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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02436terfering with the lawful efforts of any fireman, or company of fire- men to extinguish the same, or of disorderly conduct likely to inter- fere with the extinguishment thereof, or who shall forbid, prevent or dissuade others from assisting to extinguish such fire, shall be quilty of a misdemeanor. (c) If any person shall maliciously or wantonly set on fire any field or other grounds, other than his own or those of which he is in lawful possession, or shall willfully or negligently permit or suffer the fire to pass from his own grounds or premises to the injury of another, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 7. Any person who shall cause to be fired or discharged oiithin the corporate limits of the City of Port Townsend any firearm, explosive charge, bomb, or other explosive device, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided, however, that blasting for purposes of construction and excavation shall not he prohibited. Section B. Any person who shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of eighteen (18) ?.ears or to one he has reason- able cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind, or is at the time and place under the influence of drugs or intoxicating liquor, shall be quilty of a misdemeanor. Section 9. Every person who shall intentionally, and in the absence 6 �a need for self-defense, commit any assault, battery or injury upon any other person, shall be guilty of the crime of assault, and shall be punished in the manner provided in the ordi- nances of this city. Section 10. Every person who shall by word, sign or gesture, wilfully provoke or attempt to provoke, another person to commit an assault, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 11. (a) Every person having the care or custody of any animal�Fnwn to possess any vicious or dangerous tendencies, who shall allow the same to escape or run at large in any place or manner liable to endanger the safety of any person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously abuse, torture, starve or neglect any animal in his care or custody shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 12. Every person who, by color or aid of any trick or slight of hand performance, or by any fraud or fraudulent scheme, cards, dice, or device, shall win for himself or for another any money or property, or representative of either, shall be punished for swindel- ing in the manner provided for misdemeanors. Section 13. Every person who shall wilfully obstruct or resist any police officer who is lawfully in the performance of his duty, or who shall wilfully fail or refuse to abide by the orders and directions of a police officer engaged in directing or controlling vehicular or pedestrian traffic on a public right of way or on public lands, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 14. Every person who shall injure or defraud an- other by using, with knowledge that the same is false, a false weight,