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Banned in Boston's Public Garden: "Games of Ball, Foot-ball"

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Bans
Location New England
City/State/Country: Boston, MA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"Sect. 10. No person or persons shall, without the consent of the mayor or board of aldermen, engage in games of ball, foot-ball, or other athletic sports, upon the public garden."

 

Sources

Ordinance and Rules and Order of the City of Boston (Mudge and Son, Boston, 1869), page 132. Accessed 2/18/10 via Google Book search ("ball, foot-ball" ordinances 1869). 

Comment

A note identifies this section as having been written in 1862, along with one that prohibits shaking carpets on public lands, including streets, lanes, alleys, etc.

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