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NYC Ordinances Permit No Ballplaying, "Or Any Other Sport Whatsoever."
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Text | On May 8, the New York City By-laws and Ordinancesprohibit ball playing: "No person shall play at ball, quoits, or any other sport or play whatsoever, in any public place in the City of New York, nor throw stones nor run foot races in or over or upon the same, under the penalty of five dollars for each offence." Source is By-Laws and Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonality of the City of New York. Revised 1838-1839 [William B. Townsend, New York, 1839], page 215. |
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1839. NYC Ordinances Permit No Ballplaying, "Or Any Other Sport Whatsoever.""
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