Ordinance #4 – Provided for a fine of $1.00 up $100.00 and-or 30
days in jail for anyone convicted of drunkedness or disorderly conduct. Ordinance #6 – prohibited anyone from
letting horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats or swine to run at large in the city
limits of Minot. Ordinance #16 – anyone
found loitering in the vicinity of tippling houses, beer houses, eating houses,
houses of ill fame or bad repute, pool or billiard rooms, or anyone who shall
lead an immoral or profligate life shall be termed a vagrant. This was punishable
by a fine of $5.00 to $50.00. If the prisoner could not pay the fine it could
be worked off at the price of $1.00 per day. If the prisoner refused to work he
was to be closely confined on a diet of bread and water only.
Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
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