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Article XIII
Disorderly Behavior
ARTICLE XIII            DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR

Section 1
No person shall loiter or continue to stand on any sidewalk or public place in the Town so as to obstruct the passage of, or to impede, or in any manner annoy other persons, nor shall any person in a street or way, stand or loiter after being directed by a police officer to move on.

Section 2
No person shall behave himself in a rude or disorderly manner, nor use any indecent, profane, or insulting language, in any public way or place in the Town.

No person shall make any indecent figures, nor write any indecent or obscene words on any building, fence, structure, public place, or any conveyance in the Town.

Section 3
No person shall throw stones, balls, snowballs, or other missiles nor unnecessarily make any alarming or tumultuous noise, nor light any fires, nor ride upon any hind part of any vehicle without leave, nor play any games, in any street, public way or square in the Town.

Section 4
No person shall wantonly molest, mar, injure, deface or destroy any fence, guidepost, signboard, street sign, lighting device, or any other property of the Town.

Section 5
No person shall keep, use, consume, or have in his possession any alcoholic beverage as defined in Chapter 138, Section 1 of the Massachusetts General Laws, in any building or structure owned by the Town of West Boylston and used for municipal purposes.

Section 6
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 5, in any portion of any structure in the Town of West Boylston, leased, rented or otherwise used for municipal purposes.

Section 7
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 5, while in or upon any public way in the Town of West Boylston.

Section 8
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 5, upon any way, place or building in the Town of West Boylston, to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees without the permission of the owner or person in control thereof.

Section 9
No person shall keep, use, consume or have in his possession any alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 5 in any public park or playground in the Town of West Boylston.

Section 10
A police officer witnessing a violation of Sections 5 through 9 of Article XIII of the Town By-laws shall have the right to arrest such person without a warrant and shall bring the person so arrested before the court within twenty-four (24) hours, Sundays and holidays excepted.


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