"No slave or free person of color shall play upon any
instrument of music after sunset, without permission from the
mayor or two members of Council, unless employed in the house
of some citizen. No slave or free person of color shall be
absent from his or her house 15 minutes after the bell shall
have been rung, without a sufficient pass, under the penalty
of 25 lashes, to be inflicted by the Chief of Police, or any
officer of the City, and be confined in the Guard-Room for
further examination, if found under suspicious circumstances.
No slave or person of color shall keep lights in the house
which they occupy after 10:00 at night, unless in case of
necessity."