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ORDINANCE NO ~/';;-
An ordinance defining the crime of petit larceny and setting
forth the punisrrr.1ent therefore.
BE IT ORDAINED ByrEE COCil',rCIL~OF THE Tm,lN OF'HAHYSVILI.E.
Section I.Every person 1fho,with intent to deprive or defraud
the ovne r thereof of property being of a ~lue of less than Twenty
Five (:k25.00)Dollars lawful money of the United States of 1\merica---
(a)Shall take,lead or drive away the property of another;or
(b)Shall obtain from the ovne r or another the possession of or
title to any property,real or personal,by color or aid of any order
for the payment or delivery of property or money or any check or draft,
knovLng that the maker or draller of such order,check or draft vas not
authorized or entitled t.o make or dr a-the same,or by color or aid
of any fraUdulent or false representation,personation or pretense
or by any false token or writing or by any trick,devise,bunco game
or I'ort une telling;or
(c)Havi.ng any property in his possession,custody or control,
as bailee,factor,pledgeee,servant,attorney,agent,employee,
trustee,executor,administrator,guardian or officer of 'any person,
estate,as s oc Lat Lcn or corporation,or as a public officer,or a
pe-rson a ut.horLz.od b::V agreement or by competent authority to take or
hold such pos se ss Lon,custody or control,or as a finder thereof,
shall secrete,yrl thold or appropriate the same to his own use or
to the use of any person other t han the true cvne r or person entitled
thereto'or,
(d)Having r ec e Iv ed any property by reason of a mi.st ake ,shall
'wit.h knov Leo ge of suchimn s take secrete,vrithhold or appropriate the
same to his own use or to the use of any person .oche:r than the true
ovne r or person entitled thereto;and.
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(e)iEvery person who ,knovIng the same to have been so
appropriated,shall bring into the Town of Haryoville,or buy,sell,
receive or aid in conceali.ng or "ithholding any property vrongfully
appropriated,in such manner as to constitute petit larceny U().der
the provision~of this ordinance---
Steals such property and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section II Every person who shall be fo~~d guilty of the vio-
lation of this ordinance may be imprisoned for not more than ninety
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days or may be fined in any S1.L111 not exceeding TJ;:re'8~~undred Dollars,
or be both so fined and imprisoned./.')
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Passed .Dec.I-I-,/950
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Published ..()...e...c....'=?/952J