ART. 27] DISTURBANCE OF THE PUBLIC PEACE. 159

Disturbance of the Public Peace.

1898, ch. 351.

67. Any person who shall wilfully obstruct or hinder the free
passage of persons passing along or by any public street or high-
way in any city or town of this State, or who shall wilfully dis-
turb any neighborhood in such city or town by loud and
unseemly noises, or shall profanely curse and swear, or use
obscene language upon or near to any such street or highway
within the hearing of persons passing by or along such highway,
or who shall wilfully hinder or obstruct the free passage of per-
sons passing on or through or out of the station grounds of any
railroad in the State, or who shall wilfully act in a disorderly
manner within such station grounds by making such loud and
unseemly noises, or by catching hold of and soliciting persons on
said grounds against the will of such person, shall, upon convic-
tion thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not less than one dollar
and to the costs of his prosecution.

Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct.

1892, ch. 672.

68. Every person who shall be found drunk, or acting in a
disorderly manner, to the disturbance of the public peace upon
any public street or highway, in any city or county in this State,
or at any place of public worship or public resort or amusement
in any city or county of this State, shall be deemed to be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of one dollar and costs, and when such fine and costs
are not paid, the party shall be committed for seven days for the
first offense. Where the party has been convicted for a second
offense within thirty days from date of conviction 'for the first
offense, the party shall be subject to a fine of one dollar and costs,
and when such fine and costs are not paid, the party shall be
committed for twenty days. Where the party has been convic-
ted four times of this offense within a term of sixty days, he
shall be subject to a fine of five dollars and costs and when such
fine and costs are not paid the party shall be committed for a
term of three months to the city or county jail or to the house of
correction, such party to be released at any time before the
term of his imprisonment expires upon the payment of his fine