Friday, March 15, 2013

San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1875

November 15th, 1875
Ordinance Prohibiting Opium-Smoking Dens
Section 1.

No person shall in the city or county of San Francisco keep or maintain or become an inmate* of or visit or shall in any way contribute to the support of any place, house or room where persons assemble for the purpose of smoking opium or inhaling the fumes of opium. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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