§ 43. Offenses.

Said mayor and aldermen shall have power to prohibit, by ordinance, the having on hand, or keeping on hand in any place, house, stand, booth, wagon, buggy, automobile, or on the person for illegal sale, within the City of Milledgeville, any alcoholic, malt, spirituous or vinous liquor or any mixture of such liquors which if drunk to excess will produce intoxication; the keeping of lewd houses, the keeping or running of gambling rooms or houses, the pursuing of one's ordinary avocation on Sunday, disturbing Divine worship, the unlawful carrying of pistols, knives or knucks, and all other offenses of like character, defacing, injuring or destroying of any public building and of any room therein or any portion thereof. The municipal court shall have jurisdiction to try persons for any of such offenses, within the limits of said city, and punish them upon conviction as hereinafter [hereinbefore] provided in this charter.

(1900 Ga. Laws, page 345, § 41; renumb. § 40 by 1901 Ga. Laws, page 549, § 2; renumb. § 39 by 1902 Ga. Laws, page 510, § 1; 1914 Ga. Laws, page 1051, § 4)