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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1805
|Year=1805
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=2
|Year Number=2
|Headline=Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets"
|Headline=Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets" in1805, Retains Ban in 1824
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Bans,  
|Tags=Bans,  
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|State=ME
|State=ME
|City=Portland
|City=Portland
|Modern Address=
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Text=<p>"[N]o person shall play at the game of bat and ball or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town on penalty of&nbsp;<em>fifty cents."</em></p>
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|Sources=<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The By Laws of the Town of Portland, in the County of Cumberland,</span> 2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Edition</span>&nbsp;(John McKown, Portland, 1805), p. 15.&nbsp; Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span>&nbsp;see p. 244 and note #70.</p>
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|Text=<p><strong>[A]&nbsp;</strong>"[N]o person shall play at the game of bat and ball or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town on penalty of&nbsp;<em>fifty cents."</em></p>
<p><em><br /></em><strong>[B] "</strong><em>It is ordered by the town, </em>That no person shall play at the game of bat and ball, or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine, or throw any stones, brickbats, clubs or snow balls, in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town, on penalty of&nbsp;<em>fifty cents</em> for each offence [sic]."</p>
|Sources=<p><span><strong>[A]&nbsp;</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">By Laws of the Town of Portland, in the County of Cumberland,</span> 2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Edition</span>&nbsp;(John McKown, Portland, 1805), p. 15.&nbsp; Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span>&nbsp;see p. 244 and note #70.</p>
<p><strong>[B]&nbsp;</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">By-Laws of the Town of Portland</span>, (Adams and Paine, printers, 1824).</p>
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|Submitted by=John  Thorn (1824 cite
|Submission Note=Email of 11/3/2020
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets" in1805, Retains Ban in 1824

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Bans
Location New England
City/State/Country: Portland, ME, United States
Game Bat and Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

[A] "[N]o person shall play at the game of bat and ball or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town on penalty of fifty cents."


[B] "It is ordered by the town, That no person shall play at the game of bat and ball, or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine, or throw any stones, brickbats, clubs or snow balls, in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town, on penalty of fifty cents for each offence [sic]."

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[A] By Laws of the Town of Portland, in the County of Cumberland, 2nd Edition (John McKown, Portland, 1805), p. 15.  Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, see p. 244 and note #70.

[B] By-Laws of the Town of Portland, (Adams and Paine, printers, 1824).

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