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ORDINANCE N0. 70-2Q_
<br />BY: MR. Bordonai•o
<br />AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT DESECRATING THE FLAG OF THE
<br />UNITED STATES OR THE STATE OF OHIO, PROVIDING PENALTY
<br />FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
<br />Be It Ordained by the Council of the Village of Mayfield, Cuyahoga
<br />County, Ohio
<br />Section 1. That no person shall contemptuously print, paint, or place
<br />a word, figure, mark, picture, or design, upon a flag, standard, color, or ensign
<br />of the United States, ar of the State of Ohio,•or•cause•db to.be.done, or expose
<br />or cause to be exposed, such flag, standard, color, or ensign upon which is
<br />printed, painted, or placed, or to which is attached or appended a word, figure,
<br />mark, picture, or design.
<br />Section 2. That no person, firm or corporation shall manufacture or
<br />have in possession an article of merchandise upon which is placed or attached a
<br />contemptuous representation of such flag standard, color, or ensign, or publicly
<br />mutilate, burn, destroy, defile, deface, trample upon, or otherwise cast contempt
<br />upon such flag, standard, color, or ensign.
<br />Section 3. That the words "flag", "standard", "color", or "ensign"
<br />shall include any flag, standard, color or ensign or a picture or representation
<br />thereof, made of or represented on any substance, and purporting to be a flag,
<br />standard, color, or ensign of the United States, or the State of Ohio or a
<br />picture or representation thereof, upon which is shown the colors, the stars, and
<br />the stripes in any number thereof, or which might appear to represent a flag,
<br />standard, color, or ensign of the United States or of the State of Ohio.
<br />Section 4. That whoever violates this section shall be fined not leas
<br />than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not leas than
<br />thirty days nor more than one year, or both.
<br />Section 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force the
<br />earliest period permitted by law. J ~ ~ l
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<br />Passed this~gth day of .r,,,,A , 1970.
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<br />MAYOR-ERESIDENT OF COUNCIL
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