Thursday, April 16, 2020

Board of Commissioners Forbid Carnivals in Farmville, April 16, 1920

From the April 16, 1920 issue of The Farmville Enterprise.

Town Ordinance Passed by Board of Commissioners at Recent Meeting

Whereas, travelling carnivals and combination shows exhibiting in the Town of Farmville are hereby declared a nuisance to the citizens of said town:

Therefore, Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Farmville:

Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to exhibit within the corporate limits of said town, any carnival or combination shows, or any part of any carnival or combination show. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be subject of a penalty of $50. Each and every act of exhibition shall constitute a new and separate offense subject to the penalty herein prescribed.

Sec. 2. That is shall be unlawful for any stock company, shows or minstrels exhibiting under tents to show within the Town of Farmville for a longer period than two days and nights from the erecting of the tents of the shows herein mentioned. If any person, firm or corporation shall violate any provision of this act, they shall be subject to the penalty of $50, and each exhibition permitted after the expiration of the time herein set out shall constitute a new and separate offense subject to the penalty herein prescribed.

Done this the 16th day of April, 1920.

This act shall be in full force and effect from and after the 26th day of April, 1920.

R.E. Belcher, Mayor
T.E. Joyner, Clerk

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