The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the WorldSanger, William W.
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The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World
Sanger, William W.
Prostitution
"6. In these houses the keepers shall not supply visitors with wine,
brandy, liquor, punch, or other strong drinks, or with food, but only
with tea, coffee, chocolate, beer, or similar beverages; further, it
is not permitted for the visitors to bring in drink or food. For every
case of contravention the keeper shall pay five thalers, or a week's
detention; on repetition, he shall be punished more severely; if this
will not suffice, the permit shall be withdrawn from the house. No
brothel-keeper shall allow any guest to remain after twelve o'clock at
night, nor allow any one to enter after that hour. Whoso acts contrary
shall, for the first offense, pay ten thalers; on repetition, the fine
is doubled; for the third time, the keeper shall lose his permit.
"7. Should thefts, assaults, or other offenses take place in such
houses, the keeper is in all cases liable to the injured party if he
can not get his redress elsewhere. Further, the said keeper is
suspected of complicity in the offense so long as the contrary is not
proved, and if it appear that he did not use all possible means for
the prevention of such offense, he shall be punished by fine or in
person.
"8. In case any innocent female shall, by fraud or violence, be
brought into any brothel, the keeper and those who are accomplices in
such infamous offense shall undergo public exhibition, and four to ten
years' House of Correction, with welcome and farewell. Besides this,
the permit will be withdrawn. It shall be no excuse for him to allege
that he neither knew nor assisted the said seduction, inasmuch as he
had no right to receive any female into his house without first giving
notice thereof to the Police Directory, and receiving from them, after
inquiry into the circumstances, permission to do so.
"9. In like manner, a brothel-keeper may not, under penalty of twelve
months' imprisonment, give any one (whatever his rank may be) facility
to carry on criminal intercourse with any woman who has been brought
into his house; and it is absolutely forbidden for any person to bring
a female to such house, and there to have any private communication
with her, which shall be only with the regular women of the place,
inasmuch as by section 2 no keeper is permitted to receive any woman
as servant-maid, or under any pretense whatever, among his inmates,
without previous notice to the police, and their assent to the same.
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