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Plattsburgh NY Sets Fifty Cent Fine for Ball Play

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City/State/Country: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Game Ball Playing
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"It is ordained, by the Trustees of the Village of Plattsburgh, that no person shall, at any time after the 22d of April, 1834, play ball, either in Bridge-street or Margaret-street, in said Village, under a penalty of fifty cents for each offence, to be sued for and recovered with costs."

This ordinance was approved by the village board of trustees on 4/19/1834.

 

Sources

Plattsburgh Republican, April 19, 1834, page 3, column 5.

Comment

Plattsburgh NY (1840 population not ascertained) is about 70 miles S of Montreal Canada and on the western shore of Lake Champlain. It is about 25 miles S of the Canadian border.

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