Chapter 2 — MARATHONS

Sections:

6-2100 - MARATHONS PROHIBITED.

No person shall conduct or carry on any marathon dancing, marathon skating, marathon walking, marathon singing, marathon eating, marathon drinking, marathon card playing, marathon fighting, marathon running, marathon sitting, or carry on any form of endurance contest within the County. No person shall conduct or carry on any one of these pursuits or any combination of these pursuits, and the purpose of this enactment is to prohibit any form of endurance contest or test in the County.

For the purpose of this section marathon dancing, or marathon skating, or marathon walking, or marathon singing, or marathon eating, or marathon drinking, or marathon card playing, or marathon fighting, or marathon running, or marathon sitting, or any form of endurance contest shall be construed and mean a form of contest where the contestants or the persons participating in said endurance contest or endurance tests are permitted to participate or engage in the contest or test either continuously or intermittently for more than ten (10) hours in any one calendar day.

(Ord. 400)

6-2101 - PENALTY.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both.

(Ord. 400)