All persons who are idle and dissolute, and who go about begging; all persons who use any juggling or other unlawful games or plays; runaways; pilferers; confidence men; common drunkards; common night walkers; lewd, wanton and lascivious persons, in speech or behavior; common railers and brawlers, persons who are habitually neglectful of their employment or their calling, and do not lawfully provide for themselves, or for the support of their families; and all persons who are idle or dissolute and who neglect all lawful business, and who habitually misspend their time by frequenting houses of ill fame, gaming houses or tippling shops; all persons lodging in or found in the nighttime in outhouses, sheds, barns or unoccupied buildings or lodging in the open air, and not giving a good account of themselves; and all persons who are known to be thieves, burglars or pickpockets, either by their own confession or otherwise, or by having been convicted of larceny, burglary or other crime against the laws of the state, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a house of correction of any city, and having no lawful means of support, are habitually found prowling around any steamboat landing, railroad depot, banking institution, broker's office, place of amusement, auction room, store, shop or crowded thoroughfare, car or omnibus, or at any public gathering or assembly, or lounging about any courtroom, private dwelling house or outhouse, or are found in any house of ill fame, gambling house, or tippling shop, shall be deemed to be and they are declared to be vagabonds.
It shall be the duty of the city marshal, and police officers of the city to arrest, upon view, or acting at the request of any person; provided, such a person shall have first made a written complaint and obtained a warrant from an officer authorized to issue one for the arrest of any such vagabond to arrest and bring before a court of competent jurisdiction any such vagabond wherever he may be found, for the purpose of an examination; and the said city marshal or police officer shall then and there make complaint against such vagabond, and the said court of competent jurisdiction shall, within thirty six (36) hours thereafter, proceed to try the person accused of being a vagabond; and if he pleads guilty, or if he be found guilty, said court of competent jurisdiction may sentence the said vagabond. (Ord. 227, 9-5-1933; amd. 1989 Code)