Cleveland Ordinance Banning Baseball

              [corresponds to page 1 of Cleveland Ordinance Banning Baseball] 
An Ordinance [underlined] 
For the protection of the Public Ground be 
Be it ordained [Be...ordained underlined] by the City Council of 
Cleveland that from and after this date it 
shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to play at any game of Ball 
or at any other game or pastime whereby 
the grass or grounds of any Public 
place or square shall be defaced or 
injured,    and any person or persons 
who may be convicted of any of the 
above offences before the Mayor shall 
forfeit and pay to the City any sum 
not less than five dollars at the [carrot mark] discretion of the [above carrot mark] Mayor 
with cost of prosecution 
Passed Mch 4/45 
Attest	JB [illegible]		W [illegible] Goodwin 
City Clerk	Signed Alderman