~nso~ ~omk~s~bn of said Cdty, or the 0ensor
<br />Officer thereof, from permitting any murder soen~ which ~.s
<br />hfstcr~ca] or is de?~ct~d, dosorfh~d or represented in, or
<br />by any work of art, or in classical literature. Any such
<br />picture, bill or iost~r is hereby declared to 1)9 a msnacs
<br />t~ th~ public n~orals of th8 inhabitants of said ~ity, and a
<br />iublic nuisance, and th~ Marshal of said ~ity is hereby
<br />autLorized~ and it shall bo h~s duty, to sukmarily a~mto
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<br />such nuisance by destruction or removal of such i~:ieture,
<br />bill or I'oster.
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<br /> S~otion = Whenever any pe, rson or ~ '- - ' '
<br /> o. .o,.i~n y dyer tlc .~
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<br />by iostsrs, or oth;rwls~, ally i.~lacQ~ act for i:erforman~e
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